Awesome Alien Cupcakes

 Have Halloween fun! Create sweet aliens and surprise your goblins.

Ingredients

• 1

  box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ devil's food or yellow cake mix
• Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
• 6

  cups Kix® cereal
• 3

  tablespoons butter or margarine
• 4

  cups miniature marshmallows
• 1/4

  teaspoon orange neon gel or paste food color (from 2.7-oz tube)
• 48

  gummy peach ring candies (from three 4.25-oz bags)
• 48

  candy-coated chocolate candies
• 1

  tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker™ black decorating gel
• 48

  thin pretzel sticks
• 20

  drops green food color
• 1

  container Betty Crocker™ Whipped fluffy white frosting

Steps

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.

2 Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

3 Meanwhile, line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In large bowl, place cereal.

4 In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in orange food color. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal in bowl, stirring until well coated.

5 For feet, place 2 gummy candies on cookie sheet. Spray inside of 1/4-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. For body, fill measuring cup with warm cereal mixture; place over feet, releasing cereal mixture and covering back half of feet. Repeat with remaining gummy candies and cereal mixture to make 24 aliens. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and black decorating gel to make centers of eyes. Insert 2 pretzels for antennae.

6 Stir green food color into frosting container; frost cupcakes with frosting. Place 1 alien on top of each cupcake; press gently to secure. Store uncovered.