Decorated Football Poke Cupcakes

Another cool football tailgate recipe. I, of course, choose green and gold as the only good colors to use for this recipe. You may use any other colors you wish. GO PACK GO!!!

• Ready In: 3 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1  cup boiling water
• 4 (3 ounce) boxes gelatin (any flavor, I used lemon)
• 1 (8 ounce) container  whipped topping, thawed

• For Cupcakes

• 1 (18 1/4ounce) package  white cake mix
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1⁄3 cup  oil
• 4  egg whites

• For Decorating

•  food coloring (Green & Gold!)
•  decorator white  icing
•  fruit leather (your choice of colors)
•  pretzel stick
•  chocolate-covered almonds (or other chocolate footballs)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cake batter as directed on package using egg white version. Spoon batter into 24 paper lined muffin cups filling each half full. Bake as directed on package for cupcakes, 18-22 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan for 15 minutes.
2. Pierce cupcakes with a large fork at 1/2 inch intervals. Go deep enough into cupcake. Stir boiling water into dry gelatin in medium bowl at least two minutes until completely dissolved. Carefully spoon over cupcakes. Refrigerate 3 hours.
3. Tint whipped topping with food coloring. Frost cupcakes with whipped topping. If desired. If desired draw 50 yard line with white decorator gel. Make pennant by wrapping fruit leather triangle around pretzel stick and plant in field. Decorate with chocolate footballs.
4. Store in refrigerator.