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"You Make My Heart Roar" Lion Cupcakes with Free Printable Cupcake Wrappers
Prep Time
30
mins
Total Time
30
mins
Top cupcakes with a big swirl of frosting then add a Reese's Cup Lion and decorate them with a "You Make My Heart Roar" cupcake wrapper.
Course:
Cupcakes
Cuisine:
American
Keyword:
lion cupcakes, reeses cup cupcakes, valentines day dessert
Servings
:
6
Author
:
Beth Klosterboer
Ingredients
6
Reese's Cups
12
caramel squares
9
large red heart sprinkles
black food coloring marker
1
ounce
melted light cocoa confectionery coating
candy melts or almond bark
6
cupcakes
2
cups
tan frosting
6
conversation hearts
Instructions
Unwrap peanut butter cups.
Unwrap caramels and soften them by heating in the microwave on defrost for 5 second increments, kneading after each, until soft.
Flatten 6 of the caramels, and cut using a 1 - 1 ½ inch heart cutter.
Cut 12 small circles using a small round plunger cutter or pinch off pieces and roll into small balls.
Press one red heart sprinkle onto each caramel heart forming the lion's nose.
Break the remaining 3 heart sprinkles in half.
Attach one piece with the rounded side facing down, under the curved part of the caramel heart, creating the lion's tongue.
Draw eyes, eyebrows, and freckles onto each caramel heart using a black food coloring marker.
Attach one caramel heart lion's face and two caramel ears to each peanut butter cup using melted confectionery coating.
Cut the remaining caramel squares in half.
Roll each into a ball then into a teardrop shaped paw.
Draw 5 claws onto each paw using a black food coloring marker.
Wrap each cupcake in a
printable "You Make My Heart Roar" cupcake wrapper
.
Spoon frosting into a large pastry bag fitted with a large 1M star tip.
Pipe a big swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake.
Press a Reese's Cup lion onto the front at the top of each frosting swirl.
Press a conversation heart onto the frosting just below the lion's head.
Attach one paw on either side of the candy heart.