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Truffle Football Cupcakes Recipe

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The luscious truffles combine peanut butter and chocolate deliciously. They're terrific shaped into balls for a holiday treat tray and they also make snappy footballs to top cupcakes for a tailgate party or any gathering to cheer on your favorite team. —Kim Barker, Richmond, Texas

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Truffle Football Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 25 min. + standing

Yield: 18 Servings

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Ingredients

3 ounces white candy coating, coarsely chopped, divided
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
2/3 cup crushed granola cereal with oats and honey
6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 tablespoons shortening
2 cans (16 ounces each) vanilla frosting, divided
Green paste food coloring
36 cupcakes of your choice

Directions

In a microwave, melt white candy coating at 70% power for 1 minute; stir. Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals, stirring until smooth. Stir in peanut butter until smooth. Add the confectioners' sugar, vanilla and cereal. Chill for 2-3 hours or until easy to handle.
Shape into 1-in. balls; form each ball into football shape and set aside. In a microwave, melt chocolate and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip footballs in chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on a wire rack over waxed paper; let stand until set, about 30 minutes.
Pipe frosting laces onto footballs. Tint remaining frosting green. Using a #233 or #234 tip, pipe grass over cupcakes. Just before serving, insert a toothpick into each football. Insert toothpick into cupcake to position football. Yield: 3 dozen.

Originally published as Truffle Football Cupcakes in Game Day Recipe Cards 2010 , p69

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Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2013 by NLAngelo

My 15 year old granddaughter, Abigail, made these for our Super Bowl party. They were sooo cute and delicious!!! Yaaah Baltimore

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Reviewed on Feb. 04, 2013 by NLAngelo

My 15 year old granddaughter, Abigail, made these for our Super Bowl party. They were sooo cute and delicious!!! Yaaah Baltimore

Reviewed on Feb. 03, 2013 by jbiel517@yahoo.com

I used tip #233 as I thought that one more closely resembled grass. I used chocolate covered almonds for the footballs, and that worked great. Very cute idea.

Reviewed on Feb. 08, 2012 by mrsrhk

I couldnt find Easter eggs yet so I followed 1 of the reviews, to use tootsie rolls.They worked wonderfully. Made these with a group of kids for superbowl. They had a ball and they were delicious. We did make a hole in them and filled them with cheesecake filling.

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2012 by snolte

Ron07, you do not need all of these ingredients, just get some chocolate Easter eggs and pipe the laces on the football and ou can use green coconut for the grass using green food coloring and put on your own cupcakes or store bought. How's that for easy?

Reviewed on Jan. 27, 2012 by safezone110

I haven't made these yet but I think I will use chocolate easter eggs for the football.

Reviewed on Jan. 02, 2012 by Ron07

too many ingredients.

Reviewed on Jan. 02, 2012 by AransasPat

Looking for something without the peanut butter? Tootsie rolls soften up nicely in the microwave and can be shaped into footballs. Just add the white accents.

Reviewed on Feb. 06, 2011 by haddur

These turned out really well. I used honey bunches of oats instead of granola and it tastes great. The only suggest I have is to dust your hands in powdered sugar when shaping the footballs. I found they stuck to my hands without it. They look great!!

Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2011 by shirley bassett

I would like something in the footballs other than peanut butter. I use this for treats the kids make at Royal Family Kids Camp and I can't use any nuts.

Reviewed on Feb. 01, 2011 by mommyfor5

I'm guilty of shortcuts! I love the cute idea so I purchased football shaped chocolates! (the kind you have to unwrap in foil) I piped on the frosting and just laid them in the grass. Worked out great-am planning on making the truffles-someday.

Reviewed on Jan. 30, 2011 by casunbugz

I made these cupcakes for my daughter's 10th birthday and they were a big hit!!!

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