Chicky Cupcakes Recipe 455

CHIRPING CHICK CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Frost cupcakes with 1 container of frosting.
• Stir a few drops yellow food color into other container of frosting. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoonful yellow frosting on center of each cupcake. To make beak, cut orange jelly bean lengthwise to within 1/8 inch of end; spread apart slightly. Press into yellow frosting as shown. Add orange candies for eyes. Store loosely covered.

CHICK CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners. Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the granulated sugar and beat until creamy, about 4 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and beat in the flour mixture in three batches, alternating with the milk. Beat until just combined.
• Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Bake until the tops spring back when pressed, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 5 minutes in the pan, then remove to the rack to cool completely.
• Make the frosting: Beat the butter, confectioners' sugar and salt in a bowl with a mixer on medium speed until just combined. Increase the speed to medium high, add the vanilla and beat until creamy, 3 minutes. Beat in the milk until fluffy, 1 minute.
• Decorate the cupcakes: Using kitchen shears, cut the circus peanuts lengthwise into thin slices, then trim to make 12 beaks and 24 feet. Frost the cupcakes, then dip in sanding sugar to coat. Top with the candy eyeballs, beaks and feet. Insert the candy melts for wings.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH + CUPCAKE = THE BEST CUPCAKE. EVER.

Steps:

• Whisk together the flour, baking soda, and sea salt; set aside. Beat the butter, white sugar, and brown sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl until smooth. Add 1 egg and the vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Mix in the flour mixture until just incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips; mixing just enough to evenly combine. Form the dough into tablespoon-sized balls; place onto a baking sheet, and freeze until solid, about 2 hours.
• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat 3 eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer to break up. Add the cake mix, water, and canola oil; continue beating for 2 minutes on medium speed. Spoon into the prepared cupcake liners, filling each 2/3 full. Place a frozen cookie dough ball on the top center of each cupcake.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake portion of the cupcake (not the cookie dough ball) comes clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

CREEPY KITTEN CUPCAKES RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, granulated and brown sugars, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a second bowl or large measuring cup, whisk together the milk, oil, egg, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add the milk mixture to the flour mixture and mix until fully incorporated. Add the boiling water to the batter and mix to combine (the batter will be thin). Divide the batter among the lined muffin cups (about 3 tablespoons each) and bake until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Meanwhile, make the frosting. Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar and remaining teaspoon vanilla and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. One at a time, frost the cupcakes (about 2 tablespoons frosting each), then immediately dip in the black or orange sanding sugar to coat completely. Pinch the tips of the black gummy raspberry candies to form pointed ears; insert in the frosting at the top of the cupcakes. Insert a jelly bean in the frosting for the nose; arrange the black sprinkles around the nose for whiskers. Insert a confetti sprinkle for a mouth. On the bottom edges of each side of the mouth, insert six black jelly beans into the frosting for the paws. Using the edible ink marker, draw pupils on the green M&M's, then press the eyes into the frosting. Melt the candy coating according to package directions. Using a wooden pick, dot the coating on the eyes and on the paws to make claws.