Christmas Cupcakes: Naughty or Nice

Naughty and Nice is sort of my thing this year for Christmas.  Well, not in my personal life, but I have several more projects to come with this little theme in mind.  This week's cupcake challenge at Hoosier is a Christmas cupcake.  Instead of really focusing on new and innovative flavors, I started thinking about a 'wow' factor in delivering said cupcakes.  I saw these little plastic ornaments at Hobby Lobby, and I snagged 'em.  I baked up chocolate cupcakes/icing, and used black sprinkles for the Coal Cupcakes (you could also use crushed oreos), and then vanilla, butter cream, and the good ol' ziplock piping bag for my Gift Cupcakes. 

 I added some shred inside the ornament before snapping them shut to keep them in place, some string to hang them (though I could have also made little circles of paper to rest these on a table with a name (think:  Easter egg stand).....that could potential be a lot of fun.  I'd probably need to switch the names 7 times before we even made it to dinner based on the current treatment I was receiving from my guest). I'll be adding more ribbon and tags with the rest of these guys, but you get the idea.  I looooove these ornament balls.  They are about a dollar, but I anticipate they will be even cheaper after Thanksgiving.   I always hang something from my chandelier for the holidays.  Why not dessert? 

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