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Geode Candy Cupcakes
Joey Graceffa joins Rosanna Pansino on Nerdy Nummies to make Geode Candy Cupcakes that will rock your world!
Yields 12 cupcakes
Things you'll need
Ingredients Cupcakes- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup light cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup coconut sugar
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ cup coconut oil, warmed
- 1 ½ tablespoons vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup cold water
- White frosting
- Purple sanding sugar
- Hard candies (Jolly Ranchers): pink, green, blue
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- Fondant: brown & white
- Purple food color
- Large mixing bowl
- Medium mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Rubber spatula
- Ice cream scoop
- Cupcake pan with liners
- Small bowls
- Large rolling pin
- Piping bag with #1A tip
- Small offset spatula
- Popsicle sticks or skewers
- Popsicle sticks or skewers
- Foil
- Small pot
- Candy thermometer
- Fondant roller
- Cutting board & knife
Let’s get started!
Cupcakes- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, sugar, coconut sugar and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk coconut oil, vinegar, vanilla and water.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and mix until no lumps remain.
- Pour the batter into cupcake liners and bake for 18 minutes.
- In a medium sized sauce pot combine water and sugar and bring to a boil. Mix until the liquid is clear.
- Turn off the heat and stir in food coloring.
- Roll out squares of brown and white fondant and stack them with the brown fondant on the outside. Mold the square into a small bowl that has been lined with crumpled foil (PICTURE at 4:44).
- Pour a little bit of hot sugar syrup into each fondant "bowl" and cover with foil . Allow the geodes to set for 12 hours and then pour out the excess sugar syrup.
- Dry for another 2 hours and then cut the geodes in half.
Time to decorate!
- Frost cupcakes with white frosting and smooth with spatula.
- Sprinkle some of the cupcakes with different colored crushed jolly ranchers and then place a few larger chunks in the center (PICTURE at 8:15).
- Sprinkle the remaining cupcakes with purple sanding sugar, and then top with half of a geode.
- TaDa! These Geode Candy Cupcakes are the perfect treat to contribute to the crater good!
