Awhile back, we had a taco themed potluck at work. While taco's can be very easy to potluck for, they are kind of boring. I thought to myself, what goes with tacos for dessert? I couldn't really think of anything. Then, I remembered one of the girls is vegetarian, and tacos aren't really yummy for her. A lightbulb turned on, how about taco cupcakes?? Yes! I was having a little bit of trouble figuring out how to make the taco "shell". After experimenting with thin cake (which when folded, cracked,duh.) I thought of almond bark. Well, it's not the best tasting thing, but what is close? White chocolate? Sounds good! Melted some chips down, added a little bit of food coloring and some oreo cookies crumbled up to give the taco shell look. Worked for me! Now, how to make it in the taco shell shape. I knew that I needed to make them round, but how to make them curved? So I traced a circle out on some paper as a template, then placed one waxed paper sheet on top, spread out the chocolate mixture, placed another waxed paper sheet on top. I had some taco shells around for inspiration, so I folded my creation around the shell and put it in the freezer to harden. Viola! Perfection, couldn't tell the difference between the real thing and my creation. The darker yellow ones, were the first batch, too much yellow food coloring.
I knew I would use chocolate cake for the "meat" so I crumbed some up and scooped it into my "shells." But what about toppings? Gotta have some lettuce - rolled out green airhead candy and then cut thin, and some green fruit roll ups cut thin. Cheese - Yellow Starburst candies cut thin. Tomatoes - Red and orange gummy worms chopped up. Sour cream - white buttercream frosting. Guacamole - green colored buttercream frosting.
They were a hit at work. People did not believe me when I told them they were cupcakes. We've been talking about them for weeks. It's been hard to outdo the tacos!
