I saw these cupcakes recently at my local Kroger bakery. They were adorable! Little cookie hamburgers and candy hot dogs piled high with candy condiments. I tracked down the instructions and they're as fun to make as they are to eat.
HAMBURGER
WHAT YOU NEED:
2 vanilla wafer cookies
1 Keebler Grasshopper cookie
Yellow and red icing in tubes
Green tinted coconut
Slices of green gumdrop
Sesame seeds
1 baked cupcake
White icing
TO DECORATE:
To build the hamburger, start with an upside-down vanilla wafer. Add a dab of icing to attach the Grasshopper cookie, then a squirt of yellow icing, a squirt of red icing, a sprinkle of tinted coconut, and 2 thin slices of a green gumdrop for pickles. Top with the second vanilla wafer cookie, right side up (glue on with icing if needed). Rub the top "bun" with a little water, then sprinkle with sesame seeds. Frost the cupcake with white icing and place the "burger" on top.
HOT DOG
WHAT YOU NEED:
1 circus peanut
1 caramel square
Yellow icing in a tube
Green tinted coconut
Cut-up green gumdrop
1 baked cupcake
White icing
TO DECORATE:
For the bun, cut a wedge in the circus peanut. If the caramel is soft, roll it into a hot dog shape. If it's hard, first soften it in your hand or in a microwave for a few seconds. Place the "hot dog" in the bun and squirt on a squiggly line of yellow icing. Garnish with green gumdrop "relish." Frost the cupcake with white icing and place the hot dog on top.
Hamburger & Hot Dog Cupcakes
