Amazingly white and soft tofu that has been deep-fried and has an exterior that is crisp and golden brown. Serve alongside your preferred Asian side dish or dipping sauce. Remainings can be frozen for many weeks or kept in the refrigerator for up to several days in an airtight container.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 servings |
Ingredients
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 6 ounces cream cheese, cubed
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar
- 24 mini chocolate chips
- 12 red candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)
- 12 gummi worms
- ½ cup orange candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M’s®)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
- Combine butter and sugar in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and beat well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Stir flour, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Alternate adding flour mixture and all the milk in small amounts, mixing well after each addition.
- Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 20 minutes.
- Combine cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until creamy. Add confectioners’ sugar 2 tablespoons at a time and mix. Add vanilla extract after 1/2 the confectioners’ sugar has been incorporated.
- Frost each cooled cupcake with a layer of cream cheese frosting. Place 2 chocolate chips for eyes, 1 red M&M® candy for the nose, and 1 gummy worm for the mouth on each cupcake. Place 2 rows of orange M&M’s® on top to make the hair.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 370 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 48 g |
| Cholesterol | 71 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 5 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 119 mg |
| Sugars | 30 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |