Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Hi-Hat Cupcakes

Chocolate dipped strawberry hi-hat cupcakes- a play on the classic romantic treat, the buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor. 

The first time I saw a hi-hat cupcake, on Pinterest, I fell in love. They are just so pretty and FUN! They kind of remind me of those dipped cones you can get at DQ. I’m usually not a fan of food coloring and artificial flavors, but for some reason I always find myself getting the cherry dipped cone at DQ. I hate myself during and after eating it, and yet it’s what I get every time. Such a mystery.

Chocolate dipped strawberry buttercream- a play on the classic romantic treat, this buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor.

Well, these strawberry hi-hat cupcakes have neither artificial colors OR flavors. Yep, that vivid pink hue is au naturale, baby.

I got the idea to make this cupcake when I was trying to brainstorm fun Valentine’s day ideas. What’s more classic on Valentine’s day than chocolate covered strawberries? (Answer: Roses. But do we eat those? Exactly)

I made this great connection in my head. Chocolate dipped strawberries… chocolate dipped hi hat cupcakes… chocolate dipped strawberry hi hat cupcakes…

Oh YES I was onto something! Seriously, I thought I was such a genius, and then I went to Pinterest and saw that, of course, someone had already done it. Oooooof course. I mean, are there any untried food ideas left in the world? I feel like we are all just tweaking and “adapting” each others’ recipes over and over.

Chocolate dipped strawberry buttercream- a play on the classic romantic treat, this buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor.

BUT I took it a step past just regular hi-hat cupcakes because I wanted my buttercream to actually resemble a chocolate dipped strawberry. Because that’s just adorable. The outrageous (albeit awesome) amount of frosting on a regular hi-hat is like, 5 strawberries-worth. Mini cupcakes are the perfect size! Plus, you won’t feel overwhelmed. I mean, you can eat one and be done. Or you can eat 5 and be done. Whatever you want.

Chocolate dipped strawberry buttercream- a play on the classic romantic treat, this buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor.

A few notes: 1. I’ve seen freeze dried sliced strawberries at Trader Joe’s, Target, and online. 2. This buttercream is stiffer than your average swiss meringue, but that works well for dipping. Probably would not work as well for frosting a cake. 3. The mint is supposed to represent the stem, DID YOU CATCH THAT?! 4. Swiss meringue buttercream is a little more work but the taste makes it worth it! It’s less sweet than your normal American buttercream, which works well with the strawberry and the chocolate coating.

And also, here’s how big the strawberry hi-hat cupcake is. Aww, so cute!

"Chocolate dipped strawberry" hi-hat cupcakes- a play on the classic romantic treat, the buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor.

AND ALSO here’s my first video everrrrr how exciting. Be sure to check out some other cake and gourmet cupcake recipes I have!

"Chocolate dipped strawberry" hi-hat cupcakes- a play on the classic romantic treat, the buttercream uses freeze dried strawberries to get its beautiful pink hue and intense strawberry flavor.

2 thoughts on “Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Hi-Hat Cupcakes”

    • Hi Kat, I’ve never tried freezing these. I think freezing the individual components would be fine, even the cupcakes with the frosting, but I can’t guarantee the results if you dip it and freeze it. My concern would be that the chocolate dip on the buttercream would crack or get weird either while freezing or when defrosting.

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