Do you want to surprise and amaze your holiday guests at the same time? These Elf Hat Cupcakes are so much fun to put together. Plus, they are festive! They are made with ice cream cones and candy melts!
When you are choosing festive recipes to make for the holiday season, it can be hard to pick what to make. These Elf Hat Cupcakes are an easy recipe to bake because they don’t require many ingredients and they are just super creative for kids to make and eat.
Without a doubt, these cupcakes are going to be the talk of the party! Cheery, enjoyable, and magical describe these cupcakes!
Elf Cupcakes
The holiday season is here and that means it’s time to get baking. If you’re looking for a sweet treat, try these elf cupcakes! They are easy enough for even the most novice of bakers and they look adorable on the table. So what are you waiting for? Get in the kitchen and start baking!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Easy To Make: No special baking skills are needed to make these simple and easy cupcakes.
Quick: The cupcakes use a box mix or even store-bought cupcakes to have you save time.
Fun for All Ages: This recipe is fun to make with children as well as adults. The kids will love decorating them, especially if they’re allowed to eat the results!
Perfect for Entertaining: These cupcakes will be a big hit with everyone. They’re not only festive, but they taste great too.
Ingredients
You only need a few ingredients to help you make these festive and fun Christmas Cupcakes.
- ice cream cones
- green candy melts
- white candy melts or white almond bark
- coconut oil or vegetable shortening
- marshmallows
- frosted cupcakes homemade from your favorite recipe or store-bought
See the recipe card below for quantities.
Instructions
Are you to make fun cupcakes to help you celebrate the holiday season? Follow the steps below you will have delicious and tasty cupcakes.
Prepare a baking sheet with waxed paper. In a microwave safe bowl, place the green candy melts. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Continuing heating in 30-second increments, stirring well after each. If the candy melts overheat or is not smooth enough to pour, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening and stir well.
With your hand inside the ice cream cone, spoon the green over the cone. Tap gently to allow the excess to drip back into the bowl. Apply the marshmallow to the top while they green candy melts are still wet.
In a microwave safe bowl, place the white candy melts. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Continuing heating in 30-second increments, stirring well after each. If the candy melts overheat or is not smooth enough to pour, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening and stir well.
Holding the cone, spoon the white around the rim of the ice cream cone. Tap gently to allow the excess to drip back into the bowl. Allow to dry completely.
Place on the prepared baking sheet to dry. When ready, place one elf hat on each cupcake.
Substitutions
Don’t have everything you need on hand to make this Christams Cupcakes recipe? Here are some of my favorite ideas:
- Ice cream cones – if you find that you don’t have regular cones on hand, you can always use waffle cones!
- Fondant – when you don’t have candy melts on hand and you would rather use fondant, go for it!
- Other flavor options – the great thing about this recipe is that you can use whatever flavor cupcake you’d like. No one will see the inside of the cupcake from the outside! Vanilla? Strawberry? Go for it!
Keep these substitution ideas in mind when you go to make these elf cupcakes and you are missing something. There is always a way around a missing ingredient!
Variations
Do you want to change up this Christmas Cupcakes Ideas recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Switch up the design – when you are done making these elf hat cupcakes, you can add whatever design to the outside that you’d like!
- Top of the cone variations– ideally, you can use whatever topping you’d like at the top of the elf hats. Use a star or whatever edible cupcake topper you have on hand. Be creative!
- Kid-friendly – truth be told, kids can have a LOT of fun decorating these hats. Let the kids go to work painting with edible paint, adding glitter, or whatever else they’d like to do with the elf hats. Let them have fun.
- Add candy inside of the cone – surprise the kids in your life by adding fun holiday-themed candy inside the cone before placing it on the cupcake. Now that is a fun surprise!
Want to have more holiday fun with the kids? Check out this Grinch Popcorn recipe.
Equipment
- baking sheet
- wax or parchment paper
- two microwave-safe bowls
Storage
Once you make these cupcakes, you will need to store them in an airtight container. They are best stored at room temperature.
These cupcakes can be frozen, but without the ice cream cone on top. Make the cupcakes, freeze them, and then add the ice cream cone later.
Tips
- If you are traveling somewhere with these cupcakes, you can assemble them when you get there.
- Save time by using store-bought frosted cupcakes.
- You can use different colored candy melts to change up your elf hat color.
- Make sure to apply the marshmallows while the candy melts are still wet.
FAQ
Do you have questions about these Elf Hat Cupcakes? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
I like to make one batch at a time, but you can make a double batch. Just double each ingredient in the recipe by 2!
Keep in mind that this could change but at the moment chocolate and vanilla are the most famous cupcake flavors.
To enjoy this cupcake, you can take off the cone and eat the cupcake first or dive into eating the cone first, your choice.
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Elf Hat Cupcakes
Equipment
- Baking Sheet
- wax or parchment paper
- two microwave-safe bowls
Ingredients
- 12 ice cream cones
- 1 bag green candy melts
- 1 bag white candy melts or white almond bark
- 2 to 4 teaspoons coconut oil or vegetable shortening
- 12 marshmallows
- 12 frosted cupcakes homemade from your favorite recipe or store-bought
Instructions
- Prepare a baking sheet with waxed paper.
- In a microwave safe bowl, place the green candy melts. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Continuing heating in 30-second increments, stirring well after each. If the candy melts overheat or is not smooth enough to pour, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening and stir well.
- With your hand inside the ice cream cone, spoon the green over the cone. Tap gently to allow the excess to drip back into the bowl.
- While the green candy melts are still wet, top the cone with a marshmallow.
- In a microwave safe bowl, place the white candy melts. Heat in the microwave for 30 seconds and stir. Continuing heating in 30-second increments, stirring well after each. If the candy melts overheat or is not smooth enough to pour, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of coconut oil or vegetable shortening and stir well.
- Holding the cone, spoon the white around the rim of the ice cream cone. Tap gently to allow the excess to drip back into the bowl. Allow to dry completely.
- Place on the prepared baking sheet to dry. When ready, place one elf hat on each cupcake.
Notes
Save time by using store-bought frosted cupcakes.
You can use different colored candy melts to change up your elf hat color.
Make sure to apply the marshmallows while the candy melts are still wet.
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