Half Cupcakes for Half Birthdays

Around here, those first half-birthdays don’t usually involve gifts, but they do include Half-Cupcakes!

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When my oldest was six months old, I got wild and crazy in the kitchen and tried this:

Yellow Cupcakes (Duncan Hines is usually my go-to mix.) annnnnnd…..(Here’s where the wild and crazy part comes in to play.) chocolate chips for my “icing”. Yes, you heard me correctly – nothing but chocolate chips atop these cupcakes, and it is heaven!

We love this combo so much that we made them again when my second kiddo turned 6 months old…and then for the others who have come along since.

Let me tell you how I do it! It’s fast and easy – I promise!

While my baked cupcakes are cooling a bit, I toss a cup of chocolate chips (any size will do) in to my double boiler and let them melt completely.

As the chocolate chips melt, I grab my [slightly cooled] cupcakes and start cutting them in half. Yes, I leave the paper on, and if my knife gets a little out of control (Now that I think about it, that sounds a little scary.), I just use scissors to trim the paper up nicely.

Then as soon as the cupcakes are sliced in two, I spread the melted chocolate chips on top of each half cupcake.

Next, I throw them in the fridge and let them get nice and cold! This helps to perfectly harden the chocolate, and I just have a thing for cold cupcakes. (Maybe I’m weird.)

This time around, I displayed the cupcakes on a pretty cake stand…added some sprinkles…and served them with some fresh strawberries…all just a few extra frilly touches for my girl!