Anyone keen for a delicious juicy burger – with lettuce, tomato sauce and mustard? These hamburger cupcakes are a bit tricky – even though they look like a savoury, meaty meal, they’re actually disguised as a sweet treat.

Of course, no burger is complete without salty chips. Accompany your hamburger cupcakes with shortbread ‘chips’ dusted with sugar – they’re melt-in-the-mouth and super moreish. YUM!

My kids adored getting involved and making these hamburger cupcakes with me. They decided what ‘toppings’ they wanted and then had the chance to each put together their own hamburger creation. They got to practise playing around with colours and then piping with icing.

Making these hamburger cupcakes are not difficult at all but do take a bit of time if you would like to make all the base ingredients from scratch. You can however use packet mixes and ready made icing to save time, if you wish. They’ll still taste delicious.

Feel free to go crazy on creativity and add your own toppings and condiments to your burgers. My kids weren’t keen on sesame seeds but you can always add these to the top of the cupcakes for more authentic looking buns. You could also cut a thin square piece of yellow fondant to make a slice of ‘cheese’.

We made both regular-sized and mini hamburger cupcakes. The kids actually preferred the mini ones as the regular ones were really substantial. So if you’re going to make these for a kids party, I recommend making the mini hamburger cupcakes.

The Base Ingredients You Will Need Include:

• Vanilla Cupcakes – we made both regular sized ones and mini cupcakes. You can use this Vanilla Cupcakes recipe as your base or you can buy the packet mix
• Brownies – this is a delicious brownie recipe or you can use a packet mix
• Buttercream Icing – follow the recipe below. You will need to colour your buttercream with edible food colouring.
• Sugar Cookie Dough – we love this sugar cookie recipe

Then the fun begins….Assembling the hamburger cupcakes is the best part – besides eating them of course. Yum Yum!