Black Cat Cupcakes

1 1/4 cups cookie crumbs oreo
4.5 ozs cake mix, chocolate
24 pcs oreo cookies
16 ozs chocolate frosting
1 each black licorice string
1 x jelly beans to taste
1 x chocolate (semi-sweet) semi-sweet chips, to taste


Preheat oven to 350. Prepare 24 - 2 1/2 inch muffin cups with cooking spray and
flour; set aside. Prepare cake mix according to package directions; stir in
cookie crumbs. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 25 minutes. Remove from pans; cool on wire rack.

Make cat faces on each of the remaining 24 cookies: using
some frosting, attach 4-1 1/2 inch licorice strings for
whiskers, 2 jelly bean halves for eyes and 2 chocolate chips
for ears. Let set at least 30 minutes. Frost cupcakes with remaining frosting. Stand cat faces on edge on each cupcake. Place 3 inch piece licorice string on back half of each cupcake for tail.