Serve these up with some hot chocolate for you little ones this month.
Allow them to use the candy cane stick to stir in their hot chocolate for a mint chocolate treat to go with their Candy Cane Cupcakes!
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Candy Cane Cupcake Ingredients
- Cake Mix
- Eggs
- Water
- Vegetable Oil
- Small candy canes
- Butter
- Vanilla extract
- Confectioners sugar
- Milk
- Crushed starlight mints or candy canes
How to Make Candy Cane Cupcakes
Make cupcakes according to directions.
Let cool.
In a large bowl, cream the butter and add vanilla.
Mix in the sugar one cup at a time.
Beat in the milk mixing until fluffy.
Tranfer icing to the corner of large size zipper bag, try to minimalize trapped air and close. Clip a small piece off the corner to pipe.
Ice the top of the cupcake.
Sprinkle top with crushed mints.
Stick a candy cane in the top of each.
Candy Cane Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box Cake Mix
- 3 Eggs
- 1 cup Water
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 24 small candy canes
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1/2 cup crushed starlight mints or candy canes
Instructions
- Make cupcakes according to directions.
- Let cool.
- In a large bowl, cream the butter and add vanilla.
- Mix in the sugar one cup at a time.
- Beat in the milk mixing until fluffy.
- Tranfer icing to the corner of large size zipper bag, try to minimalize trapped air and close. Clip a small piece off the corner to pipe.
- Ice the top of the cupcake.
- Sprinkle top with crushed mints.
- Stick a candy cane in the top of each.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
