Encanto Recipe: Bruno Cupcakes - We're Definitely Talking About Them! (2024)

This fun Encanto recipe brings Bruno’s visions to life in dessert form with Bruno Cupcakes decorated with easy-to-make candy glass.

You know what they say, right? “We don’t talk about Bruno!” But when it comes to these Encanto Bruno Cupcakes, they’re literally all you’re going to be talking about!

Find out how to make these delicious cupcakes that bring to life Bruno’s visions!

Cupcakes are sooo good, right? And since everyone in your house is probably Encanto crazy and obsessed, it just makes sense to make these fun Bruno-themed cupcakes.

There are so many reasons that “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” has become such a huge hit! First off, practically everything Lin Manuel Miranda writes is gold. Next up is that it’s just SUCH A GOOD SONG – you just can’t keep it out of your head. And thirdly, it’s also because the character Bruno is just so interesting!

In Encanto, Bruno is Mirabel’s uncle who was gifted with the ability to see the future. His honest, usually troubling predictions are not what the rest of the family wanted to hear, so he disappeared long ago. He became the uncle no one talks about.

Bruno is voiced by the amazing John Leguizamo lends his voice to Bruno. He says, “Bruno is so compelling because he is that guy that never quite fits in. He’s an outsider, but he also understands the world better because he’s always wanted to belong to it.”

These Bruno’s Vision Cupcakes bring his visions to delicious life with easy-t0-make green transparent candy. This candy glass reminds us of the vision scenes in Encanto itself. We love that every cupcake turns out unique, kind of like visions themselves.

These Encanto cupcakes not only perfect for a sweet snack for a family Encanto movie night at home, but they’re great for an Encanto birthday party treat, sleepovers, or just a fun dessert to make as a family.

The best part? You can literally buy cupcakes and just concentrate on decorating them! It doesn’t get much better than that!

Ingredients needed for Encanto Bruno Cupcakes

Cupcakes:

• prepared cupcakes, chocolate or flavor of your choosing
• container of vanilla frosting (Cream cheese flavor is fine too)
• Green food coloring (12 drops for frosting, six drops for the candy glass.)
• Brown sugar, optional, enough to sprinkle on your cupcakes

Candy glass:

• sugar
• water
• light corn syrup
• cream of tartar

How To Make Bruno Cupcakes

In a medium size saucepan, add your sugar, water, light corn syrup, green food coloring, and cream of tartar. Mix using a whisk.

Bring your ingredients to a boil while making sure to whisk continually.

Continue to whisk and boil until you reach the temperature of 275°.

Once it has reached optimal temperature, pour your contacts onto a small to medium size cookie sheet. You will want it to be the same height and thinness, so using the back of a spoon or a heat safe spatula, level out your candy.

Allow the candy to cool on your cookie sheet for at least two hours.

While your candy is cooling, prepare your frosting. Add 12 drops of green food coloring to your frosting. You can add more or less depending on your preference. Mix well together. Add to your piping bag your piping tip, and then your frosting. Cut the tip of your piping bag and allow the tip to fall into the hole, and push your frosting down.

Pipe your cupcakes.

If you choose to add your brown sugar to represent the sand, sprinkle that on now.

Once the two hours are up, and your glass candy is ready, break the glass using the back of a spoon. Continue to break until you reached your desired size for each shard of glass.

Stick 3 to 5 pieces of glass to top your cupcake.

Enjoy!

Tips for Making Encanto Cupcakes

Make sure that you use a candy thermometer so that you can get the exact temperature needed for the candy “glass.” Guessing won’t work, and it will cause this part of the decorations to not be set up properly.

If you don’t want to add the brown sugar to the top of the cupcakes, just leave it off. It’s a fun look, but it might not be a texture or additional sweetness that everyone wants.

Making these cupcakes is perfect for a family movie night at home. No matter if you haven’t watched Encanto yet or are pressing play on it for the 100th time, these adorable cupcakes are the perfect reason to fill your bellies with sweets!

How to store cupcakes

To keep the cupcakes as fresh as possible for as long as possible, store them in an airtight container. You don’t have to keep them in the fridge but you can if you want.

Can I freeze cupcakes for later?

You can, but I recommend freezing them without frosting and then frosting them after you unthaw them.

More Fun Disney Cupcake Recipes

• Disney Frozen Cupcakes Recipe
• Maleficent Cupcakes
• Stormtrooper Cupcakes

Want to take a dip into Colombian food and culture? Make these Arepas con Queso! They’re easy to make and extra delicious with their cheesy filling.

For more Encanto fun, check out this free printable Encanto Word Search Puzzle from Jinxy Kids!

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