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Easy Reindeer Cupcakes Recipe

Easy Reindeer Cupcakes Recipe
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These Easy Reindeer Cupcakes are a festive and fun holiday treat that combines your favorite cupcake recipe with charming reindeer decorations made from melted chocolate antlers, colorful icing, and eyeball sprinkles. Perfect for holiday parties, these cupcakes are sure to delight kids and adults alike with their cute and creative presentation.

Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • Your favorite cupcake batter, enough for 12 cupcakes
  • Festive cupcake liners

Decoration

  • Chocolate candy melts
  • Wilton red icing
  • Wilton brown icing
  • Wilton black decorator icing
  • Eyeball sprinkles

Tools

  • Cupcake baking pan
  • Cooling rack
  • Cookie scoop
  • Disposable decorating bags
  • Wilton #4 decorating tips (2 pieces)
  • Wilton #10 decorating tips (2 pieces)
  • Parchment paper

Instructions

  1. Prepare Cupcake Batter: Mix your favorite cupcake recipe batter according to instructions, then preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C).
  2. Line and Scoop Batter: Place festive cupcake liners into the cupcake pan. Using a cookie scoop, evenly fill each cavity with batter to ensure uniform cupcake sizes.
  3. Bake Cupcakes: Bake the cupcakes for about 17 minutes or as directed by your recipe until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  4. Melt Candy Melts: While cupcakes bake, melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl at 30% power in 30-second intervals until smooth and fully melted.
  5. Create Chocolate Antlers: Snip the tip of a disposable decorating bag, insert a #4 Wilton decorating tip, and fill with melted chocolate. On a piece of parchment paper, carefully pipe small ‘Y’ shaped antlers. Make extra sets to account for any breaks, then allow chocolate to dry and harden.
  6. Cool Cupcakes: Once baked, remove cupcakes from the oven and cool them on a cooling rack for 15-20 minutes to prevent icing from melting.
  7. Prepare Icing Bags: Fit three disposable decorating bags with tips: two #10 tips for red and brown icing, and one #4 tip for black icing. Fill each bag with the corresponding icing color.
  8. Apply Brown Icing: Holding the bag with brown icing vertically, start at the outer edge of the cupcake and swirl the icing clockwise toward the center to create a smooth frosting base.
  9. Attach Chocolate Antlers: Gently place two hardened chocolate antlers onto the top of each iced cupcake.
  10. Create Reindeer Face: Using the black icing bag, pipe two small dots for eyes on each cupcake. Then use the red icing to add a red nose to complete the reindeer look.

Notes

  • Use extra parchment paper when piping antlers to avoid breakage.
  • Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating to prevent melting icing.
  • Substitute candy melts color as desired for custom themes.
  • These cupcakes can be made a day ahead; store in an airtight container at room temperature.

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Keywords: reindeer cupcakes, holiday cupcakes, festive cupcakes, Christmas treats, easy cupcake decorations

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