Lion Cupcakes

We had a lesson on Daniel in the Lion's Den for our Family Home Evening last night and whipped up these fun Lion Cupcakes (inspired by Liv Hansen's design from The Whimsical Bakehouse). They could be used for a Jungle Party too.



You'll Need
- Cupcakes (prepared from a cake mix)
- Vanilla Frosting
- Orange Food Coloring (mixed with frosting in dark orange and light orange)
- mini M&Ms
- Caramel Popcorn (Fiddle Faddle, Yellow Zonkers, etc.)
- Cheerios (optional)
- Pretzel Sticks

Directions
1. Frost prepared cupcakes with dark orange frosting. Add a small circle of light orange slightly lower than center.
2. Add caramel popcorn all around outer edge, pressing down lightly into frosting.
3. Add brown mini M&M's as eyes and a red mini M&M as a nose.
4. Break each pretzel stick in half and stick into cupcake top on either side of the nose to form whiskers.
5. Add a Cheerio for each ear (optional).

This week it was the big hit of the FHE! Of course, ours don't look nearly as fancy-shmancy as the originals, but that's part of the fun.