Campfire Cupcakes

  • Preparation time:
  • 55 min
  • Total time:
  • 55 min
  • Makes:
  • 24 cupcakes
Campfire Cupcakes

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Campfire Cupcakes

No fire-safety badge required for these scrumptious cupcakes—simply rub two pretzel sticks together and watch sparks fly!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
  • 1 170-g pkg dark chocolate , melted
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 1/4 cup 10% cream
  • 24 chocolate cupcakes
  • 12 small red gumdrops
  • 12 small orange gumdrops
  • 12 small yellow gumdrops
  • 1 tbsp chocolate cookie crumbs
  • 1 cup pretzel sticks
  • 24 whole pretzel sticks
  • 48 mini marshmallows

Directions

  • Using an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter until fluffy. Beat in chocolate until blended. Gradually beat in icing sugar and then cream until fluffy.
  • Frost cupcakes with icing.
  • Using a rolling pin, roll out gumdrops between 2 sheets of wax paper until thin and flat. Using clean kitchen scissors, cut each piece of flattened gumdrop into varying triangular shapes.
  • Pile a few halved pretzel sticks in centre of 1 cupcake for logs. Arrange red, orange and yellow gumdrop triangles around pretzel shapes to make the fire. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
  • Pour chocolate cookie crumbs on a small plate. Push 1 whole pretzel stick through 2 marshmallows. Gently dampen edges of marshmallows with water, then dip into crumbs to make them look toasted. Repeat with remaining pretzels and marshmallows, placing one on each cupcake.

Originally published in the Today’s Parent July 2015 issue, this recipe has a triple-tested guarantee from the Chatelaine Kitchen powered by GE.

Photo: Roberto Caruso

 

 

Nutrition (per cupcake)

  • Calories
  • 329
  • Protein
  • 3 g
  • Carbohydrates
  • 40 g
  • Fat
  • 18 g
  • Fibre
  • 1 g
  • Sodium
  • 315 mg
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