Quick and easy reindeer cupcakes, homemade with simple ingredients, candies, pretzels. These Rudolph cupcakes are the perfect dessert for Christmas holiday parties.
Christmas just got a lot sweeter with these easy cupcakes! As most of you know, I tend to give homemade gifts like cakes, cupcakes and cookies to all my loved ones during Christmas time. Obviously, I try to make all those goodies as cute as possible. Even if you have never decorated cupcakes in your life, I bet you can make these without any problems.
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Table of contents
How to make easy reindeer cupcakes?
- Bake cupcakes- Cool completely.
- Prepare frosting- Fill a piping bag with it.
- Add reindeer decor- Swirl of frosting, pretzel halves for antlers, eye candy, red gum ball nose, and bow candy on the head.
Variations for Rudolph cupcakes/ Rudolf cupcakes
Make another type of bow- Those bow candies I used were an impulsive purchase while grocery shopping. I have never seen those before and they had a small box of them in the seasonal aisle. If you can't find them, omit them or just make a small bow out of craft paper. You can even make it out of wafer paper or make Fondant Bows. You can even arrange two heart sprinkles in a bow shape.
Try other cupcake flavors- These Best Red Velvet Cupcakes {With Cream Cheese Frosting} would be awesome! Chocolate Chip Cupcakes (With Mint Frosting) or even these Brownie Cupcakes {From Scratch} would be delicious.
Pair with other frosting flavors- Such as Caramel Frosting, Easy Chocolate Ganache {2 Ingredients}, or Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipe.
Make boy reindeers- By giving them a bow tie instead of a hair bow.
Add a mouth- Using some candy or Marshmallow Fondant (Fondant Recipe for Cakes).
Use festive cupcake liners- For even more fun and additional cute appeal.
Use another icing tip- For a different style of frosting swirl, use Tip 1M instead of 4B.
Tips and techniques for Christmas holiday cupcakes
Don't ice warm cupcakes- Let them cool completely because the icing will melt and slide right off the cupcakes.
Use large pretzels- Not the small ones because the proportions will be off and look silly.
I used big eyeball candies, but you can use the smaller regular sized ones- Use whatever is available to you or whichever you prefer.
How to package cupcakes? Check out this post on Easy Food and Cookie Packaging Ideas.
How to fill a piping bag? Place the bag inside a tall glass and fold the top of the bag over the edge of the glass. Then spoon the icing into the bag .
Storage of cupcakes
Refrigerate- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container for up to 3 days. Please note that the pretzel antlers may become a little soggy.
Freeze- Unfrosted cupcakes and frosting can be stored in sealed containers for up to 1 month. When you are ready to enjoy these cupcakes, thaw to room temperature and decorate, as per instructions below.
More easy Christmas cupcakes
- Gingerbread Cupcakes
- Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes
- Easy Poinsettia Cupcakes
- Snowman Cupcakes
- Snowflake Cupcakes (Winter Cupcakes)
Recipe
Reindeer Cupcakes (Rudolph Cupcakes)
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Ingredients
- 12 Strawberry cupcakes
- 4 cups Chocolate frosting
- 1 cup Large pretzels Knot shaped, Broken in half
- Candies Eyeball candies, Bow candies, Red gum balls
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes and allow them to cool completely.
- While cupcakes and baking and cooling, prepare frosting.
- Fill a piping bag with icing and attach Wilton's Tip # 4B.
- Pipe a tall swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake.
- Push two pretzel halves on top for reindeer antlers.
- Stick the eye candy, red gum ball nose on the front face area and bow candy on the head. Enjoy.
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
An automated tool is used to calculate the nutritional information. As such, I cannot guarantee the accuracy of the nutritional information provided for any recipe on this site.
DON'T DELETE: Follow along this video tutorial to make Rudolph reindeer cupcakes yourself.
You can also find written instructions below.
Uru
One of my favourite cupcakes I have seen for a while
Abeer Rizvi
I am so relieved to hear you say that! I thought they were cute or maybe I thought so coz my little one made them with me...hehe. But, some people have emailed me saying horrible things about how creepy these cupcakes are!