Santa Cupcakes Recipe

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"My kids leave out at least one cupcake for Santa on Christmas Eve," shares Sharon Skildum from Maple Grove, Minnesota.
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Santa Cupcakes Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 18 Servings
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25 20 45

Ingredients

  • 1 package white cake mix (regular size)
  • 1 can (16 ounces) or 2 cups vanilla frosting, divided
  • Red gel or paste food coloring
  • Miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips, Red Hots candies and flaked coconut

Directions

  • Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • Place 2/3 cup frosting in a small bowl; tint with red food coloring. Set aside 3 tablespoons white frosting for decorating. Cover two-thirds of the top of each cupcake with remaining white frosting. Frost the rest of cupcake top with red frosting for hat. Place reserved white frosting in a small heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a 1/4-in. hole in one corner.
  • On each cupcake, pipe a line of frosting to create fur band of hat. Press a marshmallow on one side of hat for pom-pom. Under hat, place two chocolate chips for eyes and one Red Hot for nose. Gently press coconut onto face for beard. Yield: about 1-1/2 dozen.

Originally published as Santa Cupcakes in Quick Cooking December 2000, p41

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Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2008 by maharet

or more mini marshmallows for a beard

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2008 by TAWest64

As an alternative to the coconut you could shave some white chocolate bark.

These are adorable!

Reviewed on Dec. 05, 2008 by ky_minx

These are adorable!! Other than being creative with frosting, does anyone have suggestions for an alternative to the coconut for the beard?

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2008 by nobonesaboutit2

Try placing red frosting in a plastic bag also and cut the tip off to frost top of cupcake. I found it less messy.

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2008 by oeg1kallee

I will be making these for a church event this weekend!!

Reviewed on Jul. 15, 2008 by allenandsharon

These are so cute I am going to have to try this around Christmas time. 

Sharon Auernheimer from Merced, Ca

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2007 by wch

 
 

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