And No, They Aren't Alien Boobs!

My recent Food Network Magazine included some Halloween-themed cupcakes.  The one I wanted to try was this:

I purchased the cake mix, frosting, and food color.  The recipe called for fondant so I decided to make it home-made.  Fairly easy recipe but my failure occurred when I attempted to make the shoes.  I was trying to do a riff on the Wicked Witch of the East with ruby slippers.  Try as I might, this just didn't happen so I ended up creating pumpkin-themed cupcakes:

 





 



I made fondant pumpkins with green apple Twisters coming out as the stem; although the plan changed, the cupcakes did turn out pretty fabulous!