In anticipation for the release of ParaNorman in 2D and 3D theaters everywhere on August 17th, check out this DIY decorating kit which allows you to create your very own ParaNorman-themed party dessert that you can share with your kids and would be sure to cheer up even the grumpiest zombie !
Look what celebrity chef Annette Starbuck created!
Chef Annette Starbuck, owner of Goodie Girls Cupcakes in Glendale, CA, is the winner of Season 3 Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars” Kentucky Derby. She has also been featured on Season 6 Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars Champions”, CBS “The Talk”, Fox’s “Wednesday’s Child”, and the face of the 2012 Las Vegas Chocolate Festival at the Venetian Hotel. Annette is a self-taught baker and through passion and persistence has developed amazing cupcake flavors and combinations. Goodie Girls is currently working on opening their second location in La Canada, CA which is planned to open January 2013 – www.thegoodiegirls.com
Make your favorite white based frosting and tint the frosting any shade of your favorite green for ParaNorman. To make the frosting sheet decorations, cut out a round piece of fondant with a same size cookie cutter round as the frosting sheet in the ParaNorman Cupcake Kit. 
To apply the frosting sheet to the fondant, dampen the fondant slightly with a little water and peel the frosting sheet from it’s backing. Gently place the frosting sheet on the fondant and smooth out with your fingers. Set aside on a piece of Parchment Paper to dry for 24 hours or until the fondant becomes hard. Tip: place frosting sheets in freezer to allow easier ability to peel the frosting sheet from the backing. Frost the cupcake using a round frosting tip (you may also use a butter knife or spatula to frost if you do not have a round tip). Once frosted, but before the frosting dries, place your dried fondant piece on top.
To make Norman’s head cut out, roll out a brown piece of fondant. Use the Norman cookie cutter in the ParaNorman Cupcake Kit and cut. Place fondant piece on Parchment Paper and allow up to 24 hours to dry or until fondant hardens. Frost your favorite baked cupcake (Tip: bake your cupcakes in a normal cupcake liner and place the cupcakes once baked in a ParaNorman liner) with your green frosting in a round tip (you may also use a butter knife or spatula if you do not have a round tip). Once frosted, but before frosting dries, place the hardened Norman head on top.
Our Take: Well we do things a bit simpler than Chef Annette, I’m not even sure where I’d find fondant! So my girls got excited to make cupcakes and who doesn’t? My oldest took the mask and played around while she mixed up the batter. The frosting was tinted green and due to the HOT nights we’ve been having, patience was short and the frosting was melting, but we placed the frosting sheets on top of the cupcakes and ate them immediately!
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I would red velvet cupcakes using cream cheese icing that I dye with green wilting coloring gel, awesome giveaway, my grandson is excited to see the movie soon, thanks for the chance
sewitupjulie@gmail.com
I meant…that I dye with…Wilton icing color gel…thanks
Chocolate. My boys, I mean zombies, LOVE chocolate. (I love that my boys love chocolate!)
I would make orange creamsicle with black frosting
Chocolate
Chocolate!!!!
red velvet
I would make zombie “brain” cupcakes. Cherry cupcakes, with pieces of cherries, cream cheese frosting, with a cherry drizzle over them.
Id make Devils Food
bloody devils food ones
I would make dirt and worm cupcakes for my zombies using chocolate cake mix and adding gummy worms to the topping of Oreo crumbs!
I would make them with an explosion filling
I would make chocolate with vanilla frosting dyed green.
I would make red velvet – for blood!
we’d make devil’s food! yum
vanilla with choc frosting
—————— I would make Funfetti Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting! NOMZ! 😀
I would make a pistachio and have some red jelly filling on the inside. No doubt it would be a unique treat for my zombies.
Ooh, devil’s food! Or red velvet. Would be perfect for Halloween at school!
I would make chocolate with cream cheese frosting.
Red Velvet.
kerrie@mayansfamily.com
Chocolate cupcakes with green frosting!
I’d make strawberry flavored cupcakes. Thanks.
partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com
Well, my zombies love vanilla.
We’d make our favorite…. Red velvet!
I’d make chocolate chip cupcakes.
How about “Green Velvet Cake” using green coloring instead of red to make a different version of Red Velvet Cake.
I think red velvet would be fun
I would make vanilla and dye them a bright green.
I would make chocolate cupcakes.
Red Velvet cake with green icing. Is green a flavor? lol
Red Velvet!
Maybe with some frosting “ooz” in the middle
Samantha D
dull2000 at cox dot net
I would make red velvet!
red velvet it’s all about the zombies
Chocolate
chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate Cupcakes!!!!
strawberry cupcakes with strawberry icing
Simple chocolate!
Definitly Chocolate! We love chocolate in our house 🙂
farrah_jo@yahoo.com
Red velvet would look cool!
pistachio cupcakes with green dye and some red frosting
I’d make red velvet.
I think I would make marble (chocolate and white) but put green or purple food coloring in the white part. Thank you for the great giveaway…
Death by chocolate! Mwahahahaha! 🙂