Football, football, football! As you may have read in a recent post my husband is all about football and when his friends are over I can sometimes go a little crazy trying to keep their stomachs full.
Of course every guy (and girl) has a sweet tooth so after some Sweet Chili Cheese Dogs I let the guys dig into some chocolate SNICKERS Cupcakes!
I recently saw that SNICKERS made NFL inspired #SNICKERSminis bagged candy so I went to Walmart to go searching and then I came home to begin the baking.
Combine Devil’s Food cake mix, chocolate pudding, sour cream, water, oil, vanilla, and 4 eggs in a blender. It will look like a ton of liquid but in the end you will end up with a ton of delicious thick batter.
Freeze these tasty little treats for about 15 minutes. Once your batter is mixed and your SNICKERS are frozen push one mini into the center of each cupcake.
Bake for 20 minutes and let cool. Mix your caramel frosting ingredients together. Frost each cake then drizzle caramel on top and top with a few chopped SNICKERS. For step by step cooking pictures check out my Google+ Story.
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- FOR THE CAKE:
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix
- 1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs; lightly beaten
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla
- 24-30 frozen Snickers Miniatures
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ cup shortening
- 1½ lbs. confectioners’ sugar
- 1 tbsp. vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup caramel sauce (not syrup. It’s too thin)
- *optional* heavy cream or milk
- Chopped Snickers for garnish
- FOR THE CAKE:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line (2) 12 cup muffin tins with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs, vanilla and water.
- Evenly divide the batter amongst the prepared pans.
- Gently push a frozen Snickers Miniature bar into the center of the batter and smooth the surface making sure to cover the candy bar with batter.
- Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool cupcakes thoroughly on wire rack.
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- Add the butter, shortening, and vanilla to the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium-high speed 1 minute until smooth.
- Blend in the confectioners’ sugar until smooth, 1-2 minutes.
- Mix in the caramel sauce until incorporated.
- If the frosting is too thick you can add little bit of heavy whipping cream or milk until it reaches the consistency you want it at.
- Frost cupcakes, drizzle caramel over the frosting, and garnish with a few chopped Snickers.
Disclosure: I am a member of the Collective Bias™ Social Fabric® Community. This content has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias™ and SNICKERS® Brand. #CBias #SocialFabric. All opinions are my own.
This looks so delicious I would love to make this.
Those look really good! I love Snickers!
those look sinful.
My son LOVES snickers. I think I would win mom of the year if I made these for him
Those look Delicious. With a capital D
This looks so good! I’m gonna make some tonight, thanks for the recipe
i just gained 10 lbs looking at this
Ummmm, those look wonderful and terrible at the same time! I don’t think I could eat just one, lol. Terrible for my waist!
Those cake cups are so cool! And I can’t believe how amazing those look. Gourmet for sure.
Yes.. I think I shall make some of these! I have a sweet tooth the size of Texas and finding this at 8:00 in the morning well.. let’s just say time to go shopping!!
Oh My….these have to be super moist with the pudding, sour cream…oh my goodness. This looks heavenly. I want to try this one. Going to pin it for others to get to try it also.
Oh My….these have to be super moist with the pudding, sour cream…oh my goodness. This looks heavenly. I want to try this one. Going to pin it for others to get to try it also.
These look terribly tasty!
I’m totally in love with those cupcake liners! And hello..what’s not to love about this cupcake?
These look so yummy!! I love to bake and try new recipes so I think I know what’ll be next on my list
YUUUM-O!
These look to die for good!
Those look delicious and easy and well, beautiful! Totally serving them the next time I need to make something sweet
Oh YUM! Those cupcake liners are adorable & those cupcakes look delicious!
I love the recipe and the cupcake liners too! Adorable
thank you Jodi!
OH my delicious-ness! Thanks for sharing this, I had to pin it so I can try to make these!
Those are the cutest cupcake liners EVER!!! The cupcakes themselves don’t look too bad either!
Those look super yummy!! The problem is that I would want to share them! =P
Those cupcakes look soooo good and I don’t even really like cupcakes. LOL. I need to get my daughter to make these. I am sure they would last less than one day in our house. Thanks for sharing.
Those look AMAZING!
Oh my goodness, these look so sinfully good! I know I shouldn’t, but I will probably make them.
Wow, those look delicious!