Camp Fire Cupcakes

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

Why Camp Fire Cupcakes?

My family absolutely loves camping and it’s an activity I grew up with. We would often spend a few weeks in the summer camping in Ontario Provincial Parks as a kid. Sometimes my grandparents and my aunt and uncle join us and make it an extended family affair.

My favourite part of camping was, and still is, the campfire. Sure. Hiking in the woods down long trails or swimming in a cool fresh water lake is great. Nothing beats sitting by the fire in the dark though and so, for me, the campfire truly speaks summer more than anything else. Which makes these Camp Fire Cupcakes basically the most perfect summer party treat.

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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 cocoa powder
Pretzel rods
Mini marshmallows
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

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!