Chirping Chick Cupcakes

1 box Betty Crocker* SuperMoist* golden or white cake mix

Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

2 containers Betty Crocker* Whipped fluffy white frosting

Yellow food color

24 orange jelly beans

48 small orange candies

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Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make cake as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool completely.
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Frost cupcakes with 1 container of frosting.
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Stir a few drops yellow food color into other container of frosting. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoonful yellow frosting on center of each cupcake. To make beak, cut orange jelly bean lengthwise to within 1/8 inch of end; spread apart slightly. Press into yellow frosting as shown. Add orange candies for eyes. Store loosely covered.

How-To: If you have only one 12-cup muffin pan, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Then bake the rest of the batter in the cooled muffin pan, adding 1 or 2 minutes to the bake time.