Spaghetti and Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Meatball Cupcakes [Recipe]

Here is another one of those recipes that I am probably late on.  I was actually looking for a spaghetti sauce recipe and the Google auto fill typed in “Spaghetti Cupcake”.  I was shocked to see a ton of spaghetti cupcake pictures.  How have I never seen this before?

The trickiest part to this recipe is the picture.  How do you take a picture and make it look appetizing?  At first glance the recipe looks like a challenge but it’s not.  The meatball is actually a Ferrero Rocher chocolate dipped in strawberry preserves.  The spaghetti is just piped frosting put on by a homemade applicator – yes the corner snipped plastic baggie filled with frosting.  This time you are making spaghetti so it’s ok to be sloppy.  It’s ok to eat more than one if you have a high Meat-a-ballism.  Hit the Recipe Button and BAKE!

Devils Food Reese’s Puff Cereal Topped Cupcakes!

In my continued effort to find a cupcake recipe that represents everything I love in life, I bring you Reese’s Puff Cereal cupcakes!  Let’s call it what it is, this is no more than a Devil’s food cupcake with Peanut butter Ganache.  The Reeese’s Puffs are then just stuck to the frosting.  It’s as simple as that.  It’s one of the recipes that look a lot better than the work and effort it takes.  It’s a great visual impact and everyone thinks I slaved for hours.  Hit the recipe button and BAKE!

Guinness Pretzel Cupcakes with Caramel Drizzle [Recipe]

There is nothing like a nice Guinness Stout after a hard day of work.  Maybe at a happy hour chugging a cold one with a bowl of pretzels.  Or how about getting home, kicking off your heels and having a nice hot piece of chocolate cake?  Sounds good doesn’t it?

What if you could have both?  This is a delightful recipe and if for some reason you don’t want to go with the alcohol there is an alcohol free version.

Don’t be intimidated at all by the pretzel shards…you can take a bag of big pretzel rods and literally cut them length wise with a knife.  More than half of them will splinter nicely….eat the rest.  These are perfect for game day, Fathers Day or any day!  Hit the Recipe Button and Start baking!!

Snicker Filled, Snicker topped Chocolate Cupcakes

Believe it or not, this is a Thanksgiving recipe, or should I say Post Halloween.  What are you to do with all the candy that you have left over?  Bake!

Just like the recipe states, these chocolate cupcakes have half a Snickers bar in the middle and one planted on top.  The recipe is challenging but you can see the pay off is delicious.  If you find the cocoa and coffee mix too challenging, wave the white flag and get a box of cake mix.  If you are used to making cupcakes from scratch, this should be a breeze.

With half a mini Snickers on top stuck in the frosting and a sprinkling of peanuts, decorating these are literally a piece of cake. Hit the Recipe button

Homemade Hot Fudge Oreo Cookie Cupcakes [Recipe]

I stumbled onto this recipe while I was looking for cupcakes made specifically with Oreo’s.  It doesn’t get any better than this.  The best part isn’t the recipe but the website that I found the recipe on. It’s brilliant.   All of the photos are huge, colorful and clear.  The instructions are super easy to follow, and they even teach you how to make a homemade hot fudge and a homemade fudge dripper out of a plastic bag.  This recipe was an adventure.  My cupcakes didn’t come out for me like the picture, but it tasted how I imagine the picture would taste and in the world of cupcakes, taste is first, appearance is 2^nd.   Hit the Recipe Button, and BAKE!