These are Pumpkin Chocolate cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream and Pumpkin Caramels on top!

pumpkin caramels
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Having never have made caramels before, the process seemed daunting.

But I got this new book, Sweet Confections by Nina Wanat and knew I wanted to try.  Her directions are easy to follow and the photography was done by the amazing Todd and Diane of White on Rice.

The pictures are enough to make you drop everything and run to the store for supplies.

Pumpkin chocolate cupcake with pumpkin caramel

These tasted amazing.  Ah-mazing.

I remembered I had some of these fun fee-standing cupcake liners and I literally danced over to my supply closet to retrieve them.

Um, I like baking.  And cupcake liners.  And dancing in my kitchen.  And eating pumpkin caramels.

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I used an open star tip (2D) to pipe out big clouds of cinnamon frosting.  Then I simply went back and added a caramel square to each cupcake.

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Reader Comments

  2. Thank you for the awesome recipe! I am going to make a test batch this weekend so I can be ready for Halloween. Thank you so much. They look great!

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  3. Long time reader, first time poster. BUT THERE’S A CONTEST GOING ON, SO…
    Those look delicious!
    As does everything in this blog.
    I’ve always wanted to try homemade caramels. They look so divine.
    It’d be even more awesome if I could make my own. 🙂
    If I don’t win, can you send me some caramels anyway? Haha~ joking. I think.

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  5. that looks awesome, cause sugar runs in my blood (a lot). i wonder if you can use those little tiny pumpkins for pumpkin puree in a recipe? i guess i’ll try it and find out!

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  7. I never made caramels before either, but those look so good I’m gonna have to give them a try! Thanks for the inspiration!

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