Christmas Holiday Poinsettia Cupcakes

I was invited to a Christmas Dinner party this past weekend and needed to bring an entree and a dessert. I wanted to make something festive, so this is what I did.  I got this idea from that awesome book "What's New Cupcake" by Karen Tack. It's available on Amazon.com. (That's an affiliate link - I think!) I have made these before for Thanksgiving, but made them yellow and orange to look like mums. Here's the tutorial to make these cupcakes.

They are so easy to make!  The flower 'petals' are actually miniature marshmallows. First you just ice your cupcakes in white frosting. Then you cut each individual marshmallow diagonally across from corner to corner with kitchen scissors.

When you do this, it automatically makes the shape of a flower petal.

The inside of the marshmallows are super sticky. Just let them fall into a bowl of red sugar and the sugar will stick to the cut part of the marshmallow.

Then just start sticking them on the cupcake. Start with the outer ring first and work your way in. 

First row

Next row

After the last row (there will be room for about three rows), add some mini candy covered chocolates to the center.  They are adorable and they taste really good, too. Of course I waited until the last minute to work on these and ran out of time to do them all. I went ahead and did several and then just put sugar sprinkles on the rest. It was still enough to make a nice presentation! Everyone loved them!

If you make any, I'd love to see photos and let me know how they turned out!