ingredients:
Cupcakes:
12 vanilla or chocolate cupcakes (homemade or store-bought) 🍰
Frosting:
1 cup buttercream frosting (store-bought or homemade) 🧁
Red food coloring 🍓
White food coloring (or leave some frosting plain) 🏔
Decorations:
Mini marshmallows (for Santa's fluffy beard and pom-pom on the hat) ☁
Chocolate chips (for Santa's eyes) 🍫
Small candy pieces (for the nose and buttons) 🍬
How to Assemble:
Prepare the Cupcakes: If you're using store-bought cupcakes, skip ahead to frosting. Otherwise, bake your vanilla or chocolate cupcakes according to your recipe or box instructions and allow them to cool completely 🍰.
Frost the Cupcakes:
Start by spreading a thick layer of buttercream frosting on top of each cupcake.
Use red food coloring to tint half of the frosting red. Apply the red frosting around the outer edge of the cupcake to create the bottom of Santa's hat 🎩.
Leave the top center of the cupcake white to form the face, and use the white food coloring or plain frosting for this area 🏔.
Create Santa’s Face:
Use mini marshmallows to create Santa’s fluffy beard along the bottom edge of the white frosting 🧔.
Stick a mini marshmallow at the top of the cupcake to form the pom-pom on Santa’s hat 🎅.
Make Santa’s Eyes & Nose:
Place chocolate chips in the center of the white frosting for Santa’s eyes 👀.
Add a small candy piece (a red M&M, gumdrop, or any small round candy) for his nose 🍬.
Finishing Touches:
If you'd like, add more mini marshmallows or small candy pieces along the bottom of the cupcake for extra details (like buttons or fur trim) ❄.
✨ Serve & Enjoy! These Santa cupcakes will bring festive cheer to your dessert table, and they’re perfect for kids and adults alike! 🎅🎄🧁
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