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Graduation Cupcaps

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What You Need

1 pkg. (2-layer size) yellow or white cake mix

1 env. Kool-Aid Unsweetened Orange Drink Mix

3 oz. Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, melted

12 Honey Maid Graham Wafer, broken crosswise in half (12 squares)

2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping

2 fruit roll snacks, any colour

24 jelly beans

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PREHEAT oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffin pan cups with paper liners. Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Stir in drink mix until well blended. Spoon into muffin cups. Bake 20 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean; cool.

SPREAD 1 tsp. melted chocolate onto each graham square to cover entire top of cracker. Place on baking sheet. Refrigerate until hardened. Remove paper from cupcakes. Turn upside down. Using wooden spoon handle, make small tunnel from top to bottom in centre of cupcake. Place whipped topping in small resealable plastic bag. Snip corner; pipe small amount of whipped topping into each cupcake. Place remaining whipped topping on top. Top with chocolate covered graham to make "cap".

CUT each fruit roll into 3-inch segments to make "tassels." Using a small sharp knife cut "fringes." Place on top of cap with jelly bean in centre, using a small amount of whipped topping as glue.

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To make all white graduation caps, spread additional whipped topping on top of grahams instead of chocolate. Line them up in rows for a black and white graduation!

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I agree the tassels,took a bit of time, but not too bad. As for the cupcakes falling over, I just cut to top of them just alittle to make them more flat.
posted by cwharton | on 7/14/2011

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These were very cute and tasty. The tassels were a bit time consuming, but not difficult to make. The only problem was, some of the cupcakes didn't stand up well upside-down.
posted by a cook | on 6/25/2009

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I have not made this recipe but I think it will be great for my brothers graduation tomorrow!!
posted by cookinggirl1999 | on 6/18/2009

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I baked these to serve at Graduation for the high school I teach at (varying the colours to suit the school). It was a HUGE hit amongs parents, siblings AND the graduating class!!!
posted by a cook | on 10/9/2008

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I made these for my grandsons preschool grad party. They got lots of good comments. The tassels were a bit difficult and time consuming, at least they were for me. But they tasted yummy.
posted by passage_52 | on 2/20/2008

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My daughters prek class loved these. Will be making them again for her kindergarten grad as well.
posted by tanis | on 11/14/2007

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These were a hit!! My neice just graduated, and took these to her potluck. I too omitted the orange juice mix. And they were very easy. Excellent recipe!
posted by j_shonna | on 6/30/2007

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I made these for my son's SK graduation. He loved them! I didn't use the kool-aid though. As well, next time I would coat both sides of the graham cracker with chocolate so they don't go soft. I agree with one rater - the tassels were a bit tedious, however, looked good. Maybe I'd use shoe-string liquorice next time.
posted by sweetsmom | on 6/21/2007

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The cup cakes looked awesome!! the only thing i would change is the orange kool-aid.. i would keep the white cake mix and fill the cup cakes with frosting! yum!! very creative!
posted by mosdell | on 6/6/2007

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They were good but I found the tassels hard to make because they are soo sticky and on a warm day they all fell over so refridgerate them before serving
posted by a cook | on 5/23/2007

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