Reindeer Cupcakes

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/3 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened
  • 1 box Devil's food cake mix
  • 2 cup Powdered sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla extract

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1/2 cup Oil

• Dairy

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1 cup Milk or buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup Sour cream

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Ingredients

• 1 box devils food cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 C. oil
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 C. milk or buttermilk
• 1/2 C. sour cream
• 1 C. butter
• 1/3 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2-3 C. powdered sugar
• 2 Tbsp. milk

Directions

• 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&Ms 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&Ms to make eyes.
• 9. Frost cupcakes.
• 10. (See photos below) Place Nilla wafers with M&Ms on cupcakes, then place pretzels above. Use a little frosting to stick on 2 eyes and there you go!