Description
These festive Cupcake Ornaments are a fun and colorful holiday treat, combining moist cupcakes topped with creamy frosting and decorated to look like Christmas ornaments with Reese’s miniature cups.
Ingredients
Scale
Cupcakes
- 24 cupcakes, baked in cupcake liners
- 24 Reese’s miniature cups
Frosting
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 5 tablespoons butter
- 5 tablespoons evaporated milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Red, blue, and green icing pens or food coloring
Instructions
- Make the Frosting: Combine powdered sugar, butter, evaporated milk, and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. Beat on medium speed until the frosting is smooth and fluffy. Adjust consistency by adding more powdered sugar to thicken or more evaporated milk to thin as needed.
- Divide Frosting: Place about 3/4 cup of frosting into two small bowls separately.
- Color Frosting: Add a few drops of red food coloring into one bowl and green food coloring into the other. Mix well until you achieve the desired vibrant colors.
- Frost Cupcakes: Use the remaining 1 1/2 cups of white frosting to evenly frost the tops of all 24 cupcakes.
- Prepare Piping Bags: Transfer the red and green colored frostings into separate piping bags or ziplock bags with a small hole cut in the corners for decorating.
- Decorate Ornaments: Pipe ornament designs onto the frosted cupcakes using the colored frostings to mimic Christmas ornament patterns.
- Add Cupcake Topper: Place one Reese’s miniature cup inside each cupcake liner at the center of the cupcake to complete the ornament look. Optionally, twist a paper clip into a small fish hook shape and insert it into the Reese’s for an extra decorative touch.
Notes
- If frosting is too runny, gradually add more powdered sugar to reach the right consistency.
- Use gel food coloring for brighter, more vibrant colors without thinning the frosting.
- You can substitute the Reese’s miniature cups with other small candies or edible decorations to customize the design.
- For easier piping, chill the colored frosting slightly before decorating.
- These cupcakes can be prepared a day ahead; store unfrosted cupcakes in an airtight container and frost before serving for best freshness.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 45 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 40 mg
