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Home » BBQ Grill Cupcakes – Perfect for Father’s Day or a Summer Party


BBQ Grill Cupcakes – Perfect for Father’s Day or a Summer Party

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These adorable BBQ Grill Cupcakes will be the hit of any Father’s Day party or outdoor summer BBQ. Made with brownies or chocolate cupcakes, these bbq cupcakes are easier to make than you might think. Get the easy step-by-step directions.

Chocolate Grill cupcakes

We enjoy entertaining during the summer. Between birthdays, Father’s Day, and the warm weather we find many opportunities to invite friends and family over for a cookout. These grill cupcakes are perfect for any summer occasion.

I have made these BBQ Grill Cupcakes as brownies and as chocolate cupcakes. Either way, they turn out yummy and everyone loves them!  I found these in a magazine a few years ago and I just had to make them for Father’s Day, but they would be perfect for a summer BBQ or party as well!

brownie grill cupcakes

Making the candy food was my favorite part. I love turning food into unexpected things and this was a fun one! After making the caramel pork chops, hot dogs, and kabobs, I started thinking about all the other candy food I could make.  The caramels could be great hamburgers or cheeseburgers. You could get some gummy fish to put grill marks on.  The ideas keep flowing!

Grill cupcakes with grilled hotdogs

BBQ Grill Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • Brownie batter or Chocolate Cake Batter
  • Black icing (I used the tube of black from Wilton, so simple)
  • Orange decorators sugar
  • Caramel Creams
  • Red, yellow, and green gumdrops
  • Hot Tamales candies

Grill cupcakes ingredients

How to Make Grill Cupcakes

Place cupcake liners (I used the silver ones to help mimic a grill) in a cupcake pan, and fill them two-thirds full of your favorite brownie batter or chocolate cake batter. Bake according to the recipe directions. Sprinkle with orange decorators sugar and then let cool completely.

BBQ Cupcakes GrillAttach a round size 3 tip onto your tube of black icing. Or you can simply put your black icing into a sandwich bag and snip off the corner.

Pipe grate lines onto each brownie and let them sit for 20 minutes.

Candy Pork Chop for Grill Cupcakes

Prepare the grill food as instructed below and press it in place atop each brownie:

How to Make Candy Kabobs

  • Kebabs = A caramel cream and red, yellow, and green gumdrops, cut into small pieces + toothpick skewersCandy Kabobs
  • Porkchop = one-half of a caramel cream, molded with fingers + black food coloring, applied with a toothpickchocolate bbq grill cupcakes
  • Hot dogs = Hot Tamales candies + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick

How to Make Grill cupcakes

I debated about using the Swedish fish on top as well, but my husband doesn’t ever grill out fish so I decided to leave them off, you can certainly add them if you would like to.

BBQ Cupcakes

These adorable BBQ Themed Cupcakes would be perfect for cookouts, July 4th or for a special someone on their birthday.

Happy Father’s Day!


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BBQ Grill Cupcakes

These adorable BBQ Grill Cupcakes will be the hit of any Father's Day party or outdoor summer BBQ. Made with brownies or chocolate cupcakes, these bbq cupcakes are easier to make than you might think.

Author: A Mom's Impression
Ingredients
  • Brownie batter
  • Black icing I used the tube of black from Wilton, so simple
  • Orange decorators sugar
  • Caramel Creams
  • Red yellow, and green gumdrops
  • Hot Tamales candies
Instructions
  1. Place cupcake liners (I used the silver ones to help mimic a grill) in a cupcake pan, and fill them two-thirds full of your favorite brownie batter, then bake according to the recipe directions. Let the brownies cool completely.Attach a round size 3 tip onto your tube of black icing. Or you can simply put your black icing into a sandwich bag and snip off the corner. Pipe grate lines onto each brownie and let them sit for 20 minutes. Add embers with a sprinkle of orange sugar. Prepare the grill food as instructed below and press it in place atop each brownie:

Kebabs = A caramel cream and red, yellow, and green gumdrops, cut into small pieces + toothpick skewers
Porkchop = one-half of a caramel cream, molded with fingers + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick
Hot dogs = Hot Tamales candies + black food coloring, applied with a toothpick
  1. I debated about using the Swedish fish on top as well, but my husband doesn't ever grill out fish so I decided to leave them off, you can certainly add them if you would like to.

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A plate full of BBQ Grill cupcakes with candy food

 

 Originally Published June 18, 2011.  Last updated 4/3/18.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Desserts, Food/Snacks, Party Planning, Recipe

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  1. Louise says

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    Hey Kathy, what a great set of instructions for making those cute cupcakes.

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    • Kathy says

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      Thanks Louise, they were a lot of fun to make!

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  2. Bri @ Ramblings of a Southern Mama says

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    These are so stikin’ cute! SR loves to grill so these would be perfect for Father’s Day! Thanks for these instructions 🙂

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  3. Nichol says

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    These are fabulous! I love this so creative:)

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  4. Lindsay says

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    Oh my gosh! Those are so stinking cute!!!! I might just have to try that!

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  5. Cat Davis says

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    That is genius, they really look like they were grilled.

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  6. Henrietta says

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    I’ve never seen this idea before! I love it, so cute!

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  7. Candace says

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    Those are really cute!

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  8. Donna B. says

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    HAHA, what a cute idea!

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  9. erin says

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    Those came out super cute.

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  10. Jen says

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    Awesome…..stumbled.

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  11. Jennifer S says

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    I love those! I’ll have to try these later this summer!

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  12. Jenn says

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    I always come across cute recipes like this when I am trying to watch my sugar intake. LOL They look SO GOOD!

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  13. Karen says

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    How cute they are! Gonna have to steal this idea for sure.

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  14. Becca @ Mama B says

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    These are incredible!

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  15. Jillian Too says

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    Wow! They are so adorable!

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    • Mom says

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      Thank you! They were a lot of fun to make!

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