Description
Celebrate Groundhog Day with these adorable and delicious Groundhog Day Cupcakes! These chocolate cupcakes are topped with a chocolate buttercream frosting and decorated to look like cute groundhogs popping out of the ground. A fun and festive treat for the whole family!
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes:
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup buttermilk
Chocolate Buttercream:
- ¾ cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Decoration:
- crushed chocolate cookies (for ‘dirt’)
- mini Nilla Wafers
- candy eyes
- chocolate chips
- mini marshmallows
- black decorating gel
Instructions
- Preheat the oven and prepare the muffin tin: Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Prepare the cupcake batter: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla, then alternate adding the dry ingredients and buttermilk. Mix until just combined.
- Bake the cupcakes: Fill each cupcake liner about 2/3 full and bake for 18–20 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Make the chocolate buttercream: Beat the butter until creamy. Sift in the powdered sugar and cocoa powder, then add vanilla and milk. Beat until light and fluffy.
- Decorate the cupcakes: Frost each cupcake with the chocolate buttercream and dip the tops in crushed chocolate cookies. Add Nilla Wafers, candy eyes, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and decorating gel to create groundhog faces.
Notes
- Let kids help decorate for a fun activity.
- If no decorating gel, melted chocolate can be used.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 36g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 13g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
