HERSHEY'S HUGS and KISSES Secret Admirer Cupcakes
Details
- Time
- 40 minutes
- Skill Level
- Intermediate
- Yields
- 30 cupcakes
Get those Valentine's Day Cupcakes ready! These creamy cupcakes are filled with chocolate and white chips, topped with a sweet pink frosting. Try them now!
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 20 minutes
- Bake Time
- 20 minutes
BAKE MODE:
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Ingredients
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1/2 cupbutter or margarine, softened (125 mL)
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1/2 cupvegetable shortening (125 mL)
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2 cupsgranulated sugar (500 mL)
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2eggs
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1 tspvanilla extract (5 mL)
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2 1/4 cupsall-purpose flour (550 mL)
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1/2 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa (125 mL)
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1 1/4 tspsbaking soda (6 mL)
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1/2 tspsalt (2 mL)
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1 1/3 cupswater (325 mL)
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45HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates, unwrapped and divided
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45HERSHEY'S HUGS Brand Milk Chocolates, unwrapped and divided
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1 lbprepared vanilla frosting (500 g)
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red food colouring (optional)
Key Ingredients
Directions
Equipment Needed
Oven
Muffin Tin
Paper Baking Cups
Measuring Cups
Mixing Bowl
Mixer
Wire Rack
1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line 30 muffin cups with paper or foil liners.
2
Beat the butter with the shortening and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Stir flour with cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with water to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Fill muffin cups 1/2 full with batter. Place 1 HERSHEY'S KISS or 1 HERSHEY'S HUG on surface of each cup; do NOT press candy into batter.
3
Bake for 20 to 23 minutes or until tops spring back when touched lightly. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
4
Stir frosting with several drops red food colouring (if using) for desired shade of pink frosting. Frost cupcakes. Top each cupcake with 1 HERSHEY'S KISS and 1 HERSHEY'S HUG.
