Chocolate Groundhog Day Cupcakes
These cupcakes were so much fun to make, and I just put them together with things I had in my pantry. Since the groundhog is looking to see if winter will stick around, I sprinkled some candy snowflakes around the “ground.” My kids were thrilled.
Ingredients
Method
- Frost the cupcakes lightly with chocolate buttercream frosting. Don’t put too thick of a coat on, because there is so much frosting in the form of the groundhog.
- Sprinkle some chocolate cookie crumbs or some chopped up chocolate to give the impression of “dirt.”
- Using a decorating bag and a large star tip, so that there will be some impression of “fur,” pipe a mound of frosting on each cupcake. The shape is largely unimportant as long as it’s mounded. Once you get the face on, it will look right.
- For the eyes, cut miniature marshmallows in half. Push the pointed end of a miniature chocolate chip into the sticky side of each marshmallow half until the tip of the chip starts coming out of the back. The chips should stay in place now.
- For the ears, cut pecans in half.
- For the teeth, cut slivered almonds in half.
- For the nose, use a peanut butter chip.
- Once the mound is made on the cupcake, put the ears on, then the eyes, then the nose, then push the almonds into the frosting under the nose until just the tips of the almonds are sticking out.
- Sprinkle some candy snowflakes around the “ground.”
Nutrition
Notes
I started with a plain Devil’s Food Cake recipe and made 24 cupcakes. You will need a decorating bag and a large star tip.
Thanks for hosting me on your blog, Hallee!