BBQ Cupcakes

I'm posting these because they are the cutest things ever!  Not a great "recipe" because its simply a box of chocolate cake...but they are way too fun NOT to post.  The kids and I bought Nick a smoker grill for Father's Day and we made these as the dessert for dinner...staying with the whole "smoker/bbq" theme.  So...if you are buying your boyfriend/husband/dad a bbq...make these fun little cupcakes to go along with it!

Ingredients:

1 box of chocolate cake mix 

1 box hot tamale candy

1 bag gummies (must have reds, yellows, greens inside) I got a pack for one dollar at Walmart...

1 bag chocolate icing (by the cake candles at the store)

Red sprinkles

Silver/tin foil muffin cup liners

Directions:

* Mix your cake batter according to package directions.  Only pour the batter into the muffin cups 2/3 of the way because you don't want the cupcakes to overflow...

*Take them out of the oven when done and let them cool.  Press down on them with a towel to try and make them not so fluffy!  The flatter your tops, the cuter they are!

*Once they are cool, sprinkle all the tops with red sprinkles (this will be the "hot grates" inside your bbq).

*Now put the icing into a small sandwich sized plastic ziploc bag.  Cut a TINY hole at the bottom corner to push out the icing.

*Now draw lines (all going the same way) to make the "bbq grates."

*Put a dollop of icing on the back of each hot tamale and place it onto your muffins.

*Using a toothpick, draw lines across the hot tamale to make "grill marks.

*Once you are done with your hot tamale hot dogs, its time to make the kabob squewers.

*Take your gummie candy and cut them into small pieces.  Its a sticky mess, sorry.

*Now put them onto toothpicks to make your shishkabobs.

*Put some chocolate icing on the back of each one and put it into place on your muffins.  

I hope that special guy you are making these for loves them!!!