Grate Cupcakes for Father's Day

I saw these in a Family Fun Magazine and thought they would be really cute for Father's Day!

Ingredients

• Brownie batter
• Black food coloring
• White frosting
• Orange sugar

• Caramel creams
• Red, yellow, and green candy fruit slices
• Hot Tamales candies

Instructions

1. To make a batch of 12, place liners in a muffin pan, oil them, and fill them two thirds full of your favorite brownie batter, then bake according to the recipe directions. Let the brownies cool.

2. In a small bowl, mix one or two drops of black food coloring with 1/4 cup white frosting. Transfer the frosting to a ziplock bag and snip a small section from the corner. Pipe grate lines onto each brownie and let them set for 20 minutes. Add embers with a sprinkle of orange sugar.

3. Prepare the grill food as instructed below and press it in place atop each brownie.

   
   Kebabs = A caramel cream and red, yellow, and green candy fruit slices, cut into small pieces + toothpick skewers

   
   Pork chop = two thirds of a caramel cream, molded with fingers + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick

   
   Hot dogs = Hot Tamales candies + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick

We made these for Pete for Father's Day. They turned out cute but the ones that Family Fun did were better so I attached their photo.