Christmas Tree Cupcakes are a simple and easy winter themed cupcake that is a tree shaped cupcake. Give these easy Christmas cupcakes a try for a holiday dessert to serve up loved ones.

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These Christmas tree cupcakes are a treat to whip up. Christmas tree cone cupcakes are a festive and fun Christmas cupcakes that will be a hit. These Christmas cupcakes are perfect for the holiday season.

Let your kids learn how to ice cupcakes to look like Christmas trees. You can use any flavor of cupcakes or buy some pre-made ones.

These easy Christmas tree cupcakes are so much fun to make, and little kids will love helping. This is my favorite recipe with holiday sprinkles to dress up your holiday table.

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These Cupcakes Are…
Ingredients You Will Need
How to Make
Variations To Recipe
Storing Cupcakes
More Christmas Desserts
Christmas Tree Cupcakes

These Cupcakes Are…

This easy dessert is great for Christmas parties, movie nights at home, or gifting loved ones.
Make homemade cupcakes or buy store-bought to speed up the prep.
This is versatile from the flavor of cupcakes to the type of frosting. From store-bought frosting to your favorite buttercream frosting.
You can make this tree topper cupcake recipe beforehand so it is ready to serve up the day before you need them.

Ingredients You Will Need

Cupcakes—Choose any flavor, whether boxed, homemade, or bought from your favorite bakery.

Waffle Cones – I used waffle cones as they have a better shape than the sugar cones for making a tree shape.

Frosting: Homemade or store-bought works. If you buy store-bought frosting, you can color it green with food coloring.

Sprinkles—Sprinkles add a nice pop of color to your trees. You can also dust them with powdered sugar to mimic snow.

How to Make

Step One: If your ice cream cone is too large, cut off the end to cut the cone to make it smaller if you want.

I recommend using a serrated knife to cut down the ice cream cone.

Step Two: If your cupcakes are not frosted, frost them. I used white frosting to mimic snow. Add your colored frosting in a piping bag, and I used a 1M tip. I added a star and then made a circle around the star, creating a rosette.

Aim for steady and even pressure when you are working with the frosting.

Step Three: Place the ice cream cone on top of the cupcakes. Then, using green frosting, pipe stars all over the tree using a small tip.

Step Four: Decorate with sprinkles or powdered sugar and dust it into a strainer to make it look like snow.

Variations To Recipe

You can add a thin layer of frosting to cupcakes of a certain color. The frosting will ensure the ice cream cone sticks to the cupcake.
Use any technique you want for piping on your frosting on the cones. You can even spread it with a knife if you don’t want to pipe on frosting.
Another technique is to dip the ice cream cone in green chocolate and let it harden. Before it hardens, add on your sprinkles.

Storing Cupcakes

Room Temperature—As long as you use frosting that doesn’t need to be refrigerated, these cupcakes can be stored at room temperature. The Christmas tree dessert is best eaten within the first 1-2 days of being made.

Freezing: You can freeze cupcakes you don’t eat right away. It can soften the ice cream cone as it thaws from the freezer.

More Christmas Desserts

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