Fall Acorn Cupcakes

For a little friendsgiving get-together with my blogger friends, I made chocolate cupcakes with maple brown sugar frosting. Maple brown sugar is one of those flavors that just say Fall to me, so you are not limited to just Pumpkin flavored desserts for your Thanksgiving dinner.

These cupcakes were really easy to make. I doctored Pillsbury Devils Food Cake Mix as well as added 1 Tablespoon of cinnamon. The maple brown sugar frosting is also made by Pillsbury, and it smells amazing! Armando commented that the smell lingered in our kitchen 3 days after they were made and decorated and it made the kitchen smell delicious. This frosting is a seasonal flavor, but I am looking into making my own version of it since it would be delicious to use anytime of the year.The swirl was made using the Wilton tip 1M.

The acorn topping is made up of a Hershey’s Kisses, Mini Nilla Wafer cookies, and Reese’s Peanut Butter Chips. I saw some of these Acorn toppings on Pinterest made with Mini Nutter Butter cookies and with Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses as well, so you can make these in a variety of ways. The Reese’s Peanut Butter Chip can also be substituted  with Mini Chocolate Chips. I used a quart size ziplock bag for some frosting and cut a small hole to put the acorns together.

As a finishing touch, I added Wilton Fall leaf sprinkles for color. I am really happy with how these cupcakes came out and how they tasted. I recommend making these for your next Thanksgiving dinner and having some extra acorn toppings as garnish on your serving platters.

Hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving full of delicious food and a lot of laughter.