Description
Delicious cupcakes topped with festive candy tree decorations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 4–5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp. milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 12 Plastic candy sticks
- 6 oz. dark green candy melts
- 6 oz. pink candy melts
- to taste Christmas sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare the cupcakes, according to the box directions.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool.
- Meanwhile, prepare the trees.
- Place a piece of wax paper on a cutting board.
- Place the plastic sticks onto the wax paper.
- Add the green candy melts to a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 15 second increments, stirring between, until melted.
- Add the melted green candy to a piping bag and snip off just the tip.
- Drizzle the melted candy over the plastic sticks to create the tree shapes.
- Sprinkle some sprinkles over the trees.
- Move the trees to the refrigerator for 10-15 min. to set.
- Repeat this with the pink candy melts.
- Make your frosting. If you are doing buttercream, beat the butter for about 1 minute, then start adding the powdered sugar.
- Halfway through, add the vanilla and mix well.
- Keep adding powdered sugar until your frosting forms. If needed, add small amounts of the milk, but not too much, so your frosting will be firm.
- Frost the cooled cupcakes, and once the trees have set, place one into the center of each cupcake.
Notes
- Feel free to use your favorite buttercream recipe or store-bought frosting.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg