These Christmas light cupcakes are getting our family excited for the holiday season.
They’re definitely not the kind of lights you’ll get tangled in.
Once the holiday season kicks in, our family gets into beast baking mode at full-force. This year, I’ve been having tons of fun creating all sorts of delicious treats! Have you seen my Snowmen Meringue Cookies or my Christmas Tree Cupcakes? They’re some of my favourite recipes I’ve ever created.
My Christmas Light Cupcakes were so much fun to make – and so easy, too! Plus, I managed to purchase most of the ingredients from Bulk Barn, my one-stop shop for… well, just about everything in all of my baking endeavours!
I’ve seen all sorts of Christmas light desserts but I wanted to take my cupcakes up a notch. Lights are all about brightness, so I decided to garnish our buttercream with a hefty helping of shiny sprinkles. Bring on the shine factor!
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to make your very own Christmas light cupcakes:
How to Make Christmas Light Cupcakes
Ingredients Needed:
- One dozen of your favourite chocolate cupcakes (we used Bulk Barn’s cake mix to make ours)
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened (about ½ cup)
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- ½ cup gold and white shiny sprinkles (ie.: coarse sugar)
- Black decorating frosting
- 60-65 M&Ms
Yields: One dozen decorated cupcakes
Before starting the decorating process, ensure that your cupcakes are completely cool. You don’t want any buttercream melting off!
Start by preparing your buttercream. Place all ingredients in a large bowl: softened butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk (start with 1 tbsp and add another, slowly if you feel like the buttercream is too dry).
Beat all buttercream ingredients with an electric mixer, starting on slow speed and gradually increasing to high.
Once all ingredients are smooth and form semi-stiff peaks, scoop into a piping bag and frost each cupcake.
Pour coarse sugar/shiny sprinkles into a bowl. Dip each frosted cupcake into the bowl of sprinkles.
Attach Wilton tip #3 to your bladck decorating frosting and pipe out 1-2 curvy lines on each cupcake.
Add 4-8 M&Ms sideways onto the black, curvy lines on each cupcake (depending on how many lines you have on each one). You’ll want about 4-5 M&Ms for each “string of lights.”
What do you think of these cupcakes? Are they something your kids would enjoy making with you?
I love that cupcake design and they look like they taste amazing. It is always fun to bake something kids will like during the holidays.
These are such amazing cupcakes! I’ll have to make them with my kids.
These are brilliant! So creative, and something different! Thanks for sharing these cool cupcakes!
These are the cutest! I’m going to make these this weekend! Thanks for sharing.
How much fun are these! What a great idea to make for Christmas cakes as well, they would go down so well at a party.
Anything with buttercream icing is going to be great. i just have to have it. These cupcakes look so good.
These turned out so great. I really love this idea. I really want to make these now. I bet they’ll be a hit.
OMG, these are the cutest holiday cupcakes! So simple to make, but so fun and festive. I am totally going to make them with my girls this weekend!
These are super cute! What an adorable way to start getting excited for the holidays with family. I love baking with my family any chance I get. Maybe I can decorate these as perfect as you have.
I love making cupcakes, with homemade icing. I’ve always wanted to make pretty goodies and when my son wanted an ice cream cake one year. I challenged myself to make it. It came out awesome and since then I’ve been on a baking challenge. I’ll be posting some fun Christmas cupcakes soon too.
These cupcakes are so cute indeed. I love the lights on top so much!!
Oh my how amazing!! Never seen this before. I LOVE creativity. Gotta make this for my two bear cubs.
The cupcakes are so cute! I love finding recipes I can make with my kids, and these would be a hit to make (and, of course, eat).
Very creative! The cupcakes look so cute and pretty! My kids will love this recipe.
Those look so cute! The glitter makes them even more special.
So easy to make and it’s something that kids will like! It would be nice to add this to our Christmas spread. I’m sure it’s going to be a hit.
Such a cutie! I would make this and try for New Year! I love to have a colorful vibe.
Oh my! I really love the uniqueness of this recipe. It looks much fun doing this with kids.