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Snickers Cupcakes

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 24 chocolate cupcakes
  • chocolate frosting
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick)
  • 2 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 4 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1/8 cup caramel homemade or premade - do not use sundae syrup
  • 1/8 cup peanuts, finely chopped

Method
 

Get Ready:
  1. Bake chocolate cupcakes and let cool completely.
  2. If making chocolate frosting, prepare it now.
Make the Buttercream:
  1. Beat softened butter and vanilla extract until creamy.
  2. Gradually add confectioner's sugar and beat at medium-high speed after each addition until sugar is completely incorporated (about 5 minutes).
  3. Add heavy cream, one tablespoon at a time, and beat well after each addition.
  4. Chill until ready to use, bearing in mind that it will harden in the fridge. If you've made it in advance, let warm at room temperature for 30 minutes and add more cream if necessary.
Fill, Frost and Decorate:
  1. Fill a decorating bag about 1/2 full of buttercream. Using a large round tip (Wilton #16), push into the middle of each cupcake. Squeeze gently to fill the cupcake with buttercream. Be careful not to squeeze too hard - you could crack the cupcake. Continue until all cupcakes are filled, refilling decorating bag as necessary.
  2. Fill a second decorating bag about 1/2 full of chocolate icing. Using a large star tip (Wilton #1M), pipe a star on top of each cupcake, completely covering the hole where the cupcake was filled. Alternatively, you can just frost the entire top of each cupcake with chocolate frosting.
  3. Pour caramel into a squeeze bottle or a decorating bag with a medium round tip (Wilton #5 or 7). Draw an "x" across each cupcake, from side to side (this will cover both the frosted and unfrosted parts of the cupcake). As mentioned in the ingredient list, you can use pre-made caramel, but do not get caramel "sundae syrup" in the squeeze bottle - it is too runny and will drip all over your cupcakes instead of sitting nicely on top.
  4. Finely chop peanuts. Sprinkle each cupcake with chopped peanuts.