Cat Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup chocolate chips
    6 thin pretzel twists, loops broken off (loops will resemble candy canes)
    1/4 cup chocolate sprinkles (sprinkles)
    1 (16 ounce) can vanilla frosting
    green food coloring paste (icing)
    12 unfrosted cupcakes
    1 1/2 cups canned milk chocolate frosting
    12 chocolate Hershey chocolate kisses
    1 package yellow decorating frosting
Preparation
    Line a baking sheet with wax paper.
    Melt chocolate chips in a small bowl in microwave as bag directs.
    For cat's tails, dip pretzel loops in chocolate, remove excess, place on lined baking sheet and sprinkle with Jimmies.
    Refrigerate until needed.
    Spoon 1 Tbsp vanilla frosting into a small ziptop bag; set aside.
    Tint rest grass-green with the food color.
    Frost top of cupcakes with green frosting.
    For each cupcake: Insert a tail into frosting at top right, letting part of tail extend over the side.
    Reserve 1 tsp chocolate frosting.
    Spoon rest into a small ziptop bag.
    Snip 1/4inch off corner and pipe cat's body (like a large\"C\") and legs.
    Press point of chocolate Kiss into frosting for head.
    Snip tiny tip off corner of bag with vanilla frosting- pipe whiskers.
    Pipe eyes with yellow icing Dip a toothpick into reserved chocolate frosting; use to make cat's ears.

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