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    Home » Holiday Treats and Recipes » minor holiday recipes » Father's Day

    Milk Chocolate Football Cupcake Wrappers

    Published: Jan 20, '14 · Modified: Dec 19, '17 · By: Beth · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Hide your cupcakes in these adorable Milk Chocolate Football Cupcake Wrappers so when someone picks it up they will realize there is a scrumptious cupcake inside that is just waiting to be eaten!

    Milk Chocolate Football Cupcake Wrappers | HungryHappenings.com

    So far, all of the Super Bowl recipe posts I've created this year have been appetizers. It's been a nice change of pace to actually make so many savory dishes. My husband has been loving it. Not that he minds eating sweets, but sadly for him, after I spend an entire day baking desserts, taking pictures and writing recipes, dinner is often a salad. A girl needs balance in her diet, especially after the holidays. While he doesn't mind eating an occasional salad, he much prefers having some meat or at least cheese. He could live off of either of those foods.

    Hide your cupcakes in these adorable Milk Chocolate Football Cupcake Wrappers so when someone picks it up they will realize there is a scrumptious cupcake inside that is just waiting to be eaten!

    I couldn't, I need chocolate and lots of it. These Super Bowl cupcakes made with milk chocolate cupcake wrappers are my kind of dessert.

    After making so many edible cupcake wrappers for the holidays, I'm hooked. I don't know that I'll ever want to eat a cupcake any other way. Wrapping modeling chocolate around a cupcake not only looks cool, but it adds a layer of chocolate flavor, that really enhances and ordinary cupcake.

    football cupcakes

    When I made my first football cupcake wrapper, I just rolled and cut some modeling chocolate and added the laces. I thought it looked good, but I wanted it to look more realistic, so I added dimples and holes for the laces.

    In order to create texture on on my modeling chocolate football wrappers, I used the football mat from an Autumn Carpenter Designs Sports Ball Cutter and Impression Mats set.  After rubbing the dots all over the wrapper, I dusted on some cocoa butter to really highlight the dimples. I added the white laces then pressed the end of a wood skewer into the wrapper making the laces look like they were going into holes.

    I'm really happy with the final look of the edible wrappers and know that these cupcakes will look amazing alongside other Super Bowl food at a party.

    Super Bowl Cupcakes

    Milk Chocolate Football Cupcake Wrappers

    Ingredients:

    modeling chocolate made using milk chocolate, see recipe here
    white modeling chocolate, recipe here
    cocoa powder
    cupcakes and frosting

    Supplies needed:

    non-stick baking mat
    fondant rolling pin
    pizza wheel
    football impression mat
    optional, metal clay extruder
    pastry brush

    Instructions:

    Super Bowl dessert ideas

    Click here to get a copy of a cupcake wrapper template. Cut out around the template. Wrap it around one of your cupcakes, to see if it is the right size. You need the template to overlap at the ends by at least ½ inch, so adjust the template as needed. Re-size then cut out a new template.

    Roll milk chocolate modeling chocolate out on a non-stick mat using a fondant rolling pin. Cut out around the template using a pizza wheel.

    Super Bowl cupcake recipe

    Set the football impression mat on the edible cupcake wrapper. Rub on the mat leaving dimples all over the modeling chocolate. You just want to rub over the dots, avoiding pressing down on the areas of the mat that have the laces and stripes. I just used the middle section of the football.

    Football dessert recipe

    Brush cocoa powder over modeling chocolate cupcake wrappers and brush off excess.

    Fill a clay extruder (one that has only ever been used for food) with white modeling chocolate. Extrude strips of modeling chocolate. Use water to attach two modeling chocolate strips vertically in the middle of each cupcake wrapper. Add four short laces across the two vertical strips. You can, if you prefer just cut strips using a knife or pizza wheel.

    Press the blunt end of a wooden skewer at the edge of each of the laces creating the holes.

    Chocolate cupcake recipe

    Oops, I forgot to snap a picture of this step using the football cupcake wrappers. Wrap an edible wrapper around a cupcake, sealing the edges with a bit of water. If you want, you can frost the sides of the cupcake before adding the wrapper. I don't find if necessary. But I do add a big swirl of frosting on  top.  Add as much as you like.
    Football cupcake recipe

    Serve with a fork.

    Super Bowl snack ideas

    If you need to store these for more than a day. I suggest you store the modeling chocolate wrapper in an airtight container separate from the cupcakes. The moisture from the cupcakes will affect the texture of the modeling chocolate. You can go ahead and wrap the cupcakes forming the cupcake wrapper, then pop the cupcake out of the wrapper. The day you want to serve them, lower the cupcake back into the edible wrapper, add some frosting and you are ready to go.

     



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    Hi, I'm Beth Jackson Klosterboer, a professional chocolatier & baker, cookbook author, and event planner. I love sharing recipes for happy occasions here on Hungry Happenings. I also create easy fudge recipes to share at HowToMakeEasyFudge.com, rice krispie treat recipes at HowToMakeCerealTreats.com, and easy cookie recipes at HowToMakeEasyCookies.com
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    1. Cindy Cindy

      January 08, 2019 at 8:20 am

      thanks for the recipe! I love chocolate!

      Reply
    2. Nick Walliams

      January 08, 2019 at 8:19 am

      I love this cupcake decorating technique! Such a cool idea. Perfect for Super Bowl.

      Reply
    3. Lilah | NaturallyFrugalicious.com

      February 03, 2014 at 1:16 pm

      Okay, I totally missed these in time for superbowl, but this has my brain going and thinking of ways to use this technique. Love it! Thanks so much for sharing this in Tell Me About It Tuesday. Looking forward to seeing what you share tomorrow!

      Warmly,
      Lilah

      Reply
    4. Mackenzie

      February 01, 2014 at 2:26 am

      Very cute; I've never used molding chocolate for cupcakes just cakes! Such a fun idea!

      Reply
    5. Sara

      January 27, 2014 at 4:28 pm

      These are awesome! You are very talented!

      Thanks for linking up at Tell Me About It Tuesday!
      I hope you hop over and share with us again tonight!

      Reply
    6. Tiffany@Fizzy Party!

      January 27, 2014 at 2:29 am

      Oh my gosh! These are awesome!!! I'm ordering the supplies so I can make these.

      Reply
    7. Melissa Miller

      January 25, 2014 at 4:18 pm

      So cute! I definitely want to learn how to make cute snacks like this! I'm the Anti-Martha, so this is way above me right now, but I'll definitely keep an eye on your site. It looks like you've got an arsenal of yumminess!

      Stopping by from Tell Me About It Tuesday!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 26, 2014 at 1:26 am

        I do have some really easy projects here on my blog that you might want to try. These, I'd say, are a bit challenging, but certainly not too hard. Once you learn to work with modeling chocolate, you'll discover it's much like working with play dough:)

        Reply
    8. Nici @ Posed Perfection

      January 23, 2014 at 2:54 am

      These are so cool! I've never heard of modeling chocolate before...I better be on the lookout. I'd love for you to link this up to our All Things Thursday Blog Hop that's live right now. Hope to see you there.
      Blessings,
      Nici

      Reply
    9. Brenda @ SweetSimpleStuff

      January 22, 2014 at 7:29 pm

      This is my favorite football cupcake, ever! I get the man/food thing ... they just don't get us!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 26, 2014 at 1:25 am

        My husband actually has quite a sweet tooth, but would always opt for meat in cheese instead if given the choice:)

        Reply
    10. Ashley

      January 21, 2014 at 1:57 pm

      These are seriously impressive! Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
    11. Sara Lehman

      January 21, 2014 at 1:46 pm

      So cool! Thanks for sharing your creativity!

      I would love it if you would hop over and share a few posts with us at Tell Me About It Tuesday.(http://www.sweetsillysara.com/2014/01/tell-me-about-it-tuesday-121.html)

      Reply
    12. Medeja

      January 20, 2014 at 11:01 pm

      It looks so cool! And you did a lot of work there 🙂

      Reply
    13. Hani Bacova

      January 20, 2014 at 7:35 pm

      These are so cute Beth. You always come up with these awesome ideas!

      Reply
    14. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      January 20, 2014 at 7:03 pm

      Haha! This just cracked me up. I do have to say snacks are for sure the best part of ANY football game. As for our home teams..there's always next year!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 26, 2014 at 1:24 am

        I'm positive I've never watched an entire football game, but I do love the snacks!

        Reply
    15. Janine Eshelbrenner

      January 20, 2014 at 6:20 pm

      These turned out awesome, Beth! I love the texture you added. It really make the modeling chocolate look like a football!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 26, 2014 at 1:23 am

        I love those impression mats. They do really add a touch of realism.

        Reply
    16. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

      January 20, 2014 at 5:59 pm

      The only time i really get excited about the many football games hubby watches,are at playoffs time. I can not for the life of me come up with a cute football craft. This one takes the (cup)cake! I love the ingenious way you incorporated the football texture into the wrapper. Super awesome..and we do need our chocolate fix!

      Reply
      • beth

        January 20, 2014 at 6:07 pm

        It's funny, because I am not a football fan, but I have had fun making all this food. We are just eating it. None of it will actually make it's way to a Super Bowl party. Unless the Vikings are playing, my husband doesn't care, and I care even less:)

        Reply

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