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Rudolph Cupcakes with Chocolate and Candy Recipe

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  • Author: Emily
  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 25 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Baking
  • Cuisine: American

Description

Create festive Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Cupcakes perfect for holiday celebrations. These chocolate cupcakes are topped with rich chocolate frosting and decorated with candy eyes, red cinnamon candy noses, mini pretzel antlers, and colorful sprinkles to bring the iconic reindeer to life, making them a fun and delicious treat for kids and adults alike.

Ingredients

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Cupcakes & Frosting

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix (makes 24 cupcakes, baked according to package directions)
  • 2 cans chocolate frosting

Decorations

  • 24 mini rectangular chocolate candy bars
  • 24 red cinnamon candies
  • 24 candy eyes
  • Mini pretzels (enough to cut into 24 pairs of antlers)
  • Red and green sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Bake the Cupcakes: Prepare the chocolate cake mix as directed on the box and bake into 24 cupcakes. Once baked, let them cool completely before decorating.
  2. Frost the Cupcakes: Using a pastry bag fitted with a decorating tip, pipe chocolate frosting onto each cooled cupcake. This technique helps achieve a neat and professional look.
  3. Prepare Pretzel Antlers: Carefully cut mini pretzels in half by scoring a groove down the center with a sharp knife, then trimming them further into antler shapes.
  4. Set up Decoration Station: Arrange all reindeer components — pretzel antlers, red cinnamon candies, candy eyes, mini chocolate bars, some frosting, and a toothpick or skewer — ready for assembly.
  5. Attach Eyes and Noses: Dip the tip of a toothpick or skewer into frosting and apply a small amount to the back of each candy eye, then affix them to the chocolate bars. Repeat this for the red cinnamon candies to create noses. The frosting acts as an edible glue.
  6. Assemble Reindeer Faces: Place each decorated chocolate candy bar face onto the bottom two-thirds of the frosted cupcake, leaving some frosting visible above for the antlers.
  7. Add Pretzel Antlers: Insert the pretzel antlers at the top of the chocolate candy piece to mimic reindeer antlers.
  8. Final Decoration: Sprinkle red and green sprinkles over the cupcakes for a festive touch.

Notes

  • Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting to prevent melting.
  • Use a sharp knife and caution when cutting pretzels to form antlers.
  • Pastry bags with piping tips make frosting application easier and more attractive.
  • Customize sprinkles based on holiday theme or personal preference.
  • These cupcakes can be made a day ahead and stored covered at room temperature.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cupcake
  • Calories: 320
  • Sugar: 30g
  • Sodium: 180mg
  • Fat: 15g
  • Saturated Fat: 7g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 6g
  • Trans Fat: 0.2g
  • Carbohydrates: 42g
  • Fiber: 2g
  • Protein: 3g
  • Cholesterol: 25mg

Find it online: https://emilyquickdinners.com/rudolph-cupcakes-with-chocolate-and-candy-recipe/