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These polar bear cupcakes are a super cute winter treat. If you have a little one with a winter birthday, a polar bear theme would be adorable!
I love that these are easy to make, just add a cookie and M&M’s on top to make it look like a real polar bear paw! Shredded coconut makes it look like he just stepped in snow.
Polar Bear Cupcakes
makes 12 cupcakes
Cupcake ingredients
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/4 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 C heavy cream
- 1/4 C sour cream
- Toppings for cupcakes
- 1/2 C melted butter
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 C crushed candy canes
Frosting ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 C powder sugar
- 5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 C shredded coconut
- 12 Grasshopper cookies from Keebler
- 36 brown M&M’s
Cupcake directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with liners
- In a standing mixer beat sugar and butter until creamed
- Add egg and mix until fully incorporated
- Beat in vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, baking powder
- Combine the heavy cream into the wet mixture
- Add in flour, a little at a time.
- Add in the sour cream
- Mix in the candy canes
- Spoon batter about 1/2 full
- Bake in oven for about 22 minutes or until the center of the cupcake comes out clean with a toothpick
Frosting directions
- Combine all ingredients, except cookies, shredded coconut, and M&M’s into a standing mixer and mix on low speed until combined and stiff peaks form
- Pour coconut into a bowl and set aside
- Using a butterknife, frost the cupcakes and set aside
- Dip cupcakes into shredded coconut
- Place a cookie onto the lower part of the cupcake
- Place 3 M&M’s for the toes of the cupcakes
- Enjoy
Polar Bear Cupcakes
I love that these are easy to make, just add a cookie and M&M’s on top to make it look like a real polar bear paw! Shredded coconut makes it look like he just stepped in snow.
Servings: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1/2 C sugar
- 1/4 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 large egg room temperature
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp plus 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/4 C heavy cream
- 1/4 C sour cream
Toppings:
- 1/2 C melted butter
- 1 C sugar
- 1/2 C crushed candy canes
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 C powder sugar
- 5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 C shredded coconut
- 12 Grasshopper cookies from Keebler
- 36 brown M&M's
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with liners
- In a standing mixer beat sugar and butter until creamed
- Add egg and mix until fully incorporated
- Beat in vanilla extract, salt, baking soda, baking powder.
- Combine the heavy cream into the wet mixture
- Add in flour, a little at a time.
- Add in the sour cream
- Mix in the candy canes
- Spoon batter about 1/2 full.
- Bake in oven for about 22 minutes or until the center of the cupcake comes out clean with a toothpick.
- Combine all ingredients, except cookies, shredded coconut, and M&M's into a standing mixer and mix on low speed until combined and stiff peaks form.
- Pour coconut into a bowl and set aside
- Using a butterknife, frost the cupcakes and set aside
- Dip cupcakes into shredded coconut
- Place a cookie onto the lower part of the cupcake
- Place 3 M&M's for the toes of the cupcakes
- Enjoy
Nutrition
Calories: 674kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Cholesterol: 107mg | Sodium: 222mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 66g | Vitamin A: 1055IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 1.1mg
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