Cute Valentine’s Bear Cupcakes to Bake
Cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate and these Bear Cupcakes are ideal for Valentine’s Day. These are by far one of the kids favourite Valentine’s Day Recipes that I make at home and they love sharing them with friends and family as well – just make sure to double up the batch of vanilla cupcakes and you will do well.
Made with Reeses Cups these are simple so cute and easy perfect for sharing with those that you love.
So here we go – How to Decorate these Valentine’s Bear Cupcakes.
Check out these delicious and simple to make Red Velvet Cupcakes
Valentine’s Cupcakes
We’ve used a vanilla cupcake box mix to make these as sometimes we all know being a mom means that there is little time left to do everything and box mixes make it so simple to do.
Valentine's Day Bear Cupcakes
Easy to decorate Reeses Cup Bear Cupcakes for Valentine's Day. Great for class parties and sharing with your loved ones.
Ingredients
- Jar of Chocolate Frosting
- 21 regular size Reese peanut butter cups, unwrapped
- 1 package of small edible eyes
- 2 8oz bag of Ghirardelli chocolate wafers, set aside 42 for the ears
- 1 bag of pink wilton candy melts
- 21 brown M&M's
Instructions
- Bake the vanilla cupcakes according to the box mix instructions.
- Once cooked remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- Spoon the chocolate frosting into a bag.
- Remove 42 chocolate wafers from the Ghirardelli bags and place onto a cutting board.
- Using a microwave safe bowl, melt 1 cup of the chocolate wafers in increments of 30 seconds, mixing after each time until melted and smooth
- Scoop into the piping bag and set aside
- Place one unwrapped Reese peanut butter cup onto the cutting board
- Cut the tip off the piping bag and pipe a small dollop of chocolate onto the lower center of the peanut butter cup
- Place a pink wafer onto the chocolate dollop. This is the mouth and nose of the bear
- Pipe two dollops of chocolate above the pink wafer for the eyes
- Place two eyes onto the two chocolate dollops
- Pipe a small dollop of chocolate onto the "M" side of the "M&M" and then place onto the center of the pink wafer
- Using the small round fondant cut out a half shaped moon out of the bottom of the chocolate wafers.
- Pipe a line of chocolate onto the cut part of the chocolate wafer
- Place the chocolate wafer onto the upper left and right corner of the peanut butter cup for the ears
- Repeat steps with remaining Reese cups
- Allow to dry for 10 minutes
- While the bears are drying, pipe frosting onto the cooled cupcakes
- Once the 10 minutes is up, carefully place the bears onto the middle of the frosting and lightly push down into the frosting.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
21Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 580Total Fat: 30gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 194mgCarbohydrates: 74gFiber: 4gSugar: 64gProtein: 8g
Valentine’s Recipes for Families
Check out these other ideas you can cook at home and share with the kids this Valentine’s Day
- Treat the kids to a delicious breakfast with the Red Velvet Belgian Waffles
- Fill up the cookies jar with our Easy Valentine’s Cookies
- Make a delicious dessert for them to enjoy with this Rolo Brownie Recipe
