Christmas Snowman Cupcakes
Bring holiday cheer to your dessert table with these delightful Christmas Snowman Cupcakes! Perfectly moist vanilla cupcakes are topped with a snowy layer of white frosting and transformed into adorable edible snowmen using marshmallows, pretzel stick arms, and sweet decorative touches like licorice scarves and candy noses. With an easy-to-follow recipe and simple ingredients, these festive cupcakes are a hit for holiday parties, winter celebrations, or a fun baking project with kids. Ready in under an hour, they’re as fun to make as they are to eat! Create a batch of these whimsical snowman cupcakes and spread some Christmas magic one bite at a time.
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Recipe Information
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.5 cups unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 0.75 cups milk
- 2 cups white frosting
- 12 large marshmallows
- 12 mini marshmallows
- 24 pretzel sticks
- 12 orange candy-coated chocolate pieces
- 1 tube black decorating gel
- 6 red licorice strings
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a 12-cup muffin tin with cupcake liners.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a separate bowl, cream the butter using a hand or stand mixer until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, to the butter, mixing after each addition. Then, stir in the vanilla extract.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, alternating with the milk. Mix just until combined.
Divide the batter evenly among the prepared cupcake liners, filling each about two-thirds full.
Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
Allow the cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
Frost each cupcake with a generous layer of white frosting to resemble snow.
To create the snowman: place one large marshmallow on top of a cupcake as the body. Use a dab of frosting to stick a mini marshmallow on top of the large marshmallow to create the head.
Break each pretzel stick in half and insert the pieces into the sides of the large marshmallow to form arms.
Use the black decorating gel to draw eyes, a mouth, and buttons on the marshmallows.
Attach an orange candy-coated chocolate piece to the mini marshmallow as the snowman’s nose using a small dot of frosting.
Cut the red licorice strings in half lengthwise to create scarves. Wrap a piece around the base of the snowman’s head.
Repeat for all cupcakes, and enjoy your adorable Christmas Snowman Cupcakes!
Nutrition Facts
Calories |
10314 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% Daily Value* |
|||
| Total Fat | 268.2 g | 344% | |
| Saturated Fat | 110.9 g | 554% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 46.2 g | ||
| Cholesterol | 572 mg | 191% | |
| Sodium | 14579 mg | 634% | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 1830.6 g | 666% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 40.9 g | 146% | |
| Total Sugars | 951.3 g | ||
| Protein | 116.9 g | 234% | |
| Vitamin D | 4.1 mcg | 20% | |
| Calcium | 880 mg | 68% | |
| Iron | 47.0 mg | 261% | |
| Potassium | 2356 mg | 50% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
