Looking for Valentine’s Day Cupcake that will thrill the kids? These Valentine’s Day Surprise Cupcakes will do exactly that. So easy to make, everyone will love the surprise inside.
Cupcakes are it when it comes to a dessert for my kids. While they love anything sweet, they certainly like cupcakes. Who can blame them? It’s serving size cakes that are packed with deliciousness. Lately, there are a ton of pinata cupcakes. These are fun-filled cupcakes that will make anyone smile.
What is a Pinata Cupcake?
Pinata cupcakes are cupcakes that have sprinkles or other candy type filling inside. In our case for Valentine’s Day Surprise Cupcakes, we have filled the cupcakes with heart-shaped sprinkles. Sometimes, pinata cupcakes are called confetti cupcakes or surprise cupcakes.
How to Get Sprinkles Inside a Pinata Cupcake?
While it looks difficult, it is actually very easy to get sprinkles inside a pinata cupcake. Once the cupcake is done baking and has cooled, simply spoon or cut out a small section in the top. This is the whole for the filling. Add your candy or sprinkle filling. You can add as much or as little as you like. Either way will work. Once you have filled the hole with candy, put the top of the cupcake back on. Now it is ready for frosting.
Surprise Cupcakes
When making surprise cupcakes, you can use any cake recipe you like. For this one, we actually used a box cake mix because it was what we had on hand and I wanted to use it up to empty the cabinet. You can certainly choose whatever cake recipe and flavor you love.
Valentine’s Day Surprise Cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes – Made from a mix or your favorite cake recipe
- Sprinkles or candy
- Frosting
- Piping Bag and Tips
Directions
Bake your cupcakes and allow to cool.
Spoon out a small section in the top of the cupcake. This is the filling area. Be sure not to go all the way to the bottom of the cupcake. 
Add filling. This is the sprinkles or candy you have for the surprise inside. We used these red candy heart sprinkles. 
NOTE: When I made these surprise cupcakes for the pictures, I really should have used more filling. While it was plenty of filling when we ate them, to make it look pretty and let you see the effect, I should have used more.
Put the top back on the cupcakes and it is ready to frost.
You can frost the cupcakes any way you like. If you want the “professional” looking icing, use a piping bag and tips.
You can add sprinkles or candies to the top of the cupcake as well.
Enjoy.
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Valentine's Day Surprise Cupcakes
Looking for Valentine's Day Cupcake that will thrill the kids? These Valentine's Day Surprise Cupcakes will do exactly that. So easy to make, everyone will love the surprise inside.
Ingredients
- Cupcakes - Made from a mix or your favorite cake recipe
- Sprinkles or candy
- Frosting
- Piping Bag and Tips
Instructions
-
Bake your cupcakes and allow to cool.
-
Spoon out a small section in the top of the cupcake. This is the filling area. Be sure not to go all the way to the bottom of the cupcake.
-
Add filling. This is the sprinkles or candy you have for the surprise inside. We used these red candy heart sprinkles.
-
NOTE: When I made these surprise cupcakes for the pictures, I really should have used more filling. While it was plenty of filling when we ate them, to make it look pretty and let you see the effect, I should have used more.
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Put the top back on the cupcakes and it is ready to frost.
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You can frost the cupcakes any way you like. If you want the "professional" looking icing, use a piping bag and tips.
-
You can add sprinkles or candies to the top of the cupcake as well.
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Enjoy.
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