St. Nick Cupcakes Recipe

St. Nick Cupcakes Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Be the first to write a review

Rate recipe

It's easy to make these holiday cupcakes with ingredients commonly found at your local grocery store. Perfect for celebrating St. Nicholas' Day, as well as Santa Claus himself! —Taste of Home Food Styling Team

[X]

Rate St. Nick Cupcakes Recipe

Click on stars to rate

Would you make this recipe again?

Write a review

[X]

St. Nick Cupcakes Recipe

Prep: 2 hours

Yield: 24 Servings

120 120

Ingredients

1 to 2 cans vanilla frosting (16 ounces each)
Cupcakes and miniature cupcakes of your choice
Red sprinkles
Ivory paste food coloring
Candy-coated sunflower kernels
Red shoestring licorice
Starburst candies
Miniature marshmallows
Corn syrup
White nonpareils

Directions

Frost a cupcake; dip the top in red sprinkles. Tint a small amount of frosting ivory. Using ivory frosting, frost a miniature cupcake for the face. Lay cupcake on its side on top of sprinkled cupcake; secure each with a toothpick. Pipe frosting onto face for hair and beard. Attach sunflower kernels for eyes and nose and a licorice piece for the mouth.
For hat, place four red Starburst candies on a small piece of waxed paper; microwave on high for 3-5 seconds or until softened. Place candies side by side, using a rolling pin, roll candies together to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut into a triangle; form into a cone shape. Press seam to seal; gently form around a small ball of plastic wrap into a hat shape.
For pom-poms, cut marshmallows in half; roll each half in corn syrup then in nonpareils. Press onto the tip of hat and around brim. Remove plastic wrap from inside hat; attach to head with frosting. Repeat. Yield: varies.

How-To: For Santa's hat, roll out softened Starburst candies to a 1/8-inch thickness and cut out a triangle. Form the triangle into a cone and gently shape the cone into a hat around a small ball of plastic wrap. See Santa's hat»

Originally published as St. Nick Cupcakes in Taste of Home's Cupcake of the Week Newsletter , p11/30/09