Cue JAWS music…

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

When deciding what to take for our Jimmy Buffett tailgating experience, I of course thought of making cupcakes! I made the Margarita cupcakes but also wanted something more traditional… I saw a picture of some beach and shark cupcakes and thought they were really cute and very fitting.

As usual, when I make more than 1 kind of recipe, I make one from scratch and one from a box. I made the margarita cupcakes from scratch and used the WW Diet Coke method on these babies.

Diet Coke Cupcakes – 2 WW pts

1 box cake mix – I used Devil’s Food
1 can of diet coke – any variety will do – I used Diet Dr Pepper
1 egg white (to help hold it all together)

Follow directions on box for cake or cupcakes except use only ingredients listed above.

I used store bought frosting that and dyed it blue.

Cupcakes, Dessert

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14 Responses to “12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Kisses”

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Katie — December 22, 2008 at 7:13 pm

These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ve never seen a treat so perfect! So impressed!!
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Joelen — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Beautiful job! I love the addition of chocolate and peppermint on the bottom for additional texture!
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Amy Kingman — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh my goodness those are so pretty!
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~Amber~ — December 23, 2008 at 1:33 am

OMG these are adorable!! Great job.
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Tiffany and Ganesh — December 23, 2008 at 1:52 am

wow, these are so pretty and look delish!
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Scott W. — December 23, 2008 at 2:36 am

how great are these! you can’t buy something that looks so nice.
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 2:50 am

Thanks everyone. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. Everyone loved them.
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Hallie Fae — December 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Wow, I’m impressed. Those look great. What did you do with over 100 meringues?? 🙂
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Hallie – I took half to a holiday potluck and the other have came to my in-laws with us for Christmas. They’re going on the cookie tray. The good thing is they keep well and go fast! And Hubby loves them so I have a hard time keeping his hand out of the bag of these guys.
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Steph — December 30, 2008 at 11:39 pm

These are beautiful!
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Ali — November 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Hi, these look great and I want to try them as gifts this year. Thanks! One question, how do you “paint” the red coloring into the bag?
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Jen — November 15, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Ali,

Using a small paint brush, I dipped it into the food coloring and painted stripes on the inside of the pastry bag prior to filling it with the meringue.
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cindy6174 — January 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm

These as well as your Raspberry Meringue Cookies look wonderful. I wish I had come upon these before the holidays as they would have made a great addition to my cookie plate!
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Cornelius the Pig — December 22, 2010 at 6:03 am

i realize these were posted 2 years ago… but i just found them and they look wonderful! so pretty!