Bird Nest Cupcakes

cake mix or scratch cake ingredients (your choice)

white frosting

grated coconut

green food coloring

Marshmallow Peeps® (yellow, pink, white, blue or lavender)

jelly beans

Bake cupcakes according to directions. Allow to cool completely. Frost with icing that you have tinted green with the food coloring.

Place the desired amount of coconut a plastic bag, add a small dab of green food color (using a toothpick works great with pastes!) Close the bag and mix and shake until color is evenly distributed. If you use liquid coloring spread the coconut out on a paper towel so it dries a bit.

Sprinkle colored coconut on top of frosted cupcakesm and place a Peep® in the center. Add a few jelly beans around the Peeps®, so they look like eggs.

Another option is to pipe a "nest" of green icing to encircle the top and place a Peep® in the center. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles for a finishing touch.