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Chocolate
Turtle Cupcakes
Chocolate Turtle cupcakes are
smooth and crunchy and scrumptious.
Items Needed:
Chocolate cake mix
Caramel Bits
Pecans
Caramel ice cream topping
Dark
Chocolate Frosting
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Directions:
- Mix cake mix as directed.
- Fill cupcake tins half way.
- Add 1 cup caramel bits and 1
cup chopped pecans to remaining cake mix and mix in. Then top off the
cupcakes with remaining cake mix.
- Bake cupcakes as directed on box.
- When turtle cupcakes are cool, frost with dark chocolate
frosting and top with a single pecan.
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- Just before serving drizzle with caramel ice cream.
- Serve and watch the smiles appear.
Tips:
- You can sometimes find caramel bits in your grocery store with the
chocolate chips. Otherwise, chop up candy caramels. Use scissors that
you ocassionally spray with oil as you chop the caramels.
- The
nuts and caramel bits will settle to the bottom, this is why you put
some mix in the bottom of each cupcake tin before adding the caramel
bits and nuts.
| Dark Chocolate
Frosting |
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cocoa powder |
2
Tbsp. butter
1 ½ cups heavy cream or half and half |
Mix all ingredients until well blended.
May use milk. Try adding 1 cup and then slowly add more.
Because milk is thinner you won’t need as much.
Dutch cocoa has been treated so
it won’t have the bitter taste. A natural cocoa will have a more bitter
taste
if you prefer that.
Keep frosting refrigerated when not using.
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