Once your batter is prepared, and the oven is preheating, place paper liners in cupcake pan. Using a cookie scoop, fill cavities with cupcake batter. This will ensure even cupcake sizes. Bake as recommended on recipe. (Most cupcake recipes are 350 for about 17 minutes)

While the cupcakes bake, melt chocolate candy melts in a microwave safe bowl on 30% power for 30 second increments until fully melted. Snip the tip of a disposable decorating bag and add a #4 Wilton decorating tip. Fill bag with melted chocolate.

Lay out a piece of parchment paper and slowly draw antlers using a “Y” design. Make extra as some may break and it’s better to have more than not enough! Allow to dry.

When the cupcakes are finished baking, allow them to cool on a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes.

While waiting, fit two disposable decorating bags with #10 tips and fill one with red icing and one with brown icing. Fit another bag with a #4 decorating bag and fill with black icing.

Holding the bag filled with brown icing vertically, carefully swirl icing onto the top of the cupcake starting on the outer edge and moving in a clockwise motion until you reach the center of the cupcake.

Add two chocolate antlers to each cupcake. Using the black icing, make two small dots giving the reindeer eyes. Finish the reindeer cupcake using the red icing, giving each cupcake a red nose.