How to Make Pizza Roll-Stuffed Cupcakes
In the world of desserts, sweet and savory is still going strong. What’s not to like? I’m all about it, but I tend to take it a little farther than most. This latest sweet and savory confection not only has dual flavors but dual purposes — it could be dinner or dessert (or breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack . . . you get the picture). Behold: Pizza Roll-Stuffed Cupcakes. Think a tomato soup cupcake stuffed with a Totino’s Pepperoni Pizza Roll and topped with mozzarella frosting and a chocolate-covered pepperoni. Aww, yea.
Pizza Roll-Stuffed Cupcakes
(Makes 24 stupidly awesome cupcakes)
Cupcakes
Adapted from the Cake Mix Doctor’s Tomato Soup Cake
Ingredients
- 24 Totino’s Pepperoni Pizza Rolls
- 1 pkg. plain spice cake mix
- 1 can (10.75 oz.) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
- 3 eggs
- 1/3c oil
- 1/4c water
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Place the cake mix, undiluted tomato soup, eggs, oil, and water in a large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute and then on medium for 2 minutes, scraping down the sides again as needed.
- Scoop 2t batter into each lined muffin tin, press a pizza roll into each, then top with 1.5T of batter.
- Bake for 17 to 20 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly pressed. (I prefer to bake one batch at a time.)
- Remove from tins and cool completely.
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Frosting & Chocolate Pepperoni Topper
Adapted from MelCakeWalk
Ingredients
- 1c (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 1c shortening
- 16oz. fresh mozzarella
- 1/2t vanilla
- 3c powdered sugar, sifted
- Pinch of salt
- 24 pepperoni
- 2 bricks of milk chocolate baking bark
Directions
- In a food processor, process the mozzarella cheese into crumbs.
- Cream the butter and shortening.
- Gradually add the mozzarella to the butter mix and mix until combined.
- Add remaining ingredients. Whip on high for a few minutes to get it nice and fluffy.
- Top each cooled cupcake with a heap (2T+) of frosting and place in fridge to set.
- Meanwhile, melt chocolate bark, dip pepperonis in melted chocolate, and put in fridge to set.
- When ready to consume, plunge a chocolate-covered pepperoni deep into the frosting of each cupcake and get ready to have your mind blown.
The inclusion of the pizza roll is a must as it really pulls all of the flavors of the cupcake together. If you’re looking for a surprisingly satisfying treat for tonight, I would definitely give these a go.