Carnival Clown Cupcakes
24 cupcakes (your favorite flavor and favorite recipe)
3 cans vanilla frosting (or a double batch homemade vanilla buttercream)
Yellow, blue, red and green food coloring gel or liquid (There are natural food dyes available. India Tree is a brand that I have found @ Whole Foods)
M&M candies (I just used the red ones)
small candy eyes
baking cups (I used red and yellow)
container ice cream sprinkles
Prepare 4 bowls of frosting using one and half cans frosting or about 1/2 cup buttercream in each bowl. Add enough food color gel, in each bowl, to achieve a rich color and stir. Pour sprinkles in a small bowl and set aside. Using a knife or pastry brush, coat each sugar cone with icing and smooth out with finger. Put a dollop of icing on the end and dip the end into the sprinkles. You will end up with 6 cones of each color. Set aside and allow to thoroughly dry.
After cupcakes are completely cooled, frost and add eyes, a red M&M nose and (using some of the red icing from frosting the cones) draw a small mouth.
Place the leftover icing in a quart size ziploc bag and snip off the end. Pipe icing around the bottom rim of the sugar cone.
Place "hat" on the cupcake and lightly press into the frosting. Decorate with remaining frosting using your favorite tip (I used the small star tip on the hats).
Enjoy~
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