Cupcakes are usually sweet & innocently delicious desserts.  These cupcakes add a little pop with rock candy on top.  They are a fun easy twist to cupcakes.  The rock candy toppping is a sweet surprise alternative from sprinkles.  You can add interesting flavors with the candy as well: bubblegum, rasberry, strawberry- so many possibilities.

Ingredients:

• cake of choice (vanilla shown here)
• rock candy (bubblegum shown)
• frosting of choice

Directions: Bake cupcakes as directed.  Let cool and frost.  Break up rock candy off stick and mix into a bowl.  Sprinkle on top- it should stick easily to the frosting.  For a cute extra- you can put some rock candy or a bubblegum in the middle of the cupcake for a sweet surprise.