Bake the mini cupcakes

• Bake the mini cupcakes in a mini muffin pan and let them cool completely.

Make the chocolate cups

• Melt the red candy melts.
• Add a teaspoon of melted candy melts to the bottom of each mini cupcake liner.
• Use a paintbrush to spread the melts up the sides of the liner.
• Let them set in the fridge.

Remove the liners

• Peel off the paper liner from each set chocolate cup.
• Use tweezers if it is difficult to tear the liner.

Fill the cups

• Push a baked mini cupcake into each chocolate cup.

Pipe the handles

• Pipe a love heart shape with the candy melts onto baking paper.
• Let it set, then cut the heart in half to make two handles.
• Attach a handle to the side of each cup.

Make the ganache

• Pour the warm cream over the chopped milk chocolate and stir until smooth.

Decorate

• Pour the milk chocolate ganache onto the top of each cupcake for the hot chocolate.
• Add a swirl of white buttercream.
• Top with mini marshmallows and a mini gingerbread man.