Butterfinger Cupcakes

Halloween is the best. The kids get lots of candy and I love seeing all of the Halloween decorations. After a while, though, the question has to be asked, What to do with leftover Halloween Candy?

Leftover Halloween Candy

Most years when the kids get home from Trick or Treating, their bags are full. Overflowing in fact, which they love. But after the kids have been eating candy for a while, I prefer to find something else to do with it rather than them eating candy all day. That is when I start looking for things to do with Leftover Halloween Candy.

What to Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

So what to do with leftover Halloween Candy? There are a lot of things to do with leftover Halloween Candy. Some people donate leftover Halloween candy. I have heard of others who leave it out for the Halloween fairy, who will come and take the extra candy and leave trinkets and fun little toys in its place.

Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes

Wondering what kind of leftover Halloween Candy recipes there are? one of my favorite Leftover Halloween Candy recipes is Butterfinger Cupcakes. Basically any leftover Halloween Candy can be used in cupcakes. Cupcakes are basically the perfect choice for leftover Halloween Candy Recipes.

Butterfinger Cupcakes

Now let’s get on to the good stuff. Let’s get on to this great tasting cupcake that will make you wish you had a lot more leftover Halloween candy.

Butterfinger Cupcakes Ingredients:
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
3 C sugar
4 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
3 C flour
1 C cocoa
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 C buttermilk
1 C water
1/4 cup copped Butterfingers

How to Make Butterfinger Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and fill cupcake pan with cupcake lines
In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar and cream until mixed.
Add eggs, beating one at a time.
Add in the vanilla
In another bowl, combine dry ingredients.
In another bowl, combine the milk and water.
Add in the dry ingredients, alternating between the wet and dry, beating well after each addition.
Fold in the Butterfingers.
Fill paper 2/3 of the way and bake for 21 minutes.
Cool on wire racks.

Butterfinger Cupcake Frosting
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
3 C powder sugar
1/2 C Cocoa powder
1/4 C chopped Butterfinger
5 TBS heavy whipping cream
1 tsp vanilla

How to Make the Butterfinger Cupcake Icing:
Add in all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix until combined and stiff peaks form.
If powder sugar pebbles form, add in 1-2 more tbsp heavy cream, if thin add in 1/2 C powder sugar.
Mix until stiff. You want it to be stiff enough that it doesn’t fall off a spoon.

After the cupcakes are cool, and the the frosting is made, frost the cupcakes. Sprinkle the Butterfingers over the cupcakes.

Looking for other delicious cupcake ideas? Teddy Bear Cupcakes, Cookie Monster Cupcakes, and  Tagalong Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Butterfinger Cupcakes

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Ingredients

  

Butterfinger Cupcakes Ingredients:

• 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
• 3 C sugar
• 4 Eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 3 C flour
• 1 C cocoa
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 C buttermilk
• 1 C water
• 1/4 cup copped Butterfingers

Butterfinger Cupcake Frosting

• 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter
• 3 C powder sugar
• 1/2 C Cocoa powder
• 1/4 C chopped Butterfinger
• 5 TBS heavy whipping cream
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions

 

How to Make Butterfinger Cupcakes:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and fill cupcake pan with cupcake lines
• In a large bowl, add the butter and sugar and cream until mixed.
• Add eggs, beating one at a time.
• Add in the vanilla
• In another bowl, combine dry ingredients.
• In another bowl, combine the milk and water.
• Add in the dry ingredients, alternating between the wet and dry, beating well after each addition.
• Fold in the Butterfingers.
• Fill paper 2/3 of the way and bake for 21 minutes.
• Cool on wire racks.

How to Make the Butterfinger Cupcake Icing:

• Add in all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix until combined and stiff peaks form.
• If powder sugar pebbles form, add in 1-2 more tbsp heavy cream, if thin add in 1/2 C powder sugar.
• Mix until stiff. You want it to be stiff enough that it doesn't fall off a spoon.
• After the cupcakes are cool, and the the frosting is made, frost the cupcakes. Sprinkle the Butterfingers over the cupcakes.

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