Best Popping Rock Candy Cupcakes Recipes

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Provided by Food Network

Time 24m

Yield about 55 mini cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 16

1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 extra-large whole eggs
3 large egg yolks
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup buttermilk, shaken
Popping Candy Buttercream, recipe follows
8 tablespoons unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 to 3 cups powdered sugar, well sifted
1 to 3 teaspoons cream, as needed
Popping candy, for garnish (recommended: Pop Rocks)

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line mini cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs and yolks, 1 at a time, and then stir in the vanilla extract. Stir in the vegetable oil. Fold in the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Fill the cupcake liners about three-quarters full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool completely, and then frost with Popping Candy Buttercream and enjoy!
Beat together the butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, adjusting for taste. Beat in the cream, 1 teaspoon at a time, if the frosting is too thick. Frost the cupcakes with the buttercream, and then sprinkle 1 to 2 teaspoons popping candy per cupcake.

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Provided by Mandy Heaston

Categories Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 18

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ white cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
Red food color
Blue food color
36 plastic push-up pop containers
2 cans Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy white frosting
2 envelopes popping rock candy

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 36 mini muffin cups with cooking spray.
In medium bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and egg whites with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 2 minutes on high speed until well blended. Divide batter into 2 bowls. Tint 1 bowl of batter with a few drops red food color; tint other bowl with blue food color.
Fill 18 muffin cups 2/3 full with red batter. Bake about 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Repeat with blue batter to make an additional 18 mini cupcakes. Cool completely.
To assemble push-up cakes, drop 1 mini cupcake into each push-up pop container. Add generous teaspoon frosting to top of each cupcake. Top each with second mini cupcake; add dollops of frosting to tops of each. Sprinkle each of popping rock candy. Serve.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving