Easy Hot Cocoa Decorated Cupcakes

Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

yield: 24 SERVINGS

Ingredients

  • 24 chocolate cupcakes (from the box or homemade)
  • 24 mini candy canes
  • white frosting
  • mini marshmallows
  • sprinkles

Directions

1

Make and cool cupcakes.

2

Frost cupcakes with white icing. Try to leave a little of the chocolate cake showing around the edges (I’ve used this handy Wilton Dessert Decorator for years and I love it!).

3

Sprinkle cupcakes with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.

4

Place a mini candy cane gently on the side of each cupcake – just press down a little and the candy cane should remain in place.

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hot cocoa inspired cupcakes

If you’re looking for an easy and festive way to decorate a boxed cupcake mix, check out these fun hot cocoa cupcakes. They look fancy, but are actually fairly simple – they just require mini candy canes, marshmallows, and sprinkles.


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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

yield: 24 SERVINGS

Fun decorated cupcakes that look like a cup of hot cocoa!

Ingredients

  • 24 chocolate cupcakes (from the box or homemade)
  • 24 mini candy canes
  • white frosting
  • mini marshmallows
  • sprinkles

Directions

1

Make and cool cupcakes.

2

Frost cupcakes with white icing. Try to leave a little of the chocolate cake showing around the edges (I’ve used this handy Wilton Dessert Decorator for years and I love it!).

3

Sprinkle cupcakes with mini marshmallows and sprinkles.

4

Place a mini candy cane gently on the side of each cupcake – just press down a little and the candy cane should remain in place.

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These are so cute – I love how they look like a cup of hot cocoa! Enjoy!


 Lina (lina@hip2save.com) loves cooking new recipes, thrift store shopping, and DIY home decor projects.

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About the writer:

Lina has a Bachelor's Degree from Northern Arizona University with 11 years of blogging and photography experience having work featured in Today.com, Martha Stewart, Country Living, Fox News, Buzzfeed, and HGTV.


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Comments 12

  1. gisela

    OMG are you making my daughter a winter birthday party And those are perfect for her birthday thank you

  2. Brindha

    Cute and easy…. Thanks Lina!

  3. amy

    how cute!

  4. C

    Definitely going to make these! How cute!

  5. Sarah

    So cute!!

  6. Serena

    My daughter has a December birthday. I think I just found her cake.

  7. tipaye

    So cute…thanks!

  8. Kristin

    Love these! 🙂 thanks for sharing!

  9. Danielle

    so cute! Thank you, Lina, for the Pumpkin Cake recipe from last week! We made it on Saturday for a family party and everyone loved it! The best part I used low fat ingredients and it still turned out excellent!

  10. trace

    I love this! I’m so making these this winter!

  11. Wendy

    YUM! I make a similar but use the crushed candy canes and sprinkle them on top! Thank you for sharing this!

  12. meierj

    You cannot put the candy canes in the night before! I made these last night for daycare today and all of the red had bled of the cane and into a sticky puddle. Thankfully 2 & 3 year olds don’t care, but I wasn’t very happy. Any suggestions on how to fix this beside putting them on as you serve them?

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