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These cupcakes got me in the "Holiday Swing!" I made some simple "French vanilla" (Yes, that's what the package said- Betty Crocker) and put some red, white, and green jimmies in them to give them that "Christmas-fetti" look... Then, I mixed up some vanilla buttercream in my pink KitchenAid.... and added some colour and flavour...
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The red ones have strawberry flavoured buttercream and the white ones are peppermint buttercream with peppermint sugar sprinkles!