{"id":4776,"date":"2014-01-21T19:17:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2014-01-22T00:49:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T00:49:02","slug":"how-to-make-a-box-of-chocolate-cupcakes-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4776","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Box of Chocolate Cupcakes for Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What would you say is the most stereotypical Valentine&#8217;s day present to give? \u00a0Flowers? \u00a0Candy? \u00a0Jewellery? \u00a0CHOCOLATES? \u00a0According to my research on amazon, people even give perfume! \u00a0What a thoughtful gift . . . I love you but you could smell better.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I thought that playing on the idea of giving chocolates as the most popular Valentine&#8217;s Day gift to give (not determined by any research!), I would make a box of chocolate CUPCAKES instead. \u00a0 The cupcakes look like a box of regular holiday treats, but upon closer inspection, you realize they&#8217;re so much better and they&#8217;re in cupcake form! \u00a0By the way, if your &#8220;sweetheart&#8221; gives you candy, leave him. \u00a0You can get that stuff at the dollarstore. \u00a0I would know . . . it&#8217;s where I bought some of the ingredients for the Box of Chocolate Cupcakes I made. \u00a0Note to self: \u00a0don&#8217;t shop at the dollarstore and then tell people. \u00a0Oops. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Valentine&#8217;s Day is overrated? \u00a0Commercialized to the point of nausea? \u00a0 It seems as though the second that the Christmas decorations are put away, the stores are filling the shelves with pink and red Valentine paraphernalia. \u00a0I guess they all have to make their quota&#8217;s, or whatever it is stores do. \u00a0As do people on YouTube, which is why we have a Valentine&#8217;s day video going live in January. \u00a0Oops again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is happening here? \u00a0I think they had me at &#8220;Cupid Corn&#8221;. \u00a0How I could I resist THAT!?!?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TihIZB-iCuU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>How to Make a Box of Chocolate Cupcakes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients\/Materials:<\/strong><br \/> Regular and mini chocolate cupcakes<br \/> Chocolate buttercream<br \/> Assorted Valentine&#8217;s candies (conversation hearts, heart shaped jujubes, chocolate hearts etc)<br \/> Valentine sprinkles<br \/> Heart shaped tin (food safe)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1629blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4817\" title=\"Valentine's day cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1629blog.jpg\" alt=\"Valentine's day cupcakes\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1629blog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1629blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>**I purchased all of my candy from the Bulk Barn which is a Canadian store but you should be able to find themed candies anywhere during the Valentine season.<\/em><br \/><em> **I purchased the heart shaped tin from Dollarama which is also a Canadian store, but you will most likely be able to find a similar product at a dollar store near you.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure<\/strong><br \/> Bake your chocolate cupcakes and prepare your chocolate buttercream. Arrange the cupcakes in the heart shaped tin as best as you can. The tin that I had held three regular cupcakes and four mini cupcakes best. By placing the larger cupcakes at the tip, and the peaks of the heart, I was able to fill the rest of the heart in with the mini cupcakes. To decorate these cupcakes, pipe a thin layer of buttercream onto the top of the cupcake. You do not want to pipe too much buttercream, as you will still want to be able to put the lid on the tins, once the candies are on top of the cupcakes. Arrange candies as desired on the buttercream. Simple flower shapes look great, as do &#8220;X&#8217;s&#8221; and &#8220;O&#8217;s&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1684blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4818\" title=\"Box of chocolate cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1684blog.jpg\" alt=\"Box of chocolate cupcakes\" width=\"601\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1684blog.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DSC_1684blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now go buy yourself some Cupid Corn and go and give someone a hug &#8220;O&#8221; and a kiss &#8220;X&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4776\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4776\" data-text=\"How to Make a Box of Chocolate Cupcakes for Valentine&#8217;s Day\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4776\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D4776&amp;linkname=How%20to%20Make%20a%20Box%20of%20Chocolate%20Cupcakes%20for%20Valentine%E2%80%99s%20Day\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you say is the most stereotypical Valentine&#8217;s day present to give? \u00a0Flowers? \u00a0Candy? \u00a0Jewellery? \u00a0CHOCOLATES? \u00a0According to my research on amazon, people even give perfume! \u00a0What a thoughtful gift . . . 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