Apple and worm cupcakes recipe for kids

These cute little apple and worm cupcakes are great for birthdays or picnics. The kids will love their rosy apple colour and the cheeky worm poking out!

Prep Time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

15 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 quantity basic cupcakes
• 1 quantity buttercream icing
• red food colouring
• 1 plastic straw
• pretzels
• Gummi Worms
• mint leaf lollies

Method:

Step 1. Make up the vanilla cupcakes as per the recipe.

Step 2. Bake as directed.

Step 3. Make your buttercream icing and add a few drops of colouring at a time until you have a rosy, apple red colour. Spread buttercream icing on cooled cupcakes.

Step 4. Push a piece of broken pretzel into the cupcake to  resemble a stalk. Push the plastic straw in to make a hole and poke one end of the Gummi Worm inside so it looks like it is emerging from the apple. Add a mint leaf either side of the pretzel to create leaves.

Notes:

• If you want to make this these cupcakes but need a quick shortcut then you can use a packet mix of vanilla cupcakes with icing included and then tint the included icing.
• If red apples aren’t your favourite you can use green food colouring to make green apples.