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Hot Dog Cupcakes featuring fun candy cupcake toppers are the perfect addition to your next birthday party, potluck, BBQ, picnic, or patriotic celebration!

Hot Dog Cupcakes

These Hot Dog Cupcakes are so fun and easy to make! Get step-by-step instructions for making cupcakes featuring candy hot dog cupcake toppers. Perfect for birthday parties, 4th of July, Father's Day, potlucks, summer gatherings and more!

Course Dessert
Keyword 4th of July, baseball party, bbq dessert, birthday cupcakes, birthday parties, car cupcakes, circus party, cupcake ideas, father's day, hot dog, kids party, potluck dessert, potluck recipes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings 24

Ingredients

  • 24 prepared cupcakes using your favorite box cake mix or your favorite homemade recipe
  • 1 tub 16 oz white frosting or two cups buttercream frosting
  • 24 Brach's Milk Maid Caramels or other variety, unwrapped
  • 12 Tootsie Rolls standard chocolate variety
  • red and yellow sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Unwrap caramel and heat up for a few seconds in the microwave to soften.
  2. Flatten caramel with the palm of your hand.
  3. Fold the sides in and smooth out top edges to resemble the bun.
  4. For the hot dog, twist a regular sized Toostie Roll to break in half. (You can make two hot dogs out of one Tootsie Roll.)
  5. Roll half into a log shape to resemble a hot dog.
  6. Add small lines to each end with a toothpick to resemble end of hot dog, if desired.
  7. Place candy hot dog in bun. Repeat process for all 24 candy hot dogs.
  8. Frost room temperature cupcakes using a decorating bag and 1M tip or with a spatula, whichever is preferred.
  9. Top each cupcake with a candy hot dog and red and yellow sprinkles to mimic ketchup and mustard, if desired.