I have always loved animals, stuffed ones, real ones, pictures of them, you name an animal and most likely I like it. All except one….Monkeys! I just don’t care for monkeys,  or other primates for that matter. I can’t tell you why or why not, I just don’t care for them, never have. So when Ethan saw these monkey cupcakes and kept asking to make them, I kept ignoring him hoping he would suggest something else to make or forget about them all together.

When he asked for about the 10th time this past weekend I finally gave in and made the silly monkey cupcakes for my silly little monkey:)

Monkey Cupcakes

Adapted from Taste of Home
Makes 24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 box of Devils Food Cake mix
1 can of chocolate frosting
24 vanilla wafers
12 peanut butter sandwich cookies
M&Ms for the eyes
Red and black gel

1. Prepare cupcakes as directed on package

2. When completely cool reserve 1/3 container of icing (for hair) and ice the cupcakes with the frosting

3. Cut 1/3 off of each vanilla wafer for the mouth, discard the scraps (eat them:)

4. Carefully separate each peanut butter filled sandwich cookie and cut in half for the ears

5. Assemble the mouth, ears and eyes on the cupcake to look like a monkey.

6. Pipe black gel (or some of the frosting if you don’t have black gel) on the m&ms to make the eyes and vanilla wafers for the nostrils. Use the red gel for the mouth.

7. Fill decorating bag with the remaining 1/3 frosting and using tip #16 pipe on the hair.

8. Enjoy!

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