Valentine Teddy Bear Cupcakes

Adorable teddy bear cupcake made in an ice cream cone with heart.

5 from 3 votes

Valentine Teddy Bear Cupcakes

So cute and simple to make with cake batter baked right into an ice cream cone. Your sweetheart will love them and kids will love them too.

Course Baking, Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 22

Servings cupcakes

Calories 324kcal

Author Lise Sullivan Ode

Equipment

Ingredients

1 box cake mix, prepared according to package.
1 batch homemade chocolate buttercream frosting recipe is on my website
12 ice cream cake cones
12 peanut butter cups
24 candy eyes
24 chocolate candy melts
12 pink candy melts
12 brown M&M candies
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
12 red candy hearts we used Brach's Cherry Heart Jelly Candies

Instructions

In a large mixing bowl, mix up the cake batter with an electric mixer according to package instructions. Use a muffin scoop to scoop prepared batter into greased muffin tins or cupcake pans. (You don't even need cupcake liners.) Make sure you don't over-fill them. You only need to fill the muffin cup ⅔ full.
Add an upside down ice cream cone on top of the batter in each muffin cup. Make sure they're placed straight and press them slightly into the batter. Bake cupcakes at 350°F for 20-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. Let cool on wire rack.
Making the teddy bear faces. For the ears: Use a small biscuit cutter to cut off a small piece of the chocolate candy melt. Repeat. You'll need 24 candy melts. Melt ½ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl according to package instructions. Pour into piping bag or plastic bag, secure opening. Cut a tiny corner and pipe melted chocolate on ears to stick the to the top of the peanut butter cups. For the nose of the bear: Use melted chocolate to stick the pink candy melt and brown M&M onto peanut butter cup. Then attach candy eyes the same way. Place in the refrigerator to set.
Make homemade chocolate frosting using hand mixer or stand mixer. Place in pastry bag fitted with a 1M star tip. Pipe chocolate buttercream onto cooled cupcakes. Place peanut butter cup bear in the middle of the frosting. Then place a red candy hard just under the face. Repeat for remaining cupcakes. Now you have your cute little bears all done.

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Notes

When placing the cones on top of the batter before baking, try to place them as straight as possible. Then gently press them slightly into the batter to help stabilize them when they bake. Then when you frost the cooled cupcakes, If you're short on time, use 2 cans store bought chocolate frosting to frost the cupcakes.

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