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Reindeer Cupcakes

4.94 from 15 votes

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Cake:

  • 1 box devil's food cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 C. oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 C. milk or buttermilk
  • 1/2 C. sour cream

Chocolate Frosting:

  • 1 C. butter
  • 1/3 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2-3 C. powdered sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. milk

Pretzles, for antlers

Nilla Wafers, for muzzles

Brown M&M's for noses (some red for Rudolph)

White Mint M&M's for eyes

Instructions
 

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
  • 2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl and set aside.
  • 3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, oil, vanilla extract, milk and sour cream until smooth.
  • 4. Stir in cake mix.
  • 5. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 16-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
  • 6. Let cool.
  • 7. Chocolate frosting: Beat butter. Add cocoa powder, 2 C. powdered sugar and milk. Slowly add more powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
  • 8. Prep reindeer "faces" by using frosting to stick brown M&M's on Nilla Wafers (some red for Rudolphs if you want). Melt down a few chocolate chips, put in a small plastic bag, snip off the tip to make a mini piping bag and "dot" little eyeballs on the white M&M's to make eyes.
  • 9. Frost cupcakes.
  • 10. (See photos below) Place Nilla wafers with M&M's on cupcakes, then place pretzels above. Use a little frosting to stick on 2 eyes and there you go!