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Valentine’s Day Surprise Cupcakes

February 4, 2019 by Debi Leave a Comment

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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.

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.

Valentine's Day cupcakes

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.

Valentine's day Pinata cupcake

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.

Valentine's Day Surprise Cupcakes

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' day cupcakes

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.

cooled cupcakes from the oven

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. cupcakes with hole in them for surprise cupcakes

Add filling. This is the sprinkles or candy you have for the surprise inside. We used these red candy heart sprinkles. pinata cupcake filled with 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.ready to frost pinata cupcake

You can frost the cupcakes any way you like. If you want the “professional” looking icing, use a piping bag and tips.frosted Valentine's Day suprise cupcakes

You can add sprinkles or candies to the top of the cupcake as well.

ready to eat Valentine's Day Surprise cupcakes

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

  1. Bake your cupcakes and allow to cool.
  2. 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.
  3. Add filling. This is the sprinkles or candy you have for the surprise inside. We used these red candy heart sprinkles.
  4. 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.
  5. Put the top back on the cupcakes and it is ready to frost.
  6. You can frost the cupcakes any way you like. If you want the "professional" looking icing, use a piping bag and tips.
  7. You can add sprinkles or candies to the top of the cupcake as well.
  8. Enjoy.

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Hi. I'm Debi. I have been a blogger for 8 years. I love food and I am a bit cookbook obsessed. I am always looking for another great tasting recipe. I wanted to share my favorite recipes in hope that you will enjoy them too.
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