Easy Marshmallow Snowman Cupcakes

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1. - Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake mix or recipe according to instructions and bake in green cupcake liners. Let cool completely.
2. - Tint frosting. Tint 1/4 cup buttercream each Christmas Red, Black and Orange using icing colors. Reserve 1/4 cup white.
3. - Prepare piping bags. Prepare two disposable decorating bags with tip 2 and two with tip 1. Fill tip 2 bags with Christmas red and orange frosting and tip 1 bags with black and white frosting.
4. - Frost cupcakes. Spatula frost the cupcakes with white frosting and sprinkle on sparkling sugar and snowflake sprinkles.
5. - Prepare snowmen. Skewer two marshmallows with a pretzel stick, making sure one end is sticking out to insert into the cupcake.
6. - Pipe two red circles on opposite sides of the marshmallow head for earmuffs, then dip into red sanding sugar. Shake off excess and pipe a line to connect them.
7. - Pipe the eyes with black icing and a carrot nose with orange.
8. - Pipe small dots of white icing and carefully attach mini chip sprinkles for buttons.
9. - Insert the snowman into the cupcake, then break a pretzel stick in half and insert into sides for arms.

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