Groundhog Cupcakes Recipe
Groundhog Cupcakes are adorable treats topped with Nutter Butter groundhog faces, fun and easy for any celebration.
Ingredients
- 12 Cupcakes Your favorite
- 1 Cup Green Frosting Your favorite
- 12 Nutter Butter Cookies
- 24 Candy Eyes
- 24 Marshmallow Bit Pieces
- 12 Brown M&Ms
- 24 Almond Slices
- Brown Jimmies
- ¼ Cup Milk Chocolate Chips Melted
Instructions
- Choose the top of a Nutter Butter cookie.
- Gently press two almond slices into the cream center between the cookies with one on each side as the ears of the groundhog.
- Using a toothpick, dab a small amount of chocolate on one M&M candy.
- Press the candy against the middle of the upper half of a Nutter Butter cookie.
- Above the M&M, use melted chocolate to attach two candy eyes.
- Below the M&M, use melted chocolate to attach two marshmallow bits as groundhog teeth.
- Allow chocolate to set completely.
- Pipe green frosting on each cupcake.
- Use a knife to carefully cut a slit the width of a Nutter Butter in the top of each cupcake before sliding a cookie into the cupcake.
- Place two almond slices into the cupcake to look like ears peeking from the ground.
- Sprinkle jimmies around the cookies or ears.
- Your Groundhog cupcakes are now complete. Enjoy!
Notes
- Bake your favorite cupcakes and let them cool.
- Use Nutter Butter cookies, add almond slices for ears, and attach M&Ms for the nose and candy eyes with melted chocolate.
- Frost cupcakes with green icing, top with the decorated cookie, and add brown jimmies for texture.
Nutrition
Calories: 351kcalCarbohydrates: 54gProtein: 4gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.002gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 238mgPotassium: 73mgFiber: 1gSugar: 37gVitamin A: 25IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 66mgIron: 1mg
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