Eggnog and Chocolate Reindeer Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup hot water
• 1 1/4 cups cake flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup commercially prepared eggnog (see Cook’s Note), at room temperature
• 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Milk or cream to thin, as needed
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup white sanding sugar
• 24 mini chocolate frosted donuts, such as Little Debbie brand
• 12 mini vanilla wafer cookies
• 6 sour candy belts
• 24 candy eyeballs
• 24 peanut halves
• 24 tiny pretzel twists
• 12 red candy pearls
• Confectioners’ sugar, optional

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