INGREDIENTS
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Yellow liquid food coloring
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24 , baked in white paper linersVanilla Cupcakes
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3 1/2 cups small yellow, cream, or white jelly beans, such as Jelly Belly
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4 pieces yellow fruit chews, such as Laffy Taffys or Starbursts
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1 tablespoon black decorating sugar
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1 tablespoon white decorating sugar
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8 sets of corn holders (optional)
DIRECTIONS
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STEP 1
Color the frosting pale yellow with food coloring.
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STEP 2
Working with 3 cupcakes at a time, frost cupcakes with yellow frosting. Arrange 5 rows of jelly beans, close together, on each cupcake. Place the 3 cupcakes side by side on a corn dish or serving platter to resemble an ear of corn. Repeat process with remaining cupcakes, frosting, and jelly beans.
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STEP 3
Cut the fruit chews into eight 1-inch squares. Soften the edges slightly by hand so that they look like melted butter. Place 1 square on top of each ear of corn. Sprinkle with sugars. Insert a corn holder in the end of each ear of corn, if using. Serve.
Source: Martha Stewart Living