When I first saw this “football” I thought “wow, that has to be complicated!”. Imagine my surprise when I saw it took only three – THREE – steps to create! Use your creativity with the toppings to fit your decorating theme. Think about using food coloring to tint vanilla frosting for the decorative piping around…
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Cream Filled Chocolate Football Cupcakes
Only one week left until the big game! This recipe will take a bit more time, but will be worth it. The mini football decorative topping are truffles made from cream cheese and crushed Oreo cookies. What’s not to like? Make some extra for your friends and family to snack on during the game! …
Banana Bread Cupcakes with a Surprise!
There’s a lot going on with these cupcakes from Dreamy Blog. So much going on that it wouldn’t all fit in the title. Banana bread cupcakes are pretty awesome to start with but add some chocolate peanut butter frosting AND a pretzel “crust” and it’s a party for your taste buds. Salty, sweet banana goodness…
Apple Pie Filled Cupcakes
Here’s a not too secret secret….it will soon be fall! It is my favorite time of the year mainly because of the cooler temperatures but also because it is apple season. I do so love fresh apples! She Knows came up with this great recipe to make apple pie filling with fresh apples to “stuff” these…
Polka Dot Pumpkin Cupcakes
Have some extra pumpkin but tired of pumpkin pie? Do you like pumpkin but want to make something a little “different”? Then try these cupcakes from My Kitchen Magazine! These gems are made with a pound cake base, cream cheese, and pumpkin with chocolate chips for the polka dot effect. The best part? No frosting…
Snowmen Cupcakes
Somehow it is December already and Christmas is just a heartbeat away. Not sure how that happened, seems like it was Labor Day just yesterday. Getting old I suppose. There is no real recipe to go with the picture, I just thought these were the cutest thing. You can use any flavor of cupcake…
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cupcakes
It’s time for a little decadence, or maybe a recipe that just sounds decadent. White chocolate has a light creamy texture of something different and special. Add some macadamia nuts and you have an unexpected treat! This recipe is courtesy of Love and Olive Oil. Ingredients: For cupcakes: 1 cup milk or soy milk 1 teaspoon…
Dark Chocolate Molten Cupcakes with Baileys
These decadent cupcakes are made with dark chocolate with a dash of Baileys in the molten center. There is no frosting on these cupcakes which makes them easy to transport (always a bright side, right?). Mindfully Frugal Mom certainly knows how to kick it up a notch. Use the darkest, high quality chocolate you can find…
Light(er) Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Cupcakes
Ok, so the recipe still calls for sugar but there is no oil or butter. Sally’s Baking Addiction substitutes banana (very ripe) and 0% plain Greek yoghurt to make a moist but lower fat cupcake. The peanut butter chips and chocolate chips are optional if you would like to reduce the sugar a bit more. Chocolate…
More Halloween Cupcake Decorating Ideas!
Just in case you are still looking for Halloween cupcake decorating ideas, we have a few more! Sometimes all we need is a little inspiration or in my case, a lot of inspiration and detailed instructions. And speaking detailed instructions, we have included a video from Martha Stewart on How to Make Halloween Cupcake Critters….
Chocolate Chunk Blueberry Cupcakes
If a cupcake has fruit in it, can it be considered healthy? Fruit is good for you, right? And so is dark chocolate so I vote healthy. Then again, I may be biased. This recipe from Love Bug Blog has lots of blueberry flavor in the filling and the blueberry buttercream frosting. Think chocolate covered blueberries….
Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecake Cupcakes
I seem to be on a peanut butter kick lately, not exactly sure why. When I saw this recipe from Plating Pixels I might have started to drool a bit. Rich and creamy peanut butter cheesecake on top of an Oreo cookie crust topped with chocolate ganache. All of my favorite things in one small…