Instructions

1. You'll need about 20 white candy melts for the Minnie Bow for the top of the cupcake.  Place them in a plastic bag and melt them in the microwave.  We usually start at about 30 seconds.  Check on them and then heat in 10-second intervals until they are fully melted.
2. You can find bow molds for a Minnie Mouse Bow on both Amazon and Etsy. We found ours on Amazon.  We only bought one, so the process of making the bows for all 18 cupcakes was kinda slow.  We worked on this the week prior to the party and stored the bows in a plastic bag in the freezer until we needed them.
3. Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes in pink polka dot cupcake liners.
4. Make 1-2 batches of our Best Buttercream Frosting depending on the number of cupcakes you are making. 1 batch will be enough for 12 cupcakes.
5. Tint the frosting pink, we used 3 drops of Wilton Color Right Food Coloring to get this light shade of pink.
6. Twist open the Mini Oreos and remove the Oreo filling.  
7. With the decorating bag and a 1M tip, make four swirls of frosting the last one should end with an upward flourish so that the swirl ends in a peak at the top..  You can find a video of how Frost a Cupcake right here.
8. Finally, add the candy bow to the top of the cupcake and sprinkle the frosting with Sugar Pearls for a fun polka dot effect.  You'll need to add the sprinkles immediately after you make the frosting swirl or they won't stick.