Chocolate Reindeer Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Reindeer Cupcakes
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups Granulated sugar; 1-3/4 cups All-purpose flour; 1 cup Cocoa; 1-1/2 teaspoons Baking powder; 1-1/2 teaspoons Baking soda; 1 teaspoon Salt; 2 Eggs (room temperature*); 1 cup Buttermilk (room temperature*); 1/2 cup Vegetable oil; 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract; 1 cup Coffee (boiling hot); 3 Sticks Unsalted Butter (Softened); 3 cups Powdered Sugar; 3/4 cups Cocoa Powder; 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract; 1/8 cup Milk (or more); 24 Nilla Wafers (vanilla wafer cookies); 23 Brown M&M's or brown Reese's Pieces; 1 Red M&M; 48 Candy Eyes or White Chocolate Chips; 24 Pretzel Twists (broken in half); 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips (melted)

Instructions

Prep:25minCook:25min

Rudolph and his friends are covered in whipped chocolate frosting that tastes almost mousse like and then decorated with chocolate covered pretzels, mini Nilla Wafers and M&Ms

Updated at: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:35:42 GMT