An Apple A Day...

I absolutely adore these apple cupcakes featured on Kara's Cupcake blog.  The cupcakes are frosted in vanilla buttercream and then rolled in green sugar crystals.  A pretzel stick and some mint make up the stem and leaves and then the "bite" is made simply by scooping a little bit of the frosting off using a small plastic fork.  The final touch - 3 chocolate sprinkles for the seeds.  They are so fresh looking!

Try making them with an apple flavored cupcake and a cream cheese frosting for a different twist - happy baking!