Awesome Alien Cupcakes

1 box (18.25 oz) Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food
    or yellow cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
6 cups Kix® cereal
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
4 cups miniature marshmallows
1/4 teaspoon orange neon gel or paste food color
    (from 2.7-oz tube)
48 gummy peach ring candies (from three 4.25-oz bags)
48 candy-coated chocolate candies
Black decorating gel (from 0.68-oz tube)
48 thin pretzel sticks
20 drops green food color
1 container (12 ounce) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy
    white frosting

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F (325 degrees F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.

2. Bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, line 2 cookie sheets with waxed paper. In large bowl, place cereal.

4. In 4-quart saucepan, melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows; stir until completely melted. Remove from heat. Stir in orange food color. Pour marshmallow mixture over cereal in bowl, stirring until well coated.

5. For feet, place 2 gummy candies on cookie sheet. Spray inside of 1/4-cup measuring cup with cooking spray. For body, fill measuring cup with warm cereal mixture; place over feet, releasing cereal mixture and covering back half of feet. Repeat with remaining gummy candies and cereal mixture to make 24 aliens. Use 2 candy-coated chocolate candies for eyes and black decorating gel to make centers of eyes. Insert 2 pretzels for antennae.

6. Stir green food color into frosting container; frost cupcakes with frosting. Place 1 alien on top of each cupcake; press gently to secure. Store uncovered at room temperature.

Make the Most of This Recipe How-To
Too many aliens? Bake and cool cupcakes as directed on package. Wrap 12 cupcakes tightly in food-safe plastic wrap and freeze for future use. Divide remaining ingredient amounts in half, and make 12 alien cupcakes.

Nutrition Information: 1 Serving (1 Serving) Calories 330 o (Calories from Fat 90), Total Fat 9g o (Saturated Fat 3g, o Trans Fat 1 1/2g), Cholesterol 20mg;
Sodium 250mg; Total Carbohydrate 59g o (Dietary Fiber 1g, o Sugars 37g), Protein 2g;

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 8%; Iron 40%;

Exchanges: 1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices: 4;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Recipe and photograph courtesy of Betty Crocker/© 2010 ®/TM General Mills.