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Chocolate cupcakes with whipped chocolate ganache dipped in Oreo crumbs and topped with a candy coated strawberry (that looks like a carrot!). These dirt cupcakes are perfect for springtime!
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Main Ingredients Needed for Dirt Cupcakes
- chocolate cupcakes
- whipped ganache frosting (or any chocolate frosting)
- Oreo crumbs
- strawberries
- orange melting candy (like Wilton’s)
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Recipe Tips & Notes
- I used a blender to crush the Oreos used for the “dirt.” You could just crush them with a rolling pin or mallet, but I wanted a superfine crumble to closely resemble dirt.
- I’ve seen a lot of pictures online of these candy dipped strawberries made to look like carrots, and so often people don’t pipe the lines going across the top of the “carrot.” It’s not a huge deal, but I feel like it’s a detail that really makes these look awesome. And it’s so simple to do! Just put a spoonful of the melted candy into a ziploc bag and snip a tiny corner to pipe lines on each strawberry.
- If you’re looking to save a little time (and skip the dirty dishes!), just use store-bought chocolate frosting. It won’t make a difference to the appearance at all.
- If using my recipe for whipped chocolate ganache, keep the strawberries stored in the refrigerator separate from the cupcakes until ready to serve. At that point, press each one into the cupcakes. The reason for this is that the strawberries need to be kept chilled or they’ll start to go bad and leak juice into the cupcakes. And the frosting shouldn’t be chilled, otherwise it becomes too firm.
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Dirt Cupcakes
Yield: 2 dozen
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Chocolate cupcakes with whipped chocolate ganache dipped in Oreo crumbs and topped with a candy coated strawberry (that looks like a carrot!). These dirt cupcakes are perfect for springtime!
Ingredients
- 2 dozen chocolate cupcakes, baked and cooled
- 1 batch of whipped chocolate ganache
- 10-20 Oreo cookies (regular, not with extra filling)
- 2 dozen small strawberries
- 10-12 ounces orange melting candy (like Wilton's)
Instructions
- Mound the chocolate frosting on top of each cupcake.
- Crush the Oreos and press each cupcake in the crumbled Oreos.
- Melt the orange candy according to the directions on the package. Dip each strawberry in the candy all the way up to the stem and shake off any excess. Allow to cool and harden on a nonstick surface (like parchment paper or a silicone baking mat).
- Spoon some melted candy into a zippered bag, and snip off a tiny corner. Pipe horizontal lines across the strawberries.
- Once the strawberries have hardened, push the tips of each one into a cupcake.
See notes in the post for storage.
Looking for REAL Carrot Desserts?
Check out these Carrot Cake Recipes!
Carrot Cake Roll
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Carrot Cake Cookies
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published on April 17, 2019
20 thoughts on “Dirt Cupcakes Recipe”
*sigh* these beautiful cupcakes will have to be enough for now.
…stupid snow.
YUMMY cupcakes!
These are the CUTEST CUPCAKES EVER!
THESE ARE AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT!
These are as cute as can be. Creative and clever.
Linda@Tumbleweed Contessa
AWESOME CUPCAKES!!
How many kids would turn down those carrots! Greatness … once again 😉
These look amazing! And perfect for Easter! Well done! Also I think you may be jinxing us with the whole “Let It Snow!” sign. You take down your snow man, and I’ll take down the snowman pic in my entry way. Deal? We need to send Mother a message!
Adorable Ashton!! Pinned!
These are so cute!
This is my first time to visit your blog. Strawberries masquerading as carrots – brilliant!
Your pictures (especially the ones with cupcakes) are gorgeous!These are so cute! I love that you made a strawberry into a corrot
These cupcakes are so stinking cute!!!
So cute and such a great idea to use strawberries. Love them!
These are adorable and so creative. It’s snowing here again today. I’m so over it. Pinned.
This is such a clever idea, the strawberries look so cute as carrots! We just had to include this in our Feature Friday last week for 20 ‘Egg’stra Special Easter Desserts! Here is the link, I hope you can stop by: http://returntothetable.net/recipes/20-eggstra-special-easter-desserts/
I am looking to do these cupcakes for Easter and I was wondering one thing. What version of your Chocolate Ganache recipe did you use?
Thanks!You could really use the ganache at any point between warm and room temp. Depending on the temp you’d either be dipping or spreading, but both would work! 🙂
Hi – I’m thinking about making these for Easter this year. I just have one question. Can I make these a day in advance and refrigerate over night?
Definitely!
These are so creative!
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