Santa Cupcakes
These Santa cupcakes are a playful addition to any holiday dessert spread. They have fluffy marshmallow beards, red frosting hats and cheerful candy faces. Easy to make and fun to decorate.
Servings: 48
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Box white cake mix 15 ¼-Ounce
- 1 Box chocolate cake mix 15 ¼-Ounce
- 16 Ounces red frosting
- 16 Ounces white frosting
- 48 red M&Ms
- 96 edible eyeballs
- 1 Bag mini marshmallows
Instructions
- Prepare your cupcake pans with cupcake liners. Preheat your oven and make cupcakes as instructed on the box of cake mix. Allow cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
- While the cupcakes are cooling, cut your mini marshmallows in half. Reserve the remainder of the mini marshmallows for the pom-poms for Santa’s hat.
- Once cool, pipe white frosting on the bottom fourth of the cupcake and make a line for the brim of Santa’s hat. Then, take the red frosting and pipe the top fourth of the cupcake to fill in the hat.
- Using white frosting as glue, place Santa’s eyes and nose and press to secure. Then, place the previously halved marshmallows in the white frosting to make a “fluffy” beard and brim of hat.
- Finally, place a marshmallow in the corner for the pom-pom on Santa’s hat!
Notes
Cool completely: Let cupcakes cool before decorating to keep frosting from melting.
Work in sections: Frost the beard, then the hat to keep colors crisp.
Use fresh marshmallows: Soft marshmallows stick better and look fluffier.
Pipe with control: Apply even pressure for smooth frosting lines.
Work in sections: Frost the beard, then the hat to keep colors crisp.
Use fresh marshmallows: Soft marshmallows stick better and look fluffier.
Pipe with control: Apply even pressure for smooth frosting lines.
Nutrition
Calories: 159kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 184mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 21g | Calcium: 48mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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