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Dig into this delicious holiday dessert inspired by Easter’s favorite animals.

Abracadabra Cupcake Recipe

INGREDIENTS

    • 1/2 cup Wilton white candy melts from a 14 oz package
    • 2 chocolate-covered pretzel sticks
    • pink gel food color
    • 2 cupcakes
    • 1 cup chocolate frosting
    • Two 2 1/2- to 3-in. soft sugar cookie
    • 1 sour rope candy

PREPARATION

1. Line a baking sheet with nonstick foil. With a toothpick, draw two half-circles about 2 in. in diameter for head and four ear shapes about 2 1/2 to 3 in. onto the foil.

2. Melt white candy melts in microwave as package directs. Dip one end of each chocolate-covered pretzel stick into melted white candy for magician’s wand. Place on foil; let set. Place 1 1/2 Tbsp of the melted white candy in a small cup and tint pink. Place both white and pink candy into separate quart-size ziptop freezer bags; snip off small tip from one corner of each bag. On the outline on the foil, pipe in white for head and ears. Use a small spatula to spread. Then on the ears, pipe pink melted candy in center on top of white. Pipe two tiny pink hearts for noses; let set.

3. Remove liner from cupcakes; invert onto plate. Frost top and sides with chocolate frosting. Frost the cookie on top and sides. Place on top of cupcake. Gently peel head, ears and nose from foil. Make slight cut in top of cookie to insert ears; prop head against ears. Place a little chocolate frosting in ziptop bag; snip off tip. Pipe eyes onto bunny head. Use a little frosting to position nose. Cut sour ropes into thin strips for whiskers; insert into frosting behind nose. Place wand on plate.

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Easter Bunny Cupcake

Family Fun Night

November 5th, 2009

Make tonight a Family Fun Night. Cuddle with your loved ones while enjoying classic movies. Check out these reviews to pick which movie flick you’ll watch.

Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince – Harry Potter finds himself battling against evil forces while intrigued with romance.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen – Starring Shia Le Beouf, Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel. This action packed movie is a plan on activating a Doomsday weapon that will drain all power from the sun.

It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown – It just wouldn’t be Halloween without joining Charlie Brown and the gang for the classic tale of the Great Pumpkin. Determined to prove the legend is real, Linus spends the night in a pumpkin patch waiting for the appearance of the mysterious Great Pumpkin.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – English inventor Wallace and his trusted canine companion, Gromit, have a thriving varmint-elimination service. Wallace has a potential paramour in wealthy client Lady Tottington. Unfortunately, the slick-talking hunter Victor Quartermaine also has designs on the lady, and he’s not giving up easily.

Pooh’s Heffalump Halloween Movie – Roo’s new pal, Lumpy, joins Pooh and his friends for Halloween in the 100 Acre Wood. Halloween is scarier than ever after Tigger warns his friends about the mysterious Gobloon, who’ll turn you into a Jaggedy Lantern if he catches you.

Join us for ‘Dinner and a Movie‘.