50+ Friends Club Cookbook -- Cakes and Frostings -- Black Cat Cupcakes

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Black Cat Cupcakes

From the Kitchen of: Paz
Source: Nadine from Recipe Chat

1 1/4	C	Reduced fat Oreo cookie crumbs
18 1/4	oz	Reduced fat chocolate cake mix
24	pieces	Halloween Oreo cookies
16	oz	Reduced fat milk chocolate frosting
		Black string licorice
		Jelly beans
		Semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 24-2 1/2" muffin cups with cooking spray and flour; set aside.
Prepare cake mix according to package directions; stir in cookie crumbs.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.
Make cat faces on each of the remaining cookies: using some frosting, attach 4-1 1/2" licorice strings for whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips for ears. Let set for at least 30 minutes.
Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake. Place 3" piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.