Santa Claus Cupcakes

Ingredients:
Vanilla Cupcake ~ recipe
Buttercream Frosting ~ recipe
Cherry/Strawberry Licorine
Mini M&M chocolate ~ Brown
White Sugar Sprinkles

Directions:

1. Cut one cherry licorine into 3 parts & set aside.
2. Frost cooled cupcakes with buttercream.   Sprinkle the frosted cupcakes with the white sugar sprinkles.
3. Then insert 2 licorine into the frosted cupcake on both side.  Pipe buttercream end of the licorine & add mini M&M chocolate as Santa's shoes.