It was the last day of summer school for Boo, and I thought I would make cupcakes for the class. What better way to say "Thank You" with some owl cupcakes?! =)
Ingredients:
Duncan Hines Butter Golden mix
Peanut Butter mini cups
Reese's pieces bites
Double Stuff Oreos
Candy coated sun flower seeds (optional; I just happened to have them)
White frosting
Chocolate frosting
Make the batter according to its instructions. After pouring them into cupcake liners, unwrap a mini peanut butter cup and stick them into the middle:
Then bake them according to the instructions.
While they are baking, carefully twist the Oreos apart for the eyes.
It is important to get the Double Stuff because they have extra creme.
You will need 2 Oreos for one pair of eyes, and set the cookie without the creme aside:
Then gently push in a brown Reese's pieces bite into the inner corners:
The reason why I recommend getting the Duncan Hines Golden Butter mix is because the cupcakes do not dome up when they are done. The tops are flatter than other mixes I have tried. And you want the cupcakes to have a flat top for this:
I love this part because it is very easy and quick.
With a knife or small spatula, frost the cupcakes with white frosting.
It does not have to be neat or perfect:
Then frost the top 1/3 with chocolate frosting like so:
To give the chocolate frosting texture, I took the spatula sideways and dipped it back and forth...it's almost like a fast chopping motion:
Gently push a pair of "eyes" onto the top, and close together:
I picked out the green and orange sunflower seeds:
And stuck it in the middle for the beak.
You can also use a yellow or orange Reese's piece bite and stick it in sideways:
They turned out cute!
Whoooo wants one?
I put the extra oreo cracker without the creme into a ziplock and mashed them with a rolling pin:
I then frosted a cupcake, layered the crumbs over it and used the sunflower seeds to have a flower form:
I cut a cupcake in half; the inside has the melted mini peanut butter cup.
It was delicious.
Good luck!
=)
