Set your oven to preheat at 350 F. Using cupcake liners, line a muffin pan.

Set a small saucepan to low-medium heat and add in your butter and chocolate chips. Stirring occasionally, allow the butter and chocolate chips to melt completely. Remove from heat.

In a large bowl, add your sugar, vanilla paste, eggs, and sour cream. With a hand mixer, whisk until smooth and well combined.

In a separate medium-sized bowl, add together your remaining dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, baking powder baking soda and salt) and stir to blend completely.

Pour your chocolate and butter sauce into the large bowl with the sugar, eggs, and sour cream mixture. Stir thoroughly.

Slowly add the flour mixture in 1/2 cup portions to the batter. Combine well with your hand mixture set on a low speed.

Using a small measuring cup, begin to pour the batter into the prepared cupcake liners. Fill ¾ of the way to allow room to rise.

Bake for 15 minutes at 350F and then check with a toothpick. A little moisture on the toothpick is fine. However, if the toothpick comes out with wet batter on it, cook for 3-5 more minutes.

Allow to cool for 30 minutes so their completely cool to the touch before adding your chocolate frosting.

After frosting, assemble your reindeer face with ears first (pretzels), then eyes (candy eyeballs or white M&Ms), snout (vanilla wafer), and then nose (M&Ms).