April Fools Cupcakes

- Can be made any time of year
- Brains and other body parts work well at Halloween
- Paste food colorings are less likely to create a bitter taste
- Create an entire faux meal from cupcakes
- Great for school parties
April Fools Cupcake Ideas
- "Dirt" cupcakes are made of a traditional chocolate cake recipe with gummy worms baked inside
- "Fried chicken" cupcakes are made with a frosted cupcake, covered with crushed corn flakes and decorated with a white chocolate bone
- Peas and Carrots cupcakes can be made with sliced and molded Tootsie Rolls or Starburst fruit chews
- Corn-on-the-Cob cupcakes decorated withr candy corn
- Popcorn cupcakes made with yellow and white jelly beans

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April Fools cupcakes are not your typical treats consisting of cake and frosting. April Fools' cupcakes are sometimes regular cupcakes cleverly decorated like to look like other foods such as corn on the cob, or spaghetti and meatballs. Some cupcakes contain edible or inedible surprising inclusions, like gummy worms or cotton balls.

One well known April Fool's recipe for cupcakes uses a meatloaf recipe for the cake and dyed mashed potatoes for "icing." Victims will be lured in by assuring the unsuspecting victims that the cupcake is sugar free.