Valentines Day Bear Cupcakes
These Valentines Day Bear Cupcakes might take just a few minutes of time but they turn out so stinking adorable and are super fun to make with the kiddos. Not only are these Valentines Day Bear Cupcakes adorable but they also make a great treat for school parties and a wonderful Valentines day gift idea to that special someone in your life.
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Ingredients
- Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 box of French Vanilla cake mix
- 1 C Whole milk
- 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 3 large eggs
- V-day cupcake liners
- Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 3 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1/2 C cocoa
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 disposable piping bag fitted with star tip
- Reese bear Ingredients:
- 21 regular size Reese peanut butter cups unwrapped
- 1 package of small edible eyes
- 2 8 oz bag of Ghirardelli chocolate wafers set aside 42 for the ears
- 1 bag of pink wilton candy melts
- 21 brown M&M's
- 1 mini circle fondant cutter
- 1 container of Nerdy Nummy heart sprinkles
- 1 disposable piping bag
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Instructions
- Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
- Using a standing or a hand mixer, beat together all cupcake ingredients until combined
- Scoop cupcake batter into liners, filling about 3/4 way full and bake in the oven for 21 minutes
- Allow to cool completely
- Chocolate Frosting Directions
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter, powder sugar, cocoa, vanilla and heavy whipping cream until combined and stiff with peaks
- Scoop the frosting into the piping bag and set aside
- Bear Directions
- Remove 42 chocolate wafers from the Ghirardelli bags and place onto a cutting board.
- Using a microwave safe bowl, melt 1 cup of the chocolate wafers in increments of 30 seconds, mixing after each time until melted and smooth
- Scoop into the piping bag and set aside
- Place one unwrapped Reese peanut butter cup onto the cutting board
- Cut the tip off the piping bag and pipe a small dollop of chocolate onto the lower center of the peanut butter cup
- Place a pink wafer onto the chocolate dollop. This is the mouth and nose of the bear
- Pipe two dollops of chocolate above the pink wafer for the eyes
- Place two eyes onto the two chocolate dollops
- Pipe a small dollop of chocolate onto the "M" side of the "M&M" and then place onto the center of the pink wafer
- Using the small round fondant cut out a half shaped moon out of the bottom of the chocolate wafers.
- Pipe a line of chocolate onto the cut part of the chocolate wafer
- Place the chocolate wafer onto the upper left and right corner of the peanut butter cup for the ears
- Repeat steps with remaining Reese cups
- Allow to dry for 10 minutes
- While the bears are drying, pipe frosting onto the cooled cupcakes
- Once the 10 minutes is up, carefully place the bears onto the middle of the frosting and lightly push down into the frosting.
- Enjoy!
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