Buried Treasure Cupcakes

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup (150g) Self Raising Flour,

  sifted
• 1/3 cup (50g) cocoa,

  sifted
• 1 cup (220g) caster sugar
• 1/3 cup (80g) butter,

  softened
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup mini M&M's
• 1 1/4 cups (195g) icing sugar
• 2 tsp (10g) butter,

  softened
• 1 TBSP boiling water
• 1 cup graham crackers,

  crushed
• 24 Hershey's Nuggets candies
• gold sprinkles
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate melts

Instructions

• 1 Preheat oven to 180°C.
• 2 Grease and flour or grease and line a 24cm cake tin and set aside.
• 3 Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix on high for 4 minutes.
• 4 Pour into lined muffin containers and bake for about 12-15 minutes or until the
  cakes springs back when lightly touched in the centre.
• 5 When cool, create the surprise in the middle of the cupcakes.
• 6 Using a corer, create a well in the middle of each cupcake. Save the part of the
  cupcake you remove.
• 7 Fill the well of each cupcake with mini M&Ms. Top the well with the removed
  piece of cupcake.
• 8 To make the icing, sift the icing sugar into a medium bowl.
• 9 Add the butter and water, and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth.
• 10 Spread a smooth layer of icing over the cupcake and invert the cupcake, pressing
  into the cookie crumbs. Set the cupcake aside.
• 11 Melt the milk chocolate melts in a microwave safe bowl by microwaving for 30
  seconds and then stirring vigorously. Repeat in the microwave in 10 second
  increments as needed until completely melted. Do not overheat as the chocolate
  will seize. If the chocolate hardens, stir in 1 teaspoon of coconut oil or
  vegetable shortening.
• 12 Open the nugget candies. Spread a small amount of the melted chocolate on the
  flat side of a candy. Dip the wet chocolate into the gold sprinkles. Allow to
  dry.
• 13 Spread the melted chocolate on the flat side of another nugget. Press the wet
  chocolate against the sprinkles. Allow to set until the chocolate has
  solidified.
• 14 Dab a tiny amount of icing on the bottom of the treasure chest and press into
  the top of the cupcake.

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