Winter is here! Snowman cupcakes are a great way to get in the spirit of winter. These cupcakes are cute and delicious. These cupcakes are a little labor intensive but they are so worth it.
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Snowman Cupcakes
Here is a list of what you will need to make these snowman cupcakes:
Ingredients
For Cupcakes:
1 box of french vanilla cake mix
3 eggs
1/2 C (1 stick) of softened unsalted sweet cream butter
1 C whole milk
1TBSP pure vanilla bean paste
cupcake liners
cupcake pan
For Frosting:
1 C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
2 1/2 C powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
medium round tip and pastry bag
For Decorations:
1 box of mini vanilla wafer cookies
1 package of twizzler pull aparts
1 bag of orange slices
1 package of mini M&M’s, red picked out
1 tube of black cookie icing
1 tube of small edible eyes
1 C red and green sugar sprinkles
1 C white sugar sprinkles
Directions
For Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners
In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla bean pasta and mix until combined
Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about 3/4 of the way full
Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes
Pull out and place on the side to cool
For Frosting:
Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the food coloring into the bowl and mix on medium speed
If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks
Scoop some frosting into the piping bag
For Decorations:
Using the frosting left in the bowl, spread frosting onto the top part of the vanilla wafer
Dip the frosted cookie into the sugar sprinkle and set aside
One 48 mini wafers have been dipped and coated with sugar sprinkles set aside to dry while you finish the cupcakes
Using the frosting in the piping bag, pipe on a large dollop of frosting onto the cupcake
Use a butterknife to spread the frosting around the cupcake
Dip the cupcake into the 1 C of white sprinkles
Repeat steps with remaining cupcakes
Peel the twizzlers in half and cut them in half
Place 1 end of the twizzler into the side cupcake frosting and the other end into the other side
Place a mini wafer cookie onto the twizzler ends to help secure the twizzlers
Repeat steps with remaining cupcakes
Place two eyes in the top center of the cupcake
Using a pair of scissors, cut the orange slices into triangles
Place a cut orange slice onto the middle part of the cupcake under the eyes
Place two mini M&M’s at the corner where the mouth will go
Pipe the black line for the smile connecting the M&M’s
Let sit for 30 minutes before enjoying!
So cute! You can make these for a special occasion like a party, or just because. Let me know if you try it!
Snowman Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box of french vanilla cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 1 C whole milk
- 1 T pure vanilla bean paste
- cupcake liners
- cupcake pan
For Frosting:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 2 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 T heavy whipping cream
- medium round tip and pastry bag
For Decorations:
- 1 box of mini vanilla wafer cookies
- 1 package of twizzler pull aparts
- 1 bag of candy orange slices
- 24 red mini M&M's
- 1 tube of black cookie icing
- 24 small edible eyes
- 1 C red and green sugar sprinkles
- 1 C white sugar sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners
- In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and vanilla bean pasta and mix until combined
- Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about 3/4 of the way full
- Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes
- Pull out and place on the side to cool
For Frosting:
- Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients except the food coloring into the bowl and mix on medium speed
- If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream
- Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks
- Scoop some frosting into the piping bag
For Decorations:
- Using the frosting left in the bowl, spread frosting onto the top part of the vanilla wafer
- Dip the frosted cookie into the sugar sprinkle and set aside
- One 48 mini wafers have been dipped and coated with sugar sprinkles set aside to dry while you finish the cupcakes
- Using the frosting in the piping bag, pipe on a large dollop of frosting onto the cupcake
- Use a butterknife to spread the frosting around the cupcake
- Dip the cupcake into the 1 C of white sprinkles
- Repeat steps with remaining cupcakes
- Peel the twizzlers in half and cut them in half
- Place 1 end of the twizzler into the side cupcake frosting and the other end into the other side
- Place a mini wafer cookie onto the twizzler ends to help secure the twizzlers
- Repeat steps with remaining cupcakes
- Place two eyes in the top center of the cupcake
- Using a pair of scissors, cut the orange slices into triangles
- Place a cut orange slice onto the middle part of the cupcake under the eyes
- Place two mini M&M’s at the corner where the mouth will go
- Pipe the black line for the smile connecting the M&M’s
- Let sit for 30 minutes before enjoying!