Secret Admirer HERSHEY'S HUGS and KISSES Candy Cupcakes

Name: HERSHEY'S Secret Admirer Cupcakes Recipe | Hersheyland
Prep time: 25 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 30 cupcakes
Ingredients: 45 HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates, divided; 45 HERSHEY'S HUGS Brand Candies, divided; 1/2 cup butter or margarine (1 stick), softened; 1/2 cup shortening; 2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa; 1-1/4 tsps baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1-1/3 cups water; 1 can ready-to-spread vanilla frosting (16 oz); red food coloring

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Details

Timing
Timing
Total:: 1 Hr. 30 Min.
Bake:: 22 Min.
Prep:: 25 Min.
Skill Level:: Beginner
Yields:: 30 cupcakes

If you’re looking for the perfect Valentine's Day sweet treat idea that's fun to make and decorate, your search is over. This easy-to-make recipe uses HERSHEY’S HUGS Candies and HERSHEY'S KISSES Chocolates to show the special person in your life how much you care. After baking and sharing a batch of these Secret Admirer HERSHEY'S HUGS and KISSES Candy Cupcakes, be prepared to receive some hugs and kisses of your own!

Want more Valentine's Day recipes that look and taste like they're made with love? Whip up this Peanut Butter Cup Heart Valentine Cake for the ones you love most.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bake Time: 22 minutes
Cool Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

45

HERSHEY'S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates, divided
45

HERSHEY'S HUGS Brand Candies, divided
1/2 cup

butter or margarine (1 stick), softened
1/2 cup

shortening
2 cups

sugar
2

eggs
1 tsp

vanilla extract
2-1/4 cups

all-purpose flour
1/2 cup

HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/4 tsps

baking soda
1/2 tsp

salt
1-1/3 cups

water
1 can

ready-to-spread vanilla frosting (16 oz)
red food coloring

READY TO MAKE THIS?

Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 

oven

muffin cup tin

muffin cups

bowl

mixer

measuring cups

rubber scraper

wire rack

Heat oven to 350°F. Line 30 muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper or foil bake cups. Remove wrappers from 15 KISSES and 15 HUGS.

Beat butter, shortening and sugar in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with water to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Fill muffin cups 1/2 full with batter. Place 1 KISS or 1 HUG on surface of each cup; do not press candy into batter.

Bake 20 to 23 minutes or until tops spring back when touched lightly. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

Remove wrappers from remaining candies; set aside. Stir several drops red food coloring into frosting for desired shade of pink frosting. Frost cupcakes. Top each cupcake with 1 KISS and 1 HUG.

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