Pool Party Cupcakes!

I made these cute Pool Party (or Beach themed) cupcakes recently! Aren't they cute? And really simple too. You'll need:

-Cake Mix

-White Icing

-Teddy Grahams

-Gummy Life Savers

-Sweet Stripes Mints

-Cocktail Umbrellas

NOT PICTURED:

-Blue food coloring

-Fruit Roll Ups

-Powdered Sugar

Prepare and bake cupcakes according to the directions. Place icing in a bowl. Add powdered sugar to stiffen icing so it holds it shape better (optional) and blue food coloring until the desired color is reached. I added about 8 drops.

Ice cupcakes. I used a round tip for this, but you can use any tip you like or simply spread it on with a knife.

Now, get your teddy grahams ready by putting a gummy life saver around their stomach. It works better on the ones that have their arms up. 

Now stick onto your cupcake. Add a cocktail umbrella and a sweet mint as a beach ball. They end up looking like this:

You can also make a float out of fruit roll ups (I used strawberry). Just cut out a small rectangle and make a little pillow at the top by turning about 1/4 inch of it down to mimic a real pool float. Put a little icing on the teddy graham's back so he'll stick. I found that the ones with their arms down worked best for this.

If you're wanting a beach theme instead of pool, crush up some teddy grahams in a sandwich bag and sprinkle onto half the cupcake as the sandy shore line.

Thanks so much for reading, have a wonderful day!

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