Description
Celebrate the festive season with these charming Christmas Lights Cupcakes. Featuring a fluffy premade cupcake base topped with smooth white frosting swirled elegantly, a delicate black icing outline mimics a string of holiday lights, and colorful M&M’s are pressed on to resemble glowing bulbs, making them a fun and easy-to-make holiday treat.
Ingredients
Base
- Premade cupcakes (quantity as desired)
Frosting
- White frosting (enough to pipe swirls on cupcakes)
- Small tube of black icing (for outlining)
Decoration
- M&M’s (assorted colors, quantity as needed per cupcake)
Instructions
- Prepare the frosting: Fill a piping bag fitted with a large round tip with white frosting, ensuring it is smooth and ready to pipe.
- Pipe frosting swirls: Pipe white frosting into a neat swirl on top of each premade cupcake, starting from the outside edge and spiraling up to form a peak.
- Outline frosting with black icing: Using a small tube of black icing, carefully draw a thin line around the perimeter of the swirled frosting, moving from the tip down to the base to create the effect of a light string.
- Attach M&M’s: Press colorful M&M’s gently into the black icing line on top of each cupcake, evenly spacing them to resemble Christmas lights.
- Repeat for remaining cupcakes: Continue the process of frosting, outlining, and decorating until all cupcakes are adorned as festive Christmas lights.
Notes
- Use premade cupcakes to save time; vanilla or chocolate flavors work well.
- For a smoother piping experience, warm the frosting slightly if it’s too stiff.
- Use black icing with a fine tip for precise lines to mimic light strings.
- You can substitute M&M’s with similarly sized colorful candies, but M&M’s provide a festive look with their bright colors and shine.
- Store cupcakes in a cool place to keep frosting firm; refrigerate if necessary but bring to room temperature before serving for best texture.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 20mg
