recipe: the cutest monkey cupcakes

this is more of a tip than a recipe but makes the most adorable monkey cupcakes. my boyfriend loves monkeys so when i saw this in a cupcake decorating book i had to replicate it.



you will need:
box cake mix (i like using chocolate or devils food cake but you could do marble cake or yellow if you prefer)
store-bought chocolate icing
vanilla wafers
nutter butter cookies
m&m's
twizzlers


directions:
1- bake cupcakes from a box cake mix
2- after cupcakes cool, ice with chocolate icing
3- make the ears of the monkey by slicing nutter butter cookies in half
4- make the mouth of the monkey by cutting a little off of a vanilla wafer
5- make the eyes by using m&m's (make eyes by putting a little of the chocolate icing on with a toothpick)
6- make the nose by using chocolate icing on a toothpick to make 2 dots
7- either use chocolate icing to draw on a mouth (using a toothpick) or slice up the twizzlers to make a mouth and tongue
8- to make the hair (optional) i put a dab of icing on the top in different designs for whatever hairstyle i wanted the monkey to have