Not so Marvellous Creations

Until recently I hadn't even heard of these bars. So clearly for baking purposes I tried one and my goodness they are tasty. Inside the chocolate there is wait for it.... popping candy! Wow such a blast from the past along with jellies and smarties. I knew my plan of action with the popping candy and smarties but the jellies were a mystery. I figured they might disappear when baked. So I decided to put jellies in for the full cooking time in 6 cupcakes and try putting frozen jellies in the other six. Neither worked. Oops. However the popping candy and chocolate was delish.

Ingredients
4 1/2oz Plain flour
45g Cocoa
11/2 Tsp baking powder
81/2 oz caster sugar
150ml Milk
75ml Oil
150ml Boiling water
3 boxes of smarties ( some frozen)
30 jellies (some frozen)

Icing
2 sachets of popping candy
113g Butter softened
300g Icing sugar
1 Tsp Vanilla extract
2 Tbsp Milk
Pink colouring

Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2. In a bowl mix flour, cocoa,  baking powder and sugar.
3. Add milk, oil and egg and whisk till smooth.
4. Add boiling water and whisk.
5.Pour the batter into the cases. Put frozen smarties in all and I put frozen jellies in 6 and regular jellies in the rest. Then bake for 15 min.
6. Once baked allow to cool.
7. I chose pink frosting as there is pink on the wrapper of the bar. Although I wanted electric pink the lack of colouring in my press determined it would be baby pink :).
8. For the frosting whisk the butter for 3 minutes.  Add icing sugar and whisk for a further  few minutes.  Then add vanilla, colouring and milk.
9. Pipe onto the cupcakes, sprinkle popping candy ontop and decorate with smarties and jellies.

I intend to revisit this challenge with some advice a friend gave me so fingers crossed !!