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Camp Fire Cupcakes

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August 14, 2017 · 5 Comments

These Camp Fire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert for a camping trip or camping themed party.

These Campfire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert to take along for a camping trip or camping themed party.

 

These Camp Fire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert for a camping trip or camping themed party.

 

 

 

These Camp Fire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert for a camping trip or camping themed party.

 

Camp Fire Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 box of French Vanilla cake mix
1 C whole milk
3 large eggs
1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter
1 C graham cracker crumbs
1/4 C coco powder
1 bag of mini pretzel rods
1 bag of mini marshmallows
1 package of tooth picks

Frosting ingredients:

1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
2 C powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-5 TBSP Heavy whipping cream
yellow and orange gel food coloring
1 large piping bag fitted with a medium star tip

 

These Camp Fire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert for a camping trip or camping themed party.

 

Directions:

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners

In a standing mixer, combine cake mix, butter, milk and eggs and mix on medium speed until combined

Scoop batter 3/4 of the way into the cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes

Once done, pull out and set aside to cool

Using a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar vanilla and heavy whipping cream.

Mix until stiff peaks form

Scoop some frosting into 2 bowls, 1 for the yellow and 1 for the orange frosting, leaving some frosting in the main bowl to frost the base of the cupcakes

Directions for decorating:

In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crust and coco powder, mix until combined

Add 2 mini marshmallows to each tooth pick (about 12) and set aside

Using a butter knife, frost the top of the cupcake using frosting left from the main bowl

 

 

Once frosted, dip the cupcake into the coco and graham cracker mixture

Using a spoon, scoop some yellow frosting into 1 side of the piping bag and scoop the orange frosting into the other side

 

 

In the middle of the cupcake pipe frosting to create your flame

Cut the mini pretzel sticks in half and place around the “fire” about 4-5 sticks

Add your marshmallow sticks to the top and enjoy!

 

5.0 from 2 reviews
Camp Fire Cupcakes
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • Camp Fire Cupcakes
  • Makes 12 cupcakes
  • Ingredients:
  • 1 box of French Vanilla cake mix
  • 1 C whole milk
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 1 C graham cracker crumbs
  • ¼ C coco powder
  • 1 bag of mini pretzel rods
  • 1 bag of mini marshmallows
  • 1 package of tooth picks
  • Frosting ingredients:
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 2 C powder sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-5 TBSP Heavy whipping cream
  • yellow and orange gel food coloring
  • 1 large piping bag fitted with a medium star tip
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners
  2. In a standing mixer, combine cake mix, butter, milk and eggs and mix on medium speed until combined
  3. Scoop batter ¾ of the way into the cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes
  4. Once done, pull out and set aside to cool
  5. Using a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar vanilla and heavy whipping cream.
  6. Mix until stiff peaks form
  7. Scoop some frosting into 2 bowls, 1 for the yellow and 1 for the orange frosting, leaving some frosting in the main bowl to frost the base of the cupcakes
  8. Directions for decorating:
  9. In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crust and coco powder, mix until combined
  10. Add 2 mini marshmallows to each tooth pick (about 12) and set aside
  11. Using a butter knife, frost the top of the cupcake using frosting left from the main bowl
  12. Once frosted, dip the cupcake into the coco and graham cracker mixture
  13. Using a spoon, scoop some yellow frosting into 1 side of the piping bag and scoop the orange frosting into the other side
  14. In the middle of the cupcake pipe a small star to create your flame
  15. Cut the mini pretzel sticks in half and place around the "fire" about 4-5 sticks
  16. Add your marshmallow sticks to the top and enjoy!
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These Campfire Cupcakes are a fun summer treat. What an adorable dessert to take along for a camping trip or camping themed party.

 

 

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5 Comments
Filed Under: Dessert Recipes, RecipesTagged: Cupcakes

Comments

  1. Carol says

    August 15, 2017 at 12:54 am

    First impression : These campfire cupcakes are so cool. Then I looked at the rest of the fun cupcake pictures on the page. I haven’t even read all the ingredients. It’s dessert and a craft project all in one.

    Reply
  2. Elizabeth says

    September 9, 2017 at 10:08 pm

    Fabulous, in fact ingenious is perhaps a better term for these adorable cupcakes.

    Reply
  3. kathy says

    September 12, 2017 at 4:35 pm

    Wow,what a job i love them !

    Reply
  4. Laurie P says

    September 29, 2017 at 2:06 pm

    These look all kinds of awesome! Must remember these for the next summer birthday!

    Reply
  5. Janet Perry says

    September 23, 2018 at 5:41 pm

    I am thinking sprinkle smoked sea salt for that campfire taste!

    Reply

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