MONSTER CUPCAKES

*For the Frankie cupcakes.....
-Insert a pretzel stick into a flat end of each marshmallow. Using a clean paintbrush, lightly coat marshmallows woth corn syrup. Immediately roll top and sides in green colored sugar; allow to dry for 20 min.
-Meanwhile tint vanilla frosting purple and spread over cupcakes. Toll edge of cupcakes in nonpareils; set aside. (I couldn't find any purple nonpareils so I used nerds.)
-To decorate face, press candy-coated licorice into each side. (for the bolts). Use frosting to pipe eyes, add red hots (or red nerds) for eyeballs. Pipe chocolate frosting onto faces for mouths and stitches.
-Carefully insert pretzel stick into the center of each cupcake. Tint remaining chocolate frosting black and use  to make hair.(with a pastry tip)

*Green-eyed monster
-Trim a corner from one short end of each large marshmallow. Attach the marshmallows, cut side down, on teh top of the cupcakes with a dot of frosting.
-Spoon 2 tablespoons of vanilla frosting into a small resealable bag, set aside.
-Tint the remaining vanilla frosting neon green. Soppn the neon green frosting into a resealable 2 qt. freezer bag. Snip a very small corner (1/8 in.) from bag. Pipe dots of frosting along the outer edge of the cupcake with a pipe-stop-and-pull action to create spikes of frosting. Continue piping all over the cupcakes to completely cover all but the flat side of the marshmallow.
-Snip a very small corner (1/16 in) form the bag with vanilla frosting. Pipe a dot of vanilla frosting in the center of each marshmallow and attach a junior mint. Pipe a small live to add as the sparkle in the eye.

 *ORANGE YOU SPIKY!
-Spread the tops of the cupcakes with a small mound of vanilla frosting. insert chow mein noodles into cupcakes to look like spikes. Place in the freezer for about 15 min. to firm up.
-Spoon 3 tablespoons of the vanilla frosting into a small resealable bag and set aside.
-Tint the remaining frosting bright orange and spoon into a glass microwave safe bowl. Microwave the frosting, stirring it frequently, until it is the texture of lightly whipped cream.
-Holding the liner of the partially frozen cupcake, dip the top of the cupcake up to the liner in the melted frosting to coat. Use a spoon to add more frosting if necessary. Allow the excess frosting to drip off. Invert and transfer to a cookie sheet. Insert one end of a pretzel stick into the side of a mini marsmallow. Snip a corner from the bag with the vanilla frosting. Pipe a dot of frosting on one flat side of a marshmallow. Add a brown m&m candy as the pupil. Pipe a dot of vanilla frosting on the brown candy for the sparkle in the eyes.
-Insert two marshmallow eyes on top of a frosted cupcake about 1 in. apart. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.