Ferrero Rocher Topped Nutella Cupcakes

After weeks of indulging over the Christmas festivities, the 12 days were up and I decided to wipe out all traces of the jolly season by eating all the biscuits and chocolates that we had been given. (Well, you can’t start a new year with new resolutions while all these temptations are lying around) 

Trust me, this was no easy task but I managed it by nibbling slowly through the shortbread and the giant box of Celebrations…and then discovered that we had 2 left-over boxes of Ferrero Rochers. Shock horror! 

Instead of inhaling these mini golden balls at one go, I decided that the chocolate might go better with even more chocolate and sugar to top it off! 

Thanks to Pinterest, voila Ferrero Rocher cupcakes….well, more like Ferrero Rochers on cupcakes. 

Don't buy these

One of my least favourite things in my kitchen at the moment are these white cupcake cases that I picked up at the local supermarket.  

They’re horrible. 

First of all they’re tiny.  I don’t know how they can call themselves ‘cupcake cases’ – they’re more like ‘thimbles’.  Look how tiny they are in my cupcake tray!  Tiny.  I put just over 1 tablespoonful of batter in each liner and that practically filled them up. 

 They also seem to separate from the actual cupcake after baking.  Not pretty.  I'm pretty sure it’s not my cupcake as I've made them in other cases with no problems.  So my conclusion is that these liners just seem to separate.  Perhaps they’re too waxy?  Who knows.

I know, the world’s not going to stop turning because I bought some dud cupcake cases, but I have 100 of them!  What am I supposed to do with them?

Well, I could just make lots of chocolate cupcakes (not a bad thing), but then I would have to eat them all myself.  Not good for my ‘diet’. 

Or I could just let my daughter make her ‘cupcakes’!

On another note, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone.  Enjoy the mooncakes!

Once you start, you just can’t stop!

I had a craving for these but didn’t have the exact ingredients in the pantry.  No milk chocolate, no dark chocolate just white chocolate!  Hence, white chocolate rocky road it was.  Craving satisfied.

Addicted

I’m absolutely addicted to these aesthetically challenged pillows of delight.  It’s the 3rd weekend running that I’ve made them under the excuse of giving them away as gifts but have scoffed at least half of them each time. 

Willpower is definitely against my nature.  These chocolatey bites take a blink of an eye of make and half a blink to eat … at least 5!