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Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese’s Cups

January 16, 2017 This post may contain affiliate links.

Warm up on a cold winter’s day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese’s Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.

Warm up on a cold winter's day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.

Last Valentine’s Day I made the cutest Teddy Bear Cupcakes using milk chocolate Reese’s Cups. They quickly became one of my most popular treats for the holiday of love. Of course they make great desserts for birthday parties and zoo themed events too.

When I created those brown bear cupcakes I used Candy Melt wafers for the snout and ears and really loved how they looked. Being the wafers are round they had to be cut in order to attach to the round edge of a Reese’s Cup. It’s not difficult but I realize some people won’t want to buy the round cookie cutter needed to make the curved cuts in the wafers.

Recently I found white chocolate Reese’s Cups at Walgreens. Happily these white candies are available in three different sizes so I decided to use all three to make some new polar bear cupcakes instead of using the Candy Melt wafers.

Warm up on a cold winter's day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.

The Miniature White Reese’s Cups work great as a snout and a brown Reese’s Pieces is the perfect nose. Adding the Mini White Reese’s Cups as ears is super easy. Being both the mini and the regular size peanut butter cups have ridges, the sort of connect together when attached to each other using melted white Candy Melts.

They hold in place nicely and look really cute. They also are the perfect size to make the polar bear’s paws.

Warm up on a cold winter's day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.

These Reese’s Cup Polar Bears would make great treats all on their own, but I love how they looked on a cupcake topped with a big swirl of fluffy white frosting.

You will need to use really firm frosting, one that holds a peak. I like to use Wilton’s Ready To Use Icing. I love the flavor and it’s bright white color. It is the perfect consistency to make a big swirl on top of a cupcake. I buy big 4.5 pound buckets of it and keep it in the fridge. It will stay fresh once opened for well over a month even though the container says two weeks. If you plan to make a whole bunch of these cupcakes then one big bucket of the creamy white frosting will be used up quickly.

If you make your own homemade frosting, just be sure it’s fairly stiff. The frosting in tubs from the grocery store won’t work. That frosting is just too soft.

If you find your Reese’s Cup Polar Bears won’t stand up straight on the cupcakes because the frosting is too soft, you can pipe a pick out of candy melts onto the back of the peanut butter cup. See my Leprechaun Cupcake tutorial for instructions.

Warm up on a cold winter's day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.

To make these cupcakes you’ll need items that can be purchased from Amazon (commission earned for sales).

This post is not sponsored. I just like using Reese’s Cups to make fun treats!

 

Warm up on a cold winter's day by making some of these incredibly cute Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups. Watch the video tutorial to see just how easy they are to make.
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Polar Bear Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups
Prep Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 
A cupcake decorated with a Reese's Cup Polar Bear.
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: decorated cupcakes, polar bear cupcakes
Servings: 6
Author: Beth Jackson Klosterboer
Ingredients
  • 6 (1.5 ounce) White Reese's Cups
  • 6 Miniature White Reese's Cups
  • 2 ounces melted White Candy Melts
  • 12 (3/8 inch) candy eyes
  • 6 brown Reese's Pieces
  • 24 Mini White Reese's Cups
  • black food coloring marker
  • 1 1/2 - 2 cups of thick white frosting
  • 6 white cupcakes
Instructions
  1. Unwrap the Reese's Cups.
  2. Brush a small amount of melted White Candy Melts over the top (the wider end) of a Miniature Reese's Cup.
  3. Turn it upside down and press it onto one of the 1.5 ounce White Reese's Cup near one edge.
  4. Attach two candy eyes and one brown Reese's Pieces nose using more White Candy Melts.
  5. Set aside to allow the Candy Melts to dry for a few minutes.
  6. Then attach two Mini White Reese's Cup ears to the edge of the 1.5 ounce Reese's Cup.
  7. Let dry for about 10 minutes.
  8. Draw a pad and 5 toes onto the remaining 12 White Mini Reese's Cups using a black food coloring marker.
  9. Pipe a big swirl of white frosting on each cupcake.
  10. Snuggle a Reese's Cup Polar Bear onto the top part of the swirl adding a bit more frosting behind the Reese's Cup if needed to keep the polar bear in place.
  11. Press two paws into the frosting just above the edge of the cupcake wrapper on either side of the Polar Bear's head.

Watch this video tutorial to see just how easy these treats are to assemble.

Be sure to check out all my fun Christmas Recipes!

If you like these Polar Bear Cupcakes you might also like these other sweet cupcakes made with Reese’s Cups.
Decorate Reese's Cups to make cute cupcake toppers. See the tutorials to make all these fun treats at HungryHappenings.com.

Reese’s Cup Rulolph Cupcakes • Teddy Bear Cupcakes
See Otter Cupcakes •  Bunny Cupcakes
Puppy Love Cupcakes with “I Woof You” Wrappers • “I’m Bananas About You” Monkey Cupcakes
“You Make My Heart Roar” Lion Cupcakes • Reese’s Cup Werewolf Cupcakes
Oh and I can’t forget about these
These Magical Unicorn Cupcakes made with White Reese's Cups and Candy Clay will be the hit of any birthday party. With their rainbow colored manes, gold candy horns, and expressive little eyes, these mythical creatures come to life in the sweetest form.
Magical Unicorn Cupcakes

If you recreate these Polar Bear Cupcakes
be sure to link to this tutorial and send a picture to beth@hungryhappenings.com,
so I can  share it in my Readers’ Gallery.

Filed Under: Christmas Recipes, Kid's Treats Tagged With: animal themed food, animal themed treats, animals, cupcake, reese's cups

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Comments

  1. Karen @ Sugartown Sweets

    January 19, 2017 at 12:40 pm

    Your cupcakes are polar-izingly adorable! Made all the cuter in pristine white, I love that they’re made with all Reeses! And thank you for the tip on the Wilton frosting! Brrrrr! :o)

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 20, 2017 at 4:13 pm

      Thank you Karen. I do love that frosting!

      Reply
  2. The Partiologist

    January 17, 2017 at 7:16 am

    Beth… Your treats made with Reese’s are all just to cute! I love how white the peanut butter cups are, perfect for that polar bear cupcake!

    Reply
    • Beth

      January 17, 2017 at 1:47 pm

      Thanks, Kim. I am having so much fun decorating the peanut butter cups.

      Reply

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