Mini Smore’s Cheesecake Cupcakes

It happens every time.  I’m looking for a recipe for one thing and stumble on to a gem!

Who would have thought to combine Smore’s with cheesecake!  Genius.  Here is the little tip that I learned from this recipe- I will also post this on the fan page.  If you can’t get the little suckers out of the pan in one piece, freeze the muffin pan for 15 minutes.  Then take a butter knife and hold it under warm water and then run it around the pan.  It works like a charm.  They all come out perfect without crumbling.  However the two that I struggled with that broke apart taste so good warm right out of the oven. 

I skipped the Flambé option.  Our smoke detector already went off this morning when I was cooking breakfast.  No need to hear the hubby yelling twice.  Click 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!

Halloween Devils Food Spider Cupcakes with Ganache Frosting

More Halloween cupcakes! This will probably be the first of 3 spider recipes. With all the gorgeous cupcake pictures on the internet and in blogs I grab only the ones with detailed, easy to make recipes. For spiders I have found about 6 or 7 that look great and are easy to execute. My only recommendation with these are for the spider eyes. Kids like buggier eyes, so you can buy some candy eyes instead of the silver dragees as the recipe suggests! Other than that, these devils food creations are delightful. Hit the Recipe button, follow the link and Enjoy!

Halloween-Thanksgiving Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes With Mascarpone Cream Cheese Frosting

I’m slightly embarrassed to admit, I had no idea what Mascarpone cheese was. After some time on Google I found out that I knew what it was, I just didn’t know what it was called. It’s an Italian cream cheese but with a citrus taste. If you’ve ever had a really good Tiramisu, you better believe it’s made with Mascarpone!
Just think about a cupcake made with this same Cream Cheese. The Results are just divine! Hit the recipe button and start baking!

Caramel Frito Cupcakes [Recipe]

The last time we visited salty with sweet was our Maple Bacon cupcakes and they were a huge hit.  I have been looking for something that was close, but not has harsh as bacon, and I stumbled on to these beauties.  Yes, that is a corn-chip.  I can’t remember the last time I had one, but I do remember how good they taste.  I think the popularity of the Tortilla chip might have forced the corn chip into hiding, but he was willing to come out and play.  I used Fritos for my cupcakes.  While I baked, me and my old friend Frito got to know each other again. I forgot how good a corn ship could be.  Hit the Recipe Button!