Description
These delightful Chocolate Pretzel Cupcakes are a fun and festive treat perfect for any occasion!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box)
- 1 cup chocolate frosting (store-bought or homemade)
- 12 mini pretzels
- 24 candy eyes
- 24 red candy-coated chocolates (like M&M’s)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a cupcake tin with paper liners.
- Prepare the chocolate cake mix according to package directions and pour the batter into the prepared liners, filling each two-thirds full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cooling completely on a wire rack.
- Once cooled, frost each cupcake generously with chocolate frosting.
- Press two mini pretzels into the frosting at the top for antlers.
- Add two candy eyes below the antlers and place one red candy-coated chocolate in the center for the nose.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- These cupcakes can also be decorated with different colors of candy to match a theme.
- Feel free to use any flavor of cake mix for variation.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg