Is That A Slurpee?

No, it's a cupcake!  These are the treats I made for my daughters soccer team.  Spring Soccer is to cold here to have a real Slurpee.

I went to my local 7 Eleven (I like to call it the "Sev") and asked if I could buy Slurpee cups.  I think I paid about a dollar for a dozen or so cups.  I told them what I was doing, and they were really great about selling me the cups.  

I wanted a cupcake flavor that would go along with the theme.  I used a Cherry 7up cupcake recipe.  For the frosting I used this 7up buttercream.  In the frosting I left out the cherry juice and used plain 7up because I wanted the frosting to be white so I could color it blue, purple, and red.

The cupcakes are not regular size.  I found jumbo cupcake papers at Hobby Lobby.  Regular ones would have fallen down in the cup.  I also wadded up a paper towel and put it in the bottom of the cup for some extra support.

I colored the frosting, frosted the cupcakes, sprinkled the colored sugar on top, and dropped them in the cups.  I cut Red Vines in half and used them as the straws.  Badda bing, badda boom.  Super easy, and cute.  And from what I hear, they taste really good.  They were gone so fast I didn't get a taste. :)  I believe I doubled the recipe and got around 15 jumbo cupcakes.