Bacon Blueberry Maple Pancake Cupcakes

I found this swell  printable download on Etsy! It's a cupcake box and I absolutely think that it is the bee's knees! How cute is it??? I had to make cupcakes just so that I could make the cute little boxes to put them in! The boyfriend/fiance's mom asked to go blueberry picking by my house on Tuesday.  The perfect opportunity for blueberry muffins then arose. However, these aren't just any blueberry muffins they are Bacon Blueberry Pancake Muffins with Maple Cream Cheese frosting. The fiance took them to work with him.  H later reported that the whole dozen disappeared in one short hour! The ones that we had at home also disappeared in a short amount of time! 

From the book: The Cupcake Diaries

Bacon Blueberry Pancake Cupcakes:

6 slices maple bacon
1 and 3/4 cup of sugar
2 and 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
2 large eggs
2 and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
seeds from one vanilla bean
1 and 1/4 cups of whole milk
1/2 cup pure maple syrup
1/2 cup fresh blueberries (I think I added a whole cup - cause I had a bunch)

- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Fry and crumble bacon then set it aside - sprinkle bacon with a little sugar after frying
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt and set aside also
- Next cream the butter and sugar together in a stand mixer
- Add the two eggs to the butter sugar mixture mixing slowly
- Next add the milk and vanilla
- Finally reduce your mixture speed to low and fold in the flour mixture, and then add the maple syrup
- Lastly fold in the bacon bits and blueberries by hand using a mixing spoon or spatula

Next fill cupcake liners and bake the muffins for 18-20 mins! :)