--- title: Stranger Things: Fan Makes Cupcakes for Hopper, Dustin, Barb description: Stranger Things fan makes cupcakes for five characters. canonical: https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-09T19:42:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:35.321Z og:title: This Fan Created Elaborate Stranger Things Cupcakes og:description: Hopper's were topped with caramel cigarettes and Doughnuts og:url: https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Fan Created Elaborate Stranger Things Cupcakes twitter:description: Hopper's were topped with caramel cigarettes and Doughnuts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Fan Created the Most Elaborate _Stranger Things_ Cupcakes Ever > Sponsored content. 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Not surprisingly, Eleven’s cupcakes were mini Eggo waffle-topped and laced with maple syrup buttercream. Barb’s got a strawberry buttercream filling, possibly to resemble her fetching [red hair](http://time.com/4437552/stranger-things-barb-nicole/), possibly to resemble her blood because she was taken too soon. Fittingly, Dustin’s was pumped full of pudding because the kid’s a pudding hoarder and there are real Nilla wafers on top because he [knows a real Nilla wafer](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/dc3e658e-9f70-4ab2-a94b-17ec0d53c26d) from a fake one just like friends. There’s even a M&M sprinkled cupcake with syrup “string” for Joyce’s unforgettable [Christmas light display](http://time.com/4439490/stranger-things-winona-ryder-360-video/). Hopper’s toppings were caramel cigarettes and frosted doughnuts, and the buttercream was glazed with his drink of choice: [Schlitz](http://schlitzbrewing.com/) because this fan is not messing around. This was certainly a metaphor for Hopper’s tendency to do sweet and destructive things simultaneously. Even if it wasn’t, cigarettes have never looked more edible.   \[[Reddit](http://imgur.com/a/HStV7)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/"},"headline":"This Fan Created the Most Elaborate Stranger Things Cupcakes Ever","datePublished":"2016-08-09T19:42:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:35.321Z","description":"Unsurprisingly, Eleven's are waffle themed","url":"https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Food & Drink","Stranger Things"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4445242/stranger-things-cupcakes-reddit/","name":"This Fan Created the Most Elaborate Stranger Things Cupcakes Ever"}}]}] ```