How To Make Cute as a Button Chocolate Buttons
- Chocolate mold: the chocolate molds that I used are no longer available, but this silicone chocolate button mold would work perfectly. Silicone is easier to work with and washes up nicely.
- Melting chocolates: I like the Wilton and Ghirardelli brands and used brown, turquoise and white.
- Disposable candy piping bags: these can be used in the microwave to melt chocolate in. Easy.
Step 1: Fill disposable candy piping bag 1/2 way with melting chocolates. Melt for 30 seconds in the microwave. Work chocolate bag with your fingers to press and mix melting chocolate. Microwave for an additional 10 seconds at a time, if necessary.
Step 2: Place chocolate molds on a baking sheet.
Step 3: Cut the tip off of the piping bag using a pair of scissors and fill each button hole with melted chocolate.
Step 4: Gently lift the baking sheet and tap it against the counter to even out the chocolate and remove air bubbles.
Step 5: Refrigerate until hardened.
Cute as a Button Baby Shower Coconut Cupcakes
Coconut Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup packed sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 1/2 sticks butter
- 1 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 2 large egg whites
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 1 lb. powdered sugar sifted
- 2 Tbsp. milk or water
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Put coconut flakes into a food processor and pulse until finely shredded. Wisk into dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat.
- Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with coconut milk and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
- Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks.
Frosting
- Place ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat. Scrape sides, then continue beating until smooth.
- Frost cupcakes.
Notes
Nutrition
This post is a refresh of a post originally shared in 2010.
Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Can you post your whole party? I think saw that you used Onesies cookies… where would you find a cookie cutter for those?
Thanks
Those are just too cute!
saw you on All Things Inspired- what a cute idea!! so perfect as cupcake toppers and as favors- too cute 😀
Holy Cannoli Girl!!!!
Those cupcakes look gorgeous and scrumptious…and the buttons are the BEST party favor I’ve ever seen! They’d be darling for a little girls birthday party as a take home!!!!
You’re soooo inspiring me. Thank you!
xo
Robin
Just found your blog over at Seven Thirty Three … love it!
sooo cute. must feature. http://www.diycelebrations.blogspot.com
Hey Brandy~
So i have been looking at A LOT of baby shower ideas but I just keep thinking about yours. I LOVE it!! I am wondering if you would be a guest author for Baby Week and feature this shower?? What do you think? If you shoot me an e-mail at [email protected], then I will send you all the info. THANKS Brandy. I have been looking for a guest to share a fun baby shower idea!
What an adorable shower!!! I love it!! We are having “Baby Week” over at Oopsey Daisy, and I’ve been searching for cute shower ideas. LOVE this one. We’re having a “baby stuff” linky party and I hope you’ll link this up! So much fun!
http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/2010/05/baby-week-and-link-party_05.html
love the cute as a button favors! I’d love to feature it on my blog, with your permission, of course! 🙂
Michelle
http://www.everydaycelebrating.com
I am featuring these on my sidebar all day today (Saturday!) They are so cute!
LOVE the buttons and those cupcakes sound so dang yummy!
🙂
-Tiff
Very very cute! Those buttone are just the cutest thing ever! : )
Totally cute and my mouth is watering. My daughter loves cupcakes. going to book mark and make…
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Lori
Wow wow wow. I am so in love with those little buttons. I need to make them!!
That is seriously cute! I love the color of the frosting, and those button candies are adorable!!
Thanks for linking this up. I love it!
XOXO
Jen
Love that idea! Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
these are fantastic! I threw a ‘cute as a button’ baby shower a couple years ago and those favors would’ve been a perfect accent! maybe I’ll throw another one… 🙂
we have a friday fun find party- if you’re interested, we’d love it if you’d link up tomorrow!
So cute, and I love the color combination! Great job!
Kathleen
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I absolutely love those cupcakes. The buttons are soooo adorable!
They were yummy and cute! I forgot that I had the buttons in my purse and found them today…still yummy!! 🙂
These are so cute! I love the cupcakes and the favors. I am trying to figure out what to do right now for my own baby shower…you have given me some good ideas!
Blessings, Grace
What a great idea. Those cupcakes look delicious and I love the chocolate buttons.
All of the girls I visit teach right now and my partner are all pregnant with boys and I am going to throw them a shower in April and this would be perfect. I have a daughter and I don’t know much about boy things. Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
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Cute little choc. buttons! Good choice, I love Marthas coconut cake too and make it often.
~ ~Ahrisha~ ~
Such a cute idea! I think I’ll use them for my daughter’s birthday party, in lot’s of bright colors!
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Thanks for sharing such a delightful shower idea. I will use it in the near future in pink!
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What a fun idea! I love it and am going to remember this next time I do a baby shower, thanks for the idea!
Soo Cute. Loved the cute as a button theme for a baby shower. Those molds are awesome. Thanks for sharing. Loved the bags too.
Great post…love the button idea and I just went to that website and ordered a few molds…your cupcakes look so yummy and I love the favor idea!
Thank you so much for not only sharing these great ideas but for also posting the yummy recipe. I can’t wait to try it!
Best wishes,
Natasha.
Ahhh…so scrumptious. Love it! What a great shower theme.
The cupcakes look wonderful! Love the Cute as a button bags for a Baby shower favor.
Very cute- I love the favors!!!
Those are CUTE! Um…. next kid I have – will you put on my baby shower?
Oh My Gosh! those look so good. You make everything look picture perfect.
I love it!
Wow, those are wonderful.. I hope you dont mind me following.. and I grabbed your button.. I love your blog!