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Hamburger Cupcakes

These adorable Hamburger Cupcakes are the ultimate summer party treat! Made with vanilla cupcakes, brownies, colorful icing, and fresh fruit, they look like mini burgers but taste like dessert. Perfect for BBQs, birthdays, or patriotic celebrations!
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Cooling Time15 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Keyword: gluten-free, no artificial dyes, refined sugar free

Ingredients

Paleo Vanilla Cupcake Ingredients:

  • 6 eggs
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup coconut oil melted
  • 1/3 cup coconut cream the thick part at the top of a can of chilled coconut milk, melted
  • 2/3 cup raw honey
  • 2 cups almond flour
  • 1/4 cup coconut flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder

Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients:

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 3 tbsp butter melted
  • 3 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • natural yellow and red dye

Avocado Brownie Ingredients

  • ⅔ cup mashed avocado
  • 1/2 cup cacao powder
  • 3/4 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/4 cup nut butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup almond flour
  • 1/4 tsp sea salt
  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips optional

Other Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp shredded coconut
  • natural green dye
  • 6 strawberries

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a cupcake pan with 16 cupcake liners and lightly grease an 8 x 8 baking dish.

Make the cupcakes

  • Blend together the eggs, vanilla, coconut oil, coconut cream, and honey until smooth. Add in the flour and baking powder and mix together.
  • Divide the batter evenly between the 16 cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Make the brownies

  • In a food processor, process everything, except the chocolate chips, together until smooth.
  • Mix in the chocolate chips, if desired, and spread out in the baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes.

Assemble the cupcakes

  • While the cupcakes cool, mix together the icing ingredients. Dye half of the icing yellow and half red for mustard and ketchup.
  • Dye coconut green for lettuce
  • Slice a vanilla cupcake to make buns.
  • Cut brownies into circles with a diameter similar to the cupcakes to make a burger
  • Slice strawberries for tomatoes.
  • Layer the bottom half of the cupcake "bun", brownie "burger", icing "ketchup and mustard", strawberry "tomatoes", coconut "lettuce", and top of cupcake "bun"
  • Top with sesame seeds, insert a toothpick and enjoy!