Pool Ball Cupcakes!

I've had this up as my "Next Idea" since I made the blog. I finally decided to make them for Josh's birthday (which is tomorrow). So, first I need to say...

HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY, JOSH!!

Now that I'm done with that... Here's everything I used for the (48) cupcakes:

For the Cupcakes: Two Marble Cake Mixes, Water, Eggs, Vegetable Oil, Black Cupcake Liners, Two Cans of White Icing, Four 12ct Cupcake Containers.

For the Decoration: White Chocolate Melts, Black Icing Dye (not shown), Sugar Sprinkles: Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Black, Purple, Maroon (or Brown), and Red.

 First, I mixed together the cupcake batter (yellow):

Then you pour some of it (about a cup) into a small bowl:

Next, mix in the cocoa:

I used black liners this time:

Filled them about half way full with the yellow cake batter:

 Then added some of the chocolate:

 And mixed it into one another:

Marble cake always looks neat after you bake it:

 Then, doing then in sets of 16 cupcakes, put icing on them by hand:

Next, simply dip one cupcake into each of the 8 colors to make your 8 "solids." Leave one of the cupcakes plain white as the "cue ball." Then cut strips of wax paper like these:

And place them on the sides of the other cupcakes before dipping them into the sprinkles.

After doing all of the "pool balls," place one of the white chocolate melts in the center of the "ball" with the flat side facing up:

The picture on the left shows the first 12 in the set. The picture on the right shows the last 4 of the set, along with the beginning of the next set.

After you've placed the white chocolate melt in the center, you use the black icing dye to dye a bit of the white icing. Place the black icing in the corner of a ziplock bag and cut a very small corner off in order to pipe on the numbers.

1= Solid Yellow

2= Solid Blue

3= Solid Red

4= Solid Purple

5= Solid Orange

6= Solid Green

7= Solid Maroon (or Brown)

8= Solid Black

9= Striped Yellow

10= Striped Blue

11= Striped Red

12= Striped Purple

13= Striped Orange

14= Striped Green

15= Striped Maroon (or Brown) 

Here are my finished cupcakes:

P.S. After eating them, I found that the majority of the chocolate stayed in the middle. From the outside it appeared to be a yellow cake, but bite into it and you find the chocolate!