Flowerpot Cupcakes

• unfrosted chocolate cupcake1
• piece fruit leather (strip)1
• brightly coloured gumdrops↗2 -4
• green gumdrops4
• pretzel sticks↗2 -4

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   With a fork, fluff up the surface of the cupcake to look like soil.

2. 2

   Cut the fruit strip slightly larger than the cupcake base and wrap it around to look like the bottom of a flower pot. Moisten strip if neccessary. Press ends together to secure.

3. 3

   Cut another strip slightly larger than the cupcake top and fold in half length wise. Wrap it around to look like the top of a flower pot. Moisten strip if neccessary. Press ends together to secure.

4. 4

   Cut thick slices from the centers of gumdrops. With sharp scissors, snip the gum drops into tulip shapes.

5. 5

   Trim the green gumdrops to form leaves.

6. 6

   Press "tulips" into pretzel stick "stems" and poke into "soil".

7. 7

   Arrange the "leaves" at the base of the flowers.