1 pk Devils food cake mix
1 1/4 c  Water
1/2 c  Oil
3    Eggs
1 cn Vanilla frosting
8    Small paper doilies
40    Mini chocolate chips
18    Small gumdrops
1    Chewy fruit snack string

Step 1 Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour bottoms and
sides of 8 miniature muffin cups. In large bowl, combine cake mix, water,
oil, and eggs at low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes at high speed.
Using about half of batter, fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake
remaining batter according to package directions in paper lined muffin cups
or greased and floured 8 inch round or square cake pan for later use.

Step 2 Bake miniature cupcakes at 350 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes and
regular cupcakes for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake springs back when
touched lightly in center. Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes, remove from
pans. Cool completely.

Step 3 To make each snowman, frost sides of 1 regular cupcake. Place dab of
frosting on center of doily; place bottom of cupcake on doily. Frost top of
cupcake. Frost sides of 1 miniature cupcake; place,right side up, in center
of regular cupcake. Frost top. Smooth frosting over entire snowman,
rounding shape slightly.

Step 4 To decorate each snowman, use 2 miniature chocolate chips for eyes
and 3 for buttons. Cut small sliver of orange gumdrop for nose and small
piece of red gumdrop for mouth. Place large gumdrop on head for hat. Place
2 small gumdrops on sides of body for arms. Cut fruit snack string into 8
(7 inch long pieces) arrange around neck to resemble scarf.