Cupcake Poppers

Devils Food Cupcake Poppers

 Prior to frosting,

 a hole was punched in these with the end of  a wooden spoon and then...

...a squirt of maple syrup in the hole

and then frosted with maple buttercream frosting and a chunk of maple bacon.

 ...a squirt of caramel sundae topping in the hole

and then frosted with chocolate sea-salted buttercream frosting and a sprinkling of sea-salt.

No hole in these, just cream cheese and butter frosting 

and a sprinkling of edible yellow glitter and candy pearls.

Devil's Food cake mix and 

this Buttercream recipe. 

(Didn't have cream so half and half was used.)

Separated frosting into three bowls:

1) added maple syrup and a little food coloring for maple color

2) added cocoa and sea salt and a squirt of caramel.

3) added cream cheese and more powdered sugar for the roses.

One box made 5 dozen cupcake poppers.

Baked for 12 minutes.

Used high-altitude directions. 

The exact right size to pop in your mouth in one bite.

So much less mess that way. :-) 

Yum!!!