CHRISTMAS REINDEER CUPCAKES

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Cute reindeer cupcakes for Christmas that the kids will absolutely adore. These cupcakes are great anytime of year, however, simply skip the reindeer decorating! You can get the kids to help you decorate for loads of family fun.

Provided by rasckus

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Holiday Cake Recipes

Time 2h23m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 15

9 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
¾ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 ½ cups sifted self-rising flour
½ cup milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tablespoon milk
1 drop brown food coloring
6 vanilla wafer cookies (such as Nilla®)
12 red jelly beans
24 candy eyeballs
24 chewy chocolate-flavored candy (such as Tootsie Roll®)
24 pretzels

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
  • Combine 9 tablespoons butter, white sugar, and vanilla extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time and beat until well combined. Fold in half the flour and 1/4 cup milk and stir to combine. Repeat with remaining flour and milk. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 18 minutes.
  • Remove tin from oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from the tin and cool completely on a wire rack before decorating, about 1 hour.
  • Combine confections' sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, and 1 tablespoon milk in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Thin frosting with a little milk or water, if necessary. Add food coloring and stir until frosting is uniformly brown. Add more food coloring, 1 drop at a time, until frosting is the color you like.
  • Spread a thin layer of frosting on top of each cupcake. Break vanilla cookies in half. Place a cookie half on each cupcake as a mouth. Use a bit of frosting to "glue" a jelly bean onto the cookie for Rudolph's red nose. Stick 2 candy eyeballs into each cupcake. Break off a piece from each pretzel so they look like antlers and stick 2 into the top of each cupcakes. Shape chewy candies into ears and stick 2 into the sides of each cupcake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 426.8 calories, Carbohydrate 77.1 g, Cholesterol 57.4 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 6.3 g, SaturatedFat 7.1 g, Sodium 815.3 mg, Sugar 36.2 g

Krishan Kumar
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Overall, I thought these cupcakes were really good. They were easy to make and they tasted great.


ELIHU
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These cupcakes were a little dry. I think I should have added more milk to the batter.


Namayengo Tracy
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I love the idea of using chocolate-chip cookie dough as a filling. It's so creative and delicious.


Sphelele Zwane
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These cupcakes are so cute and festive. I'm definitely going to make them for my next holiday party.


Atani Monday
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These cupcakes were a little too sweet for my taste, but I liked the chocolate-chip cookie dough filling.


Dauri Vasquez
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I'm not a big fan of chocolate-chip cookie dough, but I still enjoyed these cupcakes.


Kevin Beach
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These cupcakes are so cute! I love the reindeer antlers.


Nasrullah Ansari
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I can't wait to try this recipe! It looks so easy and delicious.


Devis segiibwa
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These cupcakes are perfect for a Christmas party. They're festive and delicious.


Heart Moon
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Overall, I thought these cupcakes were really good. They were easy to make and they tasted great.


Elizabeth Charles
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These cupcakes were a little dry. I think I should have added more milk to the batter.


Mshankhan Khan
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I love the idea of using chocolate-chip cookie dough as a filling. It's so creative and delicious.


bogere james
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These cupcakes are so cute and festive. I'm definitely going to make them again next year.


Chizoba Simon
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I had some trouble getting the frosting to stick to the cupcakes. I think I needed to let them cool down more before frosting them.


ima mimila
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These cupcakes were a little too sweet for my taste, but my kids loved them.


Nawab Sunny Baloch
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I followed the recipe exactly and the cupcakes turned out perfect. They were moist and fluffy, with a delicious chocolate-chip cookie dough filling.


Tsakani Baloyi
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These cupcakes are so adorable! I can't wait to make them for my next holiday party.


Twinzi
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I made these cupcakes for my office Christmas party and they were a huge success. Everyone raved about how delicious they were.


Moni Chy
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This is such a fun and easy recipe. My kids loved helping me frost the cupcakes and sprinkle on the chocolate chips.


Michelle Perdue (Shelly)
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These cupcakes were a hit at my Christmas party! They were so cute and festive, and everyone loved the chocolate-chip cookie dough filling.