Update: The winner is Robin from Little Pat of Butter! But, Jenny from the beautiful food blog Purple House Dirt has generously offered her cupcake corer as a second prize. Jenny has never used it and wanted it to have a good home. Joy from Pastries by Joy won that corer (it's just the corer, not the whole kit)! Congrats to both of you!!
When I first heard about the cupcake corer
, I thought that it had to be the most gimmicky product imaginable. For years now, I've been happily coring cupcakes without ever using the term or the tool - I just used a small paring knife
. But, as a recent convert to apple corers
, when I was offered a free sample of the cupcake corer, I decided to give it a go. |
| Stick the corer in a cupcake and twist it a few times. |
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| Cupcake innards come out in the corer. |
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| It makes a perfect hole every time, ready for filling. |
After using it, I still think the cupcake corer is hokey. However, it does actually make coring easier; and since the kit comes with two squeeze bottles with tips for filling and frosting (silly me, using that spoon) and an offset spatula, it would make a great gift for someone just getting started with cupcake baking.
The nice folks at Cuisipro have offered me a second cupcake corer to give away. Yay!
How to Win a Cupcake Corer
I used my cupcake corer to fill the inside of my caramel cupcakes with more caramel. For your chance to win, leave a comment telling me your favorite thing to fill cupcakes with. For a second chance, become a Facebook fan and leave a comment on this post on Facebook telling me your second favorite cupcake filling (it must be a comment on this post, not just a comment on my wall).
The Fine Print
- All entries must be in by Monday, September 13, 11:59 PM CDT.
- Only two entries are allowed per person (one on Facebook and one on this blog).
- Blog entries must include an email address or a link to profile with an email address.
- I will randomly draw one winner and post the winner on this post on Sept. 14.
- If I do not hear back from the winner within one week, I will draw a new winner.
- Sorry, only readers in the continental United States are eligible to win.
OMG what a great idea. I could definitely use one of them babies. I bet it makes cupcake baking a cinch. Thanks for another great giveaway.
ReplyDeletepicabo@gmail.com
I like filling cupcakes with a vanilla cream filling!
ReplyDeleteI totally need a cupcake corer! I like to fill my cupcakes with caramel or lemon curd. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI think so Maranatha dark chocolate & almond butter would be awesome in a yellow cupcake, or maybe homemade'ding dong' type chocolate w/ vanilla creme filling. your caramel cupckes looked really good, btw!
ReplyDeleteI havent ever filled a cup cake... but im thinking creamy chocolate frosting would be divine!
ReplyDeleteim already a facebook fan (thats how I got here)... and my second thought about cupcake filling would be some strawberry or raspberry jelly...
ReplyDeletecream cheese!
ReplyDeleteI like a whipped cream filling - any flavor!
ReplyDeleteI like to fill cupcakes with amaretto cream cheese
ReplyDeleteWell I have only made one type of filling before for cupcakes and that's ganache, is there anything better than that? I would like to try putting some baked apples in a cupcake though and would defiantly need this corer to do that!
ReplyDeletePS Those caramel cupcakes will be in my dreams tonight., thanks!
I have to agree with the Cream Cheese fans! Very yummy.
ReplyDeletemy favorite cupcake filling is whipped cream... light, fluffy and sweet!
ReplyDeleteFill my cupcakes with strawberry jam, and top them with cream cheese frosting. Yum. thanks for the give away
ReplyDeleteFruit filling are my favorite, especially the berry variety.
ReplyDeleteI love a cream cheese filling in red velvet and carrot cupcakes!
ReplyDeleteMy most successful filling, judged by comments of co-workers and guests at a party:
ReplyDeleteHomemade Dulce de Leche
I love custard so I would fill with custard and stack on slices of strawberry. Yum Yum
ReplyDeleteI'd love to use some nutella frosting to fill it.
ReplyDeleteSo far, I really like making key lime pie cupcakes filled with a key lime marscapone filling. Sooo good!
ReplyDeleteI love to fill my cupcakes with Nutella mousse! Yum!!
ReplyDeleteApple and cinnamon filling! yum!
ReplyDeleteStrawberry or raspberry filling! I'm a berry girl
ReplyDeleteStrawberry or raspberry! I'm a berry girl.
ReplyDeleteStrawberry or raspberry! I'm a berry girl.
ReplyDeletebakingandcookingataleoftwoloves.blogspot.com
hmmm i would do a chocolate cupcake with a spicy(chiptole or something similiar) ganache filling in the middle.
ReplyDeleteana153@students.jwu.edu
I like nonsugar fruit jams a lot, and a mix-up of rainbow cookies with a jammy marzipan center inside a chocolate cupcake with sprinkled coconut on top.
ReplyDeletemy favorite filling is peanut butter cream for chocolate cupcakes m'mm!!!
ReplyDeleteI like filling my cupcakes with my home-made raspberry jam but also like fillings like strawberry, raspberry cream and lemon.
ReplyDeleteMy most favorite filling is a key-lime pie-type filling. Thick, tangy, and oh so amazing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite cupcake filling is definitely chocolate ganache, but caramel is great, too :o)
ReplyDeletefrancesca_vitale8@hotmail.com
I would definitely try your caramel cupcakes!!!
ReplyDeletedizzigrl@live.com
I've never filled a cupcake, but after seeing the caramel cupcakes, I'm drooling to try my hand at it. Maybe fiddle with it to make caramel apple cupcakes. Yum!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so cool! My favorite is raspberry jam!!
ReplyDeleteI've never filled a cupcake but I really want to try and I've been thinking about buying a corer. I think my first attempt will be a chocolate ganache in a vanilla cupcake with raspberry frosting.
ReplyDeletekaitlin.dugan@gmail.com
http://thekay-kery.blogspot.com/
Marshmallow Fluff is a great filling in a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting.
ReplyDeleteChocolate cupcakes with raspberry jam filling, or white cupcakes with a lemon filling are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love filling my cupcakes with chocolate ganache.
ReplyDeleteI just filled some cupcakes last night with raspberry filling. It's a crowd pleaser
ReplyDeleteMy favorite filling would have to be cream cheese with cherries!
ReplyDeleteNot sure I have a favorite filling but I'm a big believer in filling my cupcakes with something. It give me a chance to play around with an additional flavor to make things even tastier! I tend to go for rich fillings like ganache, cream cheese, or pudding.
ReplyDeleteCream cheese filling! yum!
ReplyDeleteI love a tart filling {lemon curd, key lime something or other} and a sweet frosting {cream cheese or something equally yummy!}
ReplyDeleteRaspberry jam all the way! Yummy and fruity!
ReplyDeletekatherineriker@gmail.com
I love filling chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter cream filling! Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite filling is a mini Reese's peanut butter cup, it melts slightly and people are in shock when they bite into the cupcake and find a hidden heavenly treat, it's like finding a toy in the cereal box :)
ReplyDeleteI love all your cupcake ideas! My absolute favorite filling, though is the eggless Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I made my own wedding cake, and actually used this as the filling for one of the layers I love it so much!!!
ReplyDeleteFirst, wanted to say thank you for this giveaway!!! My favorite filling is "dulce de leche" which is similar to the caramel you made....but I used Argentinian Dulce de Leche...yummy!
ReplyDeletegldys0410@gmail.com
My favorite filling has to be dulce de leche! I love how it seeps into every crevice of cake and then just sits there waiting to be bitten!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide between vanilla pudding or strawberry filling. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI've yet to try filling cupcakes but I would love to try a vanilla cream filling in a chocolate cupcake - much like the ones with a vanilla swirl on top. ;)
ReplyDeleteMy all time favorite filler is lemon curd!
ReplyDeleteI love filling with dulce de leche...yummmmmmy!
ReplyDeleteI like filling cupcakes with strawberry jam or dulce de leche. Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy first favorite filling would have to be... My peanut butter filling. My friends love it.
ReplyDeletehttp://cupcakeguy.blogspot.com
I love cream filled chocolate cupcakes so I guess my favorite filling would have to be marshmallow cream.
ReplyDeleteI'd think the cupcake corer would cut the time down that it takes to core cupcakes. That would be worth it to me when I'm doing large batches (got the school bake sale next week).
ReplyDeleterachel @ tayloraccounts dot com
One of my favorite things to fill a cupcake with is cookie dough! SO delicious. But I am reading from other people about cream cheese! I love cream cheese in pretty much any form so why haven't I ever filled a cupcake with it! I love your blog by the way! It is very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteI would make lemon cupcakes and fill them with lemon curd. My mouth is watering just typing this.
ReplyDeleteChris
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ReplyDeleteI like ganache (although I have made a more truffle-like filling and baked it in) and raspberry jam (Paulaner all-fruit's seedless raspberry). I want to try the caramel ones too. YUM!
ReplyDeleteCoconut Cream pudding :)
ReplyDeleteYum! Filled cupcakes are so good. My favorite is a peanut butter filling or whipped cream.
ReplyDeletetriciamarie1983@hotmail.com
I love ganache fillings! Especially in cupcakes topped with meringue.
ReplyDeletemercedesbenz431@optonline.net
peanut butter filling or marshmallow fluff!
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad....I have never filled a cupcake before. But I would love to try!
ReplyDeleteMarshmallow fluff mixed with cream cheese is a good filling!
ReplyDeleteCream cheese & fluff! So yummy!
ReplyDeleteI like filling my cupcakes with either cream cheese icing or choc buttercream! hammel@vnet.net
ReplyDeleteI am terrible at coring cupcakes the old fashioned way, so I don't tend to fill that many. However, this caramel cupcake makes me want to core some cupcakes. Mmmm, caramel.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try a "molten" chocolate cupcake!
ReplyDeleteI've only done peanut butter cups, the idea for nutella sounds great!
ReplyDeletemmtyler @ gmail.com
I always use a knife to core my cupcakes, but this looks so much easier. I think my favorite fillings that I have done so far are chocolate or coconut.
ReplyDeleteFavorite is a peanut butter filling. Always unexpected, it's good in chocolate cupcakes or in berry cupcakes (for a PBJ type feel)
ReplyDeleteI'm all about the curds. I love that tangy, pucker that you get when you bite into a lemon cupcake filled with lemon curd!
ReplyDeleteCool! I want one! cynthiavanessa@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteI'm personally a big fan of cream cheese filling. It's not original, but so delicious.
ReplyDeleteChocolate whiskey ganache filling! (And please don't discount me because I live in Alaska. I am visiting my parents in the Lower 48 in two months and can have my prize mailed to them!)
ReplyDeleteInstant turtle pudding mixed well with whipped cream and pecans. Nom!
ReplyDeleteagileboom@gmail.com
Those look like so much fun! I must admit I've never cored a cupcake! Embarrassing i know! :) But I do love cream cheese filling! :)
ReplyDeleteOMG...my favorite is red velvet cake with vanilla cream filling. To die for!
ReplyDeletethanks
tiffanyannrosson at yahoo dot com
I love filling cupcakes but it would be nice to have something faster than the paring knife when I'm doing a bunch. My favorite filling - lemon curd - so good.
ReplyDeletetoo cute! i've never filled a cupcake before, but it was because i didn't know how to get the hole in it perfectly. would love to win these!
ReplyDeleteI've only done one cupcake with filling and that was watermelon jam!!! Everyone who tried them loved the surprise in the middle :) Totally wish I had this cupcake cored when I made these it would have made things 10 times easier!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I've ever met a filling I didn't like. I think maybe a gen-u-wine, old fashioned custard would be tops. Although I would be more than willing to try everybody's suggestions. They all sound wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI love filling cuppycakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream so omg to die for delicious!!
ReplyDeletecher_theblondeprincess@hotmail.com
Chocolate cupcakes with carmel filling : )
ReplyDeletejennifer.vega21@yahoo.com
My family loves my Boston Cream Cupcakes. I'd use the corer to fill the cupcakes with vanilla pudding. thanks. rosem@century21landmrk.com
ReplyDeleteI like to stuff mine with mousse per "Better than Sex" cupcakes instructions. :D
ReplyDeleteChocolate ganache!
ReplyDeleteI typically fill my cupcakes with classic chocolate ganache or rich vanilla cream cheese frosting!
ReplyDeleteDulce de leche. Always dulce de leche (nothing else will do).
ReplyDeleteI like filling my cupcakes with a blueberry compote.
ReplyDeleteI would totally fill cupcakes with a peanut butter filling. Oh I would love one.
ReplyDeleteI like to fill my lemon poundcake cupcakes with strawberry frosting!
ReplyDeleteahh I need this! I am so terrible at coring cupcakes...and I like to fill with ganache :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this to fill my cupcakes with carmel. I've posted your Key Lime Cupcake Recipe on my blog, www.tailgategoddess.blogspot.com. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI think I would DEFINITELY have to go with something peanut buttery...yummy!!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome. I love things that make life easier! I love fruit fillings!
ReplyDeleteCream Cheese!
ReplyDeleteI like to make a thick chocolate cupcake using brownie batter and then filling it with a mint-flavored cheesecake filling.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite filling is either chocolate or strawberry! mmmm! Fun giveaway!
ReplyDeletejennshell678@yahoo.com
I am new to cupcake baking and as my favourite flavour is passionfruit I would like to try a passionfruit curd-like filling. I bought myself some piping bags today and now I obviously need a cupcake corer!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat gadget! I would love to have one for my lemon cupcakes! Love your blog.
ReplyDeletenikkifthomas@gmail.com
I'm always looking for an easy method to core cupcakes, and this looks like a pretty nifty solution. My favorite filling - lemon curd.
ReplyDeleteI love to make cupcakes but have never fill them. Would love to win this and give filling them a try
ReplyDeletemy fave thing to fill cupcakes with is jam!! all kinds. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteilean811[AT]hotmail.com
I would make blueberry cupcakes and fill it with fresh blueberries!
ReplyDeleteChocolate cupcake filled with peanut butter buttercream and chocolate frosting.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like such an awesome giveaway! I love filling cupcakes with strawberry jam - yum! :)
ReplyDeleteE-mail: kimcheese@gmail.com
Personally, I don't fill cupcakes with stuff. I just stuff my face with cupcakes. However, I have thought about trying it and wasn't sure where to start. If I were to fill cupcakes, I would probably start with a chocolate mousse or a creamy caramel. - F. Bear Slippers
ReplyDeletefuzzybearslippers@gmail.com
I would love to make cupcakes like the hostess cupcakes.
ReplyDeleteA great idea. I was going to fill cupcakes today but the thought of it...ugh. If I had that little thing we would have ahd filled cupcakes tonight. I use a knife currently.
ReplyDeleteI've never actually made filled cupcakes before, strangely enough, but I think Cookies and Cream cupcakes with Oreo Cream Cheese Frosting as a filling would be really good for some reason.
ReplyDeletee.e.den@hotmail.com
I like filling cupcakes with raspberry jam and nutella. :)
ReplyDeleteLemon pudding sure tastes good.
ReplyDeleteI love filling chocolate cupcakes with raspberry sauce.
ReplyDeleteDepends on the cupcake... Dulce de leche in banana, peanut butter buttercream in chocolate, lime curd in coconut...
ReplyDeleteMy favorite would be rich, creamy peanut butter frosting! kerry.kassie@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite filling is chocolate whisky ganache! :) ellie.delancey@gmail.com
ReplyDeletechocolate truffles :3
ReplyDeleteThis corer certainly looks like a Cool Tool. I fill with mini M&Ms that have been mixed with a peanut butter frosting inside of a Deep Chocolate Cake. The M&Ms are tiny enough to fit through the right size tip, this gadget would certainly fit the bill.
ReplyDeleteVirgSJB@aol.com
This would be perfect for making old-school Ding-dong type cupcakes with tasty cream filling. Yum!
ReplyDeleteI've actually never cored a cupcake... but vanilla cream filling sounds great. Or any whipped filling. YUM!
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ReplyDeleteJust found your blog and LOVE it! I like to fill mine with cookie dough- oh yea!
ReplyDeleteCaramel all the way! :-)
ReplyDeleteI like fruit fillings the best. They add extra flavor without all the sweetness of additional icing.
ReplyDeleteLove to fill them with strawberry jam!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's better than raspberry?
ReplyDeleteChocolate, chocolate and more chocolate. Nothing better!
ReplyDeleteVanilla bean cupcakes with Boston Cream filling and chocolate topping... mmmmm
ReplyDeleteI would put a creamy mint filling in a chocolate cupcake! Yum!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid to admit that I have never filled a cupcake...it has worked the other way around...cupcakes filled me. With this gizmo, I could have tons of fun.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to fill cupcakes with is my mean Irish whiskey ganache. I use this in my Irish car bomb cupcakes. Beer cake with Whiskey ganache filling and the best baileys frosting in the world!!!
ReplyDeleteI like to fill my cupcakes with homemade buttercream icing. I'd love to try caramel though!
ReplyDeleteredheadrockstarJB (at) gmail (dot) com
My favorite filling is a buttercream that has been whipped together with any type of fruit puree (strawberry, peach, raspberry, etc)
ReplyDeleteI love cream cheese! Chocolate ganache is also so yummy!
ReplyDeleteluckysluna(at)yahoo(dot)com
chocolate ganache...yummy!
ReplyDeleteI really like to fill cupcakes with light tiramisu :D :D
ReplyDeleteI have never filled a cupcake with anything, but I certainly think I would like to try it. This gadget sounds great!
ReplyDeleteruthaw_1974@yahoo.com
I like you on facebook.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd like to try a peanut butter filling in my cupcakes.
ruthaw_1974@yahoo.com
I am going with the cream cheese filling!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week-end!
Peanut butter.
ReplyDeleteLemon cream in a raspberry cupcake! Yum!
ReplyDeleteChocolate ganache. Mmmmmm! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI love making smores cupcakes and filling them with marshmallow creme. Decadant!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE Chocolate filling with a mocha frosting on a white cupcake!! :) Yummy!!
ReplyDeleteMmmm. Cream cheese anything. :)
ReplyDeleteI love vanilla cream as a filling. It is my favorite of all time and then topped with vanilla butter cream frosting.
ReplyDeleteyum..crean cheese, PB, chocoalte, caramel, raspberry.
ReplyDeleteI think chocolate ganache would be great in a cupcake!
ReplyDeletePudding!
ReplyDeleteNutella!!!!! I love to fill nutter butter cupcakes with Nutella!
ReplyDeletelmullen02@gmail.com
I would love to try this, it looks awesome..himga@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI will fill pretty much anything with chocolate ganache.
ReplyDeletePeanut Butter! hands down, probably the best flavor to be combined with anything in my opinion!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely fill cupcakes with Nutella. Yum.
ReplyDeleteI like chocolate cupcakes filled with cannoli cream.
ReplyDeletemmmmmmmmmmmm raspberry jam
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE this giveaway, I always wish I had better ways to frost cupcakes. For filling--my favorite would have to be chocolate ganache.
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE LOVE LOVE to have a cup cake filler!! I think my first project would be to do cupcakes filled with cheese cake... my two favorite things!! nom nom!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity!!
raspberry jam for sure!
ReplyDeletei love to fill cupcakes with mousse. it just makes them so much more decadant.
ReplyDeletecrazylittlemermaid@hotmail.com
Anything!
ReplyDeleteIf I have to choose, I'll say cream cheese.
I've only made filled cupcakes once before and they were chocolat chip cookie dough cupcakes which were delicious!
ReplyDelete-Tawny @The Year of The Cookie
Chocolate!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to fill a cupcake with is vanilla or chocolate custard!! YUM!
ReplyDeletei am truly inspired by ur blog...today i made the first muffin of my life ... the champagne grape muffin..then i started to search about muffins n i found ur blog : )
ReplyDeleteganache!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite filling would be any type of coffee-flavored cream.
ReplyDeleteemail: zkgentlesins@yahoo.com
I love filling lemon cupcakes with raspberry filling! zan30@optilink.us
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing to fill cupcakes with is lemon curd. Already a facebook fan! How fun!
ReplyDeleteI love using a Nutella mousse or a great chocolate cupcake filled with whipped cream made with vanilla bean paste.
ReplyDeletedreatrit@yahoo.com
i love dark chocolate ganache!
ReplyDeleteandreahorvath22@hotmail.com
My favorite filling is dulce de leche. I would love to win this!
ReplyDeleteI just became a fan on fb too
ReplyDeleteI don't know what my favorite it as I haven't tried filling cupcakes yet. But I'm thinking peanut butter or jams or other yummy stuff like that would be great!
ReplyDeleteMeliss_Nelson@yahoo.com
I love filling cupcakes with Cherry filling. I also would love to try making Irish Car Bomb cupcakes with an irish cream filling
ReplyDeleteWould love, love, love to try this gadget!
ReplyDeletegandee9@hotmail.com
I dont usually fill cupcakes, but I have a peanut butter cream cheese frosting that would be yummy.
ReplyDeleteI would use this device to fill my cupcake with tiny little ninjas-
ReplyDeletecupcake warriors passing out cupcakes to the weary and sweet-toothed...because,
a cupcake will make IT better.
Or maybe I'd use it to get my sister into the cupcake..the cupcake door is a little tricky to squeeze in...
:*)
camshanahan@gmail.com
Mmmm, a dark, rich chocolate ganache is delish hidden inside a cupcake!
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually filled cupcakes before, I've always been a little nervous about it.
ReplyDeleteI would love to fill cupcakes with some type of banana filling. I love banana cream pie and when I can incorporate those flavors into anything, I do! :)
ReplyDeleteI think a cream cheese icing would be divine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a GREAT idea! Truly one of those, "I wish I'd thought of that!" moments when I saw this!
ReplyDeleteThanks you for the give-away. I LOVE filling my cupcakes, especially vanilla ones with Raspberry jam! I love jam!!
What a great product to use for fillings! I LOVE fillings!
ReplyDeleteI think this is an awesome idea! Even if I don't win, this baby's going on a wishlist somewhere lol
ReplyDeleteLet's see... a friend earlier mentioned on facebook that her son wants a blueberry marshmallow pie. Inspired by some kids' show. I'd like to try a blueberry cupcake with marshmallow filling.
Or a vanilla filling. You can never go wrong with vanilla :)