3 Cupcake Toppings That Are More Exciting Than Frosting

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Ariel H
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Have you been keeping yourself busy during quarantine by baking? Cookies, banana bread, cakes, muffins, cakes—we’ve made them all. Next time you bake cupcakes try something different instead of frosting. These three alternatives are super tasty and they’ll impress anyone who gets to enjoy them.

Chocolate-Hazelnut Sea Salt

Chocolate lovers will love this simple two-ingredient substitute to chocolate frosting. All you need to do is mix 3/4 cup chocolate-hazelnut spread and 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar together until it’s smooth. Spread onto your favorite flavor of cupcakes and top with flaky sea salt. You’ll love the sweet and salty combination.

Mascarpone-Vanilla Bean

If you like something a bit lighter than chocolate, try this mascarpone-vanilla bean alternative which works so well on vanilla and red velvet cupcakes. All you need to do is stir one cup of mascarpone cheese, 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar, and one teaspoon of pure vanilla paste or extract.

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Peanut butter cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Whipped up these guys to deliver to a friend’s doorstep! I used the peanut butter cake recipe from Chelsweet’s peanut butter lovers cake and topped them with my go-to cream cheese frosting recipe. Sadly I could not eat one, but they smelled like a HEAVEN. Yah, there were some extra, but I was a sad little 15 year old and just like Charlie Brown I ate a peanut butter sandwich every day for lunch and developed an intolerance to peanut butter. So no more peanut butter for me. Sad story, and now everything made with peanut butter smells like the MOST delicious thing I can never eat. Anyways. These cupcakes are happy little puffs of cake and gobs of cream cheese frosting. Thanks for listening in to story time, hope you’re all doing well 😊 #peanutbutter #cupcakes #chelsweets #homemade #creamcheesefrosting #cupcakedecorating #storytime

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Peanut Butter and Jelly

We saved the best for last with these peanut butter and jelly cupcakes. Get a taste of your childhood with these cupcakes by stirring together one cup creamy peanut butter and 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar. Spread on your cupcakes and put one teaspoon of whisked strawberry or grape jelly on top.