I will never forget the time my uncle tricked us with these Meatloaf Cupcakes when we were kids! It was such a memorable April Fool’s day and I vowed to bring that kind of fun to my kids lives when they were old enough to get the joke. The great thing about these cupcakes is while your kids might not expect them to be savory, they will enjoy them anyway because they are absolutely delicious!
They are easier to make than you would think too. Start by mixing the beef, ground crackers, onion, pepper, milk, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, salt and pepper together in a large bowl. Make a ketchup and sugar mixture to place in the bottom of the muffin cups. Top with the beef mixture and bake in the oven. To decorate – frost with mashed potato and Cheddar cheese and bake in the oven until the cheese melts.
To make Meatloaf Cupcakes, you will need the following ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 350 ℉.
In a large bowl, mix a pound of ground beef, 1 cup of saltine crackers, ½ a cup of chopped onion, ½ a cup of green bell pepper, ⅓ cup of milk, 1 egg, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 2 cloves of garlic and 1 teaspoon each of black pepper and salt together.
Mix ½ a cup of ketchup and ½ a cup of brown sugar together in a bowl. Divide this ketchup mixture between each muffin cup of a 6-cup muffin tin.
Spoon the beef mixture into the muffin cups leaving ½ an inch of space at the top.
Bake the meatloaves in the preheated oven for about 30 minutes until they are cooked through. Remove from the oven and drain the fat from muffin cups.
Decorate each meatloaf cupcake with mashed potatoes and a sprinkle of Cheddar cheese.
Bake again for about 10 minutes until the cheese is melted.
Serve and watch your kids faces when they realise they are eating meatloaf!
These Meatloaf Cupcakes are so much fun to make to trick people on April Fool’s day! Try them & don’t forget to tag #CookMeRecipes in your April Fool’s Day social media posts this year!
