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Campfire Cupcakes

Looking to cook up a little fun at your next barbecue or camp out? These adorable Campfire Cupcakes will be a huge hit and they are so easy to make! 
Prep Time45 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: campfire cupcake recipe, campfire cupcakes
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 261kcal
Author: Jill

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

Frosting:

  • 2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3-5 TBSP Heavy whipping cream
  • yellow and orange gel food coloring
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 bag of mini pretzel rods
  • 1 bag of mini marshmallows

Instructions

Cupcakes:

  • To make to make these cute campfire cupcakes, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners. Using a standing mixer, combine the cake mix, butter, milk and eggs and mix on medium speed until well combined.
  • Next, scoop the batter 3/4 of the way into the cupcake liners and bake for 21 minutes. Once the cupcakes are done, pull them out of the oven and set aside to cool.

Decoration:

  • Using your standing mixer, combine the butter, powdered sugar vanilla and heavy whipping cream. Mix the ingredients until stiff peaks form. Next, scoop some frosting into 2 bowls, 1 bowl for for the yellow frosting and 1 for the orange frosting, leaving some of the frosting in the main bowl to frost the base of the cupcakes.
  • In a small bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs and cocoa powder, and mix until combined. Add 2 mini marshmallows to each tooth pick (about 12) and set them aside. Using a butter knife, frost the top of the cupcake using frosting left from the main bowl. Once frosted, dip the cupcakes into the cocoa and graham cracker mixture.
  • Using a spoon, scoop some of the 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 a small star to create your flame.
  • To create the “wood” around your campfire, cut some of the the mini pretzel sticks in half and place around the “fire”. We used about 4-5 sticks, but place as many as you desire. Then add your marshmallow sticks to the top of your campfire cupcake and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 189mg | Potassium: 59mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 20g | Vitamin A: 435IU | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 0.8mg