By Danni Ybarra |Staff Writer|
Hamburgers and S’mores are staples of any summer cookout; now, you can turn those staples into a dessert that is sure to be the highlight of your next summer gathering.
S’MORE CUPCAKES
Servings: 24 cupcakes
1 box of chocolate cake mix
1 can of buttercream frosting
1 jar of marshmallow cream
3 Hershey’s milk chocolate bars
Graham crackers
Cupcake baking cups
Muffin tin
Instructions:
Bake cupcakes according to directions on chocolate cake mix box.
While the cupcakes are baking, empty the buttercream frosting into a mixing bowl and fold marshmallow cream into frosting a little at a time.
Once the cupcakes are done baking, allow them to cool completely.
Carefully cut a hole, about half way through each cupcake, with a knife.
Use a small utensil of your choice to fill the holes in the cupcakes with the frosting/marshmallow cream mixture.
Then apply the mixture on the top of the cupcake.
After all the cupcakes are filled and frosted, break apart enough pieces of the graham crackers and Hershey’s bar to garnish the cupcakes.
Crush the remaining graham crackers and sprinkle the crumbs on top of the cupcakes for added garnishment.
Enjoy!
HAMBURGER CUPCAKES
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 box of yellow cake mix
1 box of brownie mix
1 can of buttercream frosting
Green, yellow, and red food coloring
1 cup coconut shavings
Muffin tin
White baking cups (colored baking cups will slightly bleed onto the cupcakes and won’t look as good!)
Small circle cookie cutter.
3 plastic bags
Instructions:
Bake cupcakes according to directions on yellow cake mix box. Let them cool completely.
Once cooled, cut cupcakes in half. These will serve as the buns to your hamburger.
Bake brownies according to directions on box. Use a 13-by-9 inch pan, anything else will make the brownies too thick. Let the brownies cool completely.
Once cooled, use a small cookie cutter to make circle cut-outs of the brownies. These will serve as the patty in the hamburger.*
Separate the frosting into two bowls. In one bowl of frosting, add red food coloring and yellow to the other.
Place each colored frosting into their own plastic bag. These will serve as the ketchup and mustard on your hamburger.
Into a plastic bag, put coconut shavings and add green food coloring.
Add as much food coloring as you’d like to make shavings as dark as you prefer. Shake the bag until all shavings are coated evenly.
This will serve as your lettuce.**
Cut a small hole at the tip of the bottom corner of the bags; this will serve as your frosting tip.
Place a brownie cut-out on each of the bottom halves of the cupcakes.
Then, using the frosting-tipped bags, slowly squeeze frosting onto the brownie.
Next, sprinkle coconut shavings on top of the frosting.
Finally, add the top halves of the cupcakes to complete your hamburger.
Enjoy!
*You may also use the rim of a cup to cut out the brownies as long as it is the correct width.
**If you have a coconut allergy, or simply don’t like the taste, you can always use frosting as lettuce.
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