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Home » Desserts » Cupcakes » Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

April 20, 2015 *This post may include amazon links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

I realize that I post a lot of dessert recipes to the blog. Normally it’s one dessert recipe after the other. Sometimes I just get on a dessert kick and that’s what I want to post to the blog.

I also realize that I just posted a blog post about Fat Shaming & PCOS jammed in between those dessert recipes.

I’m not oblivious to how that looks. Here’s a girl telling you that she gained all this weight and can’t loose it because she had PCOS and then she’s posting 100000 dessert recipes on her blog.

Yeah ok……

Well here’s the secret, I don’t eat all of these dang desserts. GASP

I know right? haha 😉

I know that’s not some super amazing secret but people have got to understand that when I make 24 cupcakes for a blog post that I’m not sitting at home on my couch eating 2 dozen sweet treats and binge watching Dr. Phil.

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

Sure I have to taste the desserts. I mean how could I blog about them or adjust measurements and perfect them if I didn’t taste them? But that doesn’t mean I’m shoveling them into my face.

Also, just because I post 3 dessert recipes in a row one week doesn’t mean that I had all of those desserts in my house that week. Sometimes I make desserts, photograph them, write up the recipes and then shove them into my “to publish” folder and wait a while before putting them on the blog.

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

So what happens to all of the goodies that I make if I don’t eat them all?

Lately it means that I’m packing up containers of treats and sending them off to work with BigBear. Those guys work their tales off so they can use the extra calories 😉 haha.

For example, last week I sent them about 56 “Candy Explosion Cookies” to use up the easter candy we had in the house and this morning I packed up about a dozen cookie cereal marshmallow treats for them. (both of those recipes will be on the blog soon too!)

But if they’re not going to work with BigBear, they’re coming to my office, BigBear is hording a few or they’re being picked up by friends.

One year I even dropped off 7-8 giant plates of decorated sugar cookies at the homeless shelter because I wanted to decorate Christmas sugar cookies (and get a little practice in) but I didn’t want all of those cookies in my house afterwards. (if they’re not there I can’t eat them haha) So we called the local homeless shelter, got permission to bring them (since they were homemade I wanted to make sure it was ok), wrapped them up and took them down a few days before Christmas.

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch

So I made these Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes for Brownie Brittle back in the fall of last year, photographed them and they’ve just been siting in my “drafts” folder since then because I was waiting for the right time to share them.

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

I adore these cupcakes and that Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle but sometimes I’ve just got to have a “feeling” that it’s the right time to post something before it makes it’s appearance. haha

Today is the day!

These Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes are ready to make their appearance on the blog. 🙂

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes

These rich chocolate cupcakes are topped with a homemade cream cheese butter cream icing, drizzled with chocolate icing and topped with Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle!

These beauties even have Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle baked right into them! 

One last thing before I end this post. 

Today’s my mother in law’s Birthday!! 

I couldn’t have been blessed with a more wonderful mother in law. 

Happy Birthday, Mom!! We love you!

.

Brownie Brittle Toffee Crunch Cupcakes
By: Angie Barrett
4/20/15
Makes 24 cupcakes                                                    (Click to Print)

       
        Ingredients 

For Cupcakes:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar
3/4 cup regular cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup boiling water
4 oz Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle, crushed 

For Icing:

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
8 oz cream cheese
2 lbs. powdered sugar
5 tablespoons caramel sauce
2 tablespoons milk

For Topping:

1 cup chocolate frosting (canned or homemade) OR 1 Cup chocolate sauce
1/4 cup crushed Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle
1 piece of Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle for each cupcake (24 Pieces Total)

Directions 
For Cupcakes:
Pre-heat the oven to 300F. 
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder. 
Next add in the eggs, milk and oil. Mix Well. Stir in the vanilla. Stir in 4 oz of Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle that has been crushed into crumbs.  Carefully mix in the boiling water.
(this batter will be very thin)
Pour batter into cupcake liners that have been placed into a cupcake tray. 
Bake in a pre-heated oven at 300F for 30 minutes or until done. 
Let cool.
For Icing
Cream the butter in the bowl of a mixer. 
Add cream cheese and mix well. 
Slowly add the powdered sugar to the butter and cream cheese while mixing on low.  
Add vanilla and milk. Mix in the caramel. Mix until combined. 
To Decorate:

Frost the cupcakes with the vanilla icing. 

Drizzle chocolate icing or chocolate sauce over the cupcakes and sprinkle each cupcake with a little but of the crushed Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle. 

Top each cupcake with a piece of Toffee Crunch Brownie Brittle.

Brownie Brittle did pay me to develop and photograph this recipe but I’m sharing it with you because I love them and I love these cupcakes. As always, all opinions are my own.

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  1. www.foodwanderings.com says

    April 20, 2015 at 8:44 am

    Aww you sweetened the day at the homeless shelter & happy b’day to your MIL. Contrary to you I don’t bake many desserts so guess what happens when I do?! Yikes!

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  2. Nicole says

    April 20, 2015 at 10:01 am

    These look AWESOME! I might sit and eat 2 dozen or so 😀

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  3. A Family Feast says

    April 20, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    We do the same thing…bake desserts and immediately give them away! But – these cupcakes look so amazing…I’m not sure I would give them away…I’d rather eat them!

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  4. foody schmoody says

    April 20, 2015 at 12:20 pm

    I would say any day would be the right day to post these. You are better than me, if I made these little beauties they wouldn’t be anywhere but in my belly!!! I guess that’s why I hardly bake and just stick to savory! Great job.

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  5. Hoosier Homemade says

    April 20, 2015 at 2:00 pm

    These look incredible! Love the brownie brittle on top too! That’s double the delicious fun!

    Reply
  6. The Food Hunter says

    April 20, 2015 at 2:08 pm

    I love brownie brittle!

    Reply
  7. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    April 20, 2015 at 4:12 pm

    wait…so you’re saying I SHOULDN’T sit and watch TV while I eat 2 dozen cupcakes??…awkward.

    😛 seriously I could not limit myself to 1 or 2 of these-they’re just too good!!!

    Reply
  8. Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic says

    April 20, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    No judgement here! My neighbors love it when the see one of The Sons walking up their driveways because they know they’re getting dessert that night. Chocolate cupcakes are perfect anytime.

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  9. Heather | girlichef.com says

    April 20, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    I may be the only person in the world who still hasn’t tried brownie brittle – these sound delicious! Happy birthday to your MIL!

    Reply
  10. CrunchyCreamySw says

    April 20, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    I could eat an embarrassing amount of brownie brittle in one sitting! These cupcakes look crazy good!

    Reply
  11. Lauren Kelly Nutrition says

    April 21, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    Holy cow! This looks incredible, what a great idea!

    Reply
  12. Renee Goerger says

    April 22, 2015 at 6:15 am

    My favorite thing to do with baked goods is to send them with my husband to work, too. I don’t think I can ever stop baking so this way everyone wins. These look fabulous, Angie. That toffee crunch on top is just the perfect touch to make these really special!

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  13. Lauren @ HealthyDelish says

    April 22, 2015 at 3:10 pm

    I love brownie brittle! I don’t think I could bake with it…just because I can’t keep it in the house long enough to actually get a batter made up! 😉

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  14. Nutmeg Nanny says

    April 22, 2015 at 7:53 pm

    Happy birthday to your MIL 🙂 Also I want these cupcake….all of them! Brownie Brittle is my jam….yum!

    Reply
  15. cupcakekalechip says

    April 24, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    Yup, gotta find places to get rid of those treats. I kinda love baking gluten-y desserts because I can have everyone else taste test, and I can’t eat them! But these look so good, I know my little guy would devour them!

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  16. Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says

    April 25, 2015 at 9:50 am

    You know I am a huge fan of Brownie Brittle!!

    Reply

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