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    Its not so much a "recipe" as it is just a 
	fun thing to do with cupcakes...something my mom used to do for me for my 
	birthday around Easter time.  Turn ordinary cupcakes into Easter 
	baskets with coconut "grass", jelly bean "eggs", and pipe cleaner basket 
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	Ingredients | 
	
    Preparation Notes | 
	 
  
	| 1 box | 
	Your Favorite 
	Cake Mix | 
	
    -   Make 
	cupcakes according to instructions on the box. .
 
    -   Allow them 
	to cool to room temperature. 
 
    -   Add several 
	drops of blue and yellow food coloring to the vanilla icing and beat until 
	well-blended to a nice green color. 
 
    -   Also add 
	food coloring separately to the shredded coconut and mix together until the 
	coconut is all green. 
 
    -  Ice the 
	cupcakes, then spread some coconut on the tops. 
 
    -  Push three or 
	four jelly beans into the icing of each cupcake. 
 
    - Anchor a bent pipe cleaner into the 
	cupcake to make a handle.
 
 
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	| 1 Can | 
	Vanilla Icing | 
	 
  
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	Shredded 
	Coconut (optional) | 
	 
  
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	Jelly Beans | 
	 
  
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	Green Food 
	Coloring | 
	 
  
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	Colored Pipe 
	Cleaners | 
	 
  
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