{"id":2582,"date":"2013-09-22T05:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2017-02-18T14:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T22:32:18","slug":"breaking-bad-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneingredientchef.com\/breaking-bad-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Bad’s “Blue Crystal” Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breaking Bad<\/em> is coming to an end next week and what better way to say goodbye than with blue meth<\/strike>, er, blue rock candy, cupcakes? When I saw this brilliant cake by 17 and Baking<\/a>, I couldn’t help myself from trying something similar. If you haven’t seen Breaking Bad (I hope that includes none of you), the show is about Walter White, a high school chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin who creates an infamous blue meth that is unrivaled in its purity. The idea here is to take blue raspberry rock candy<\/strong>, smash it into chunks, and use it to decorate the cake as a perfect substitute for Walt’s iconic blue crystal meth. If you’re a fan of the show, you’ll be as giddy as I was when you add the blue crystals onto the clouds of vegan buttercream icing that tops these chocolate cupcakes. I’ve never had so much fun in my life.<\/p>\n

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SPOILER ALERT:<\/strong> The finale isn’t for another week, but I already know how Breaking Bad ends. Wanna hear my theory? Okay… this whole story is about Walt Jr. That innocent breakfast-eating kid is the kingpin behind the empire. His dad (and business partner) is merely the face of the operation, designed to protect Jr’s identity after Walt dies. When Walt swallows that ricin in the finale, the world will think his empire is finished, thus giving Jr. the perfect way to slide under the radar and continue the family business. It’s a brilliant plan. And all that nonsense about Jr. looking shocked when Skyler told him the “truth” about Walt’s business? Acting. Pure acting. Just wait until the spinoff, which takes place 20 years in the future, and we get to see Walt Jr. doing a whole lot more than eating waffles…<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Back to these cupcakes… they are probably one of the most unhealthy, overly-sweet recipes I’ve ever made. Nothing about these cupcakes are “one ingredient” approved: there is tons of sugar, margarine, white flour, and rock candy (but hey, it’s gotta be better than meth). To be honest, I hate posting stuff like this and I didn’t even want to eat them when they were finished. To me, this is more about the artistic side of baking [bad] than about real food. The recipe is adapted from Chow.com’s vegan chocolate cupcakes<\/a> and buttercream icing<\/a>. This recipe is mostly about the rock candy idea, which can be applied to any cake or cupcake you’d like. All that said, they are quite delicious and I guess it would only be fitting to say goodbye to Breaking Bad with a naughty chocolate cupcake and vanilla buttercream icing, right?<\/p>\n

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Makes 9 cupcakes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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