Rudolph Cupcakes
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These Easy Rudolph cupcakes are the cutest chocolate cupcakes decorated to resemble Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
These festive cupcakes look great on any holiday table because of the cute little reindeer faces. No one has to know that they are so easy to make.
This Rudolph Cupcakes recipe is one of our easy Christmas Dessert recipes you will want to bookmark for later.
Why You Will Love this Recipe
Easy Recipe. These easy chocolate cupcakes incredibly simple to make. With a box cake mix and just a few simple ingredients, just follow the simple steps, you’ll have a delicious dessert in no time.
Delicious. Chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream are always a family favorite. These Rudolph reindeer cupcakes also make nice gifts for friends and neighbors.
Festive and Fun. These cute reindeer cupcakes are a fun holiday treat! With their little pretzel antlers, red button noses, and candy eyes, these Rudolph cupcakes are perfect for a Christmas party or holiday gathering.
Ingredients for Festive Reindeer Cupcakes
- baked chocolate cupcakes – from a cake mix or from your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe.
- chocolate frosting – I like this chocolate buttercream recipe.
- red cinnamon candies or red m&m candies
- mini pretzels
- candy eyeballs
See recipe card for quantities.
Equipment
- large bowl
- rubber spatula or butter knife
- cupcake pan
Instructions
Step 1 – Frost cupcakes after cupcakes have cooled.
Step 2 – Add two mini pretzel antlers to each cupcake. Place towards the top of each cupcake.
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Step 3 – Add two candy eyes to each cupcake.
Step 4 – Add a red nose to each cupcake.
After adding the red candy noses to the top of the cupcake, you will have the cutest Christmas cupcake ever!
Substitutions
- red noses can be made with red smarties or red hots.
- reindeer antlers can also be made by piping melted chocolate on wax paper or parchment paper and cooled until set.
- pretzel twists or broken larger pretzels can be used if you cannot find the small pretzels.
Top tips
- Let warm cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
- You can change up the flavor of the cupcake to chocolate chip, vanilla, yellow or banana.
- Fill your cupcake liners only two-thirds full to prevent them from overflowing in the oven
- Bake the cupcakes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container.
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Rudolph Cupcakes
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- 24 cupcake liners
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix plus required ingredients like eggs, oil, and water as per the package instructions
- 1 cup chocolate frosting store-bought or homemade
- 48 small pretzels
- 24 red candies for reindeer noses
- 48 candy eyes
Instructions
- Preheat your oven according to the instructions on the cake mix box. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners.
- Prepare the cake batter following the instructions on the box. Typically, you’ll need to mix the cake mix with eggs, oil, and water until well combined.
- Fill the cupcake liners about two-thirds full with the cake batter. Bake the cupcakes in the preheated oven as per the package instructions. Use a toothpick to check if they’re done – it should come out clean when inserted into the center of a cupcake. Once baked, let the cupcakes cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once the cupcakes are completely cooled, frost the tops with chocolate frosting, creating a smooth surface.
- While the frosting is still soft, gently press two pretzel antlers into the top sides of each cupcake.
- Place two candy eyes and a red candy for the nose below the antlers on the top of each cupcake.
- Allow the decorated cupcakes to set for a little while, so the decorations stay in place.
Notes
- Let warm cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
- You can change up the flavor of the cupcake to chocolate chip, vanilla, yellow or banana.
- Fill your cupcake liners only two-thirds full to prevent them from overflowing in the oven
- Bake the cupcakes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container.
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