Kids Holiday Recipe of the day- Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

School’s out for the holidays so celebrate the extra time together  and bake-up a batch of HOT CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES! 

This week @ Kids Cook! here in Austin we will be making these fun and festive Hot Chocolate Cupcakes all week at our walk-in Food Treat Activity Center.

Most bakers don’t realize that almost evey coffee cup or mug can be baked in the oven. Pick and choose from what’s in your kitchen cabinet. It’s fun to let every child choose their very own cup to bake the cupcakes…just make sure the cups are all about the same size so the bake time is the same. At home, you can bake- up ahead of time and them  keep covered in the frig for a day or two. When ready to frost and decorate, just bring out the cupcakes for 15 minutes to room temp and let the kids have fun!

Hot Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients

Your favorite chocolate or German Chocolate cake mix

1 jar marshmallow crème

Assorted hard candies

Coat the insides of oven safe cups with cooking spray. Fill the cups halfway with chocolate cake batter. We used a mix for German chocolate cake, which is a lighter color than regular chocolate cake and looks more like hot cocoa.

Follow the cupcake making and baking instructions on the cake mix package. The cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean or with just a few crumbs. Allow the cakes to cool for about 15 minutes.
Top each cup with a generous dollop of marshmallow crème and candies. One cake mix makes enough batter for 18 cups but if you want fewer than that, bake the remaining batter in a small cake pan.

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