So with that being said prepare your cupcakes as the box instructs and make sure you cool them down before moving on to the next step.

Once your cupcakes are cooled. Take a peeler if you have one and scoop out a small part of the center. This is where we will place our filling.

This is super easy! I just took some strawberry jelly and mixed some in a bowl so it is easily scoopable. If that is a word.

Place a small amount of strawberry jelly in the center of each cupcake hole.

You will need to use a handheld electric mixer and a double boiler for this frosting recipe.

In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, ¼ cup water, egg whites, and cream of tartar. With an electric mixer, beat on high speed until foamy (about 1 minute).

Set bowl over a pan of barely simmering water. Beat on high speed until frosting forms stiff peaks (about 12 minutes). At this point your arms will be burning from holding the mixer…so be warned.

Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Continue beating for 2 minutes more until the frosting thickens.

Transfer to the frosting piping bag fitted with a large round tip. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes. When I frosted my cupcakes I would place the tip in the middle where the hole is and would just squeeze until the frosting would bubble out onto the edges creating a dome effect.

Once you are done place frosted cupcakes onto a baking sheet and put them in the refrigerator while preparing the chocolate coating.

You will also need to use a double boiler for this part of the recipe as well. I recommend adding a wire rack to a baking sheet with some parchment paper for easy clean up as well.

Add water to a medium saucepan and heat to barely simmering.

Leave about 1/4 chocolate aside then in a heatproof bowl, combine the rest of the chocolate and oil. Set the bowl on the saucepan and stir until melted and smooth.

Transfer the melted chocolate to a deep bowl for dipping and add the rest of the chocolate until it is all melted. This helps to temper the chocolate and has a nice coating.

Hold each cupcake from the bottom and dip it into chocolate to coat the frosting. Allow excess to drop off. Place on wire rack.

At this point, you can add some chocolate sprinkles to make them officially look like Gansitos

Let cupcakes stand at room temperature for 15 minutes.

Place in refrigerator for the coating to set (about 30 minutes).