Easter Cupcakes {Chick Cupcakes}
Easy Easter cupcakes, homemade with simple ingredients. These chick cupcakes are decorated with buttercream icing nest, colorful sprinkles and yellow candies.
These are the cutest and easiest cupcakes ever. I mean look at those little chicks tucked in their creamy chocolate nest! These are so simple to make that you can even have your kids help decorate them. Looking for more animal themed cupcakes? Try these Bee Cupcakes, Ladybug Cupcakes, or Dinosaur Cupcakes perfect for the next birthday or themed event.
How To Make Easter Chick Cupcakes or Nest Cupcakes?
- Bake cupcakes– Cool completely.
- Frost cupcakes– With green frosting.
- Roll the sides of each cupcake– With sprinkles.
- Pipe a nest– With chocolate icing.
- Draw eyes and beaks– On yellow candy balls.
- Add 3 chicks– In the nest of each cupcake.
Variations For Easter Cupcakes
Try other frosting flavors– Such as Cream Cheese Frosting, Maraschino Cherry Frosting, Marshmallow Frosting, or White Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
Try other cupcake flavors– Such as Rainbow Cupcakes, Yellow Cupcakes, Chocolate Chip Cupcakes, Brownie Cupcakes, Oreo Cupcakes, or Lemon Cupcakes.
Add flowers– Such as Fondant Pansy Flowers, Fondant Flowers, Royal Icing Flowers, or Buttercream Flowers.
Use blue candy balls– To make baby robin chicks like in this Pinata Cake (Robin Egg Cake).
Skip the sprinkles on the side– Make the whole top of the cupcake a nest instead.
Replace frosting nest– Instead use toasted shredded coconut or even top them with Birds Nest Cookies.
Fill the cupcakes– Turn these into Pinata Cupcakes.
Try other sprinkles– Such as jimmies, or whatever else you prefer.
Tips And Techniques
Cool cupcakes completely– Because this prevents the frosting from melting and sliding right off the cupcakes when icing.
How to know cupcakes are done? Insert a toothpick in the center and if it comes out clean, they are ready.
Make a bigger batch- Just double all the ingredients and this will be perfect for a big party.
How to make faces on the chicks? Use an edible marker to draw eyes and a break on the yellow candies.
How to fill piping bag? Place the bag into a tall glass and fold edges over the glass. Fill the open bag with icing using a spoon.
Storage Of Decorated Cupcakes
Refrigerate– In a sealed container for up to 3 days.
Room temperature- Decorated cupcakes can be stored in in a covered cardboard box, as long as there are no perishable fillings for 8-10 hours.
Freeze- Unfrosted/ undecorated cupcakes and frosting can be frozen separately in sealed containers for up to 1 month and thawed overnight in the fridge. Once thawed, they can be decorated, as per instructions below.
Make ahead instructions- These cupcakes can be baked and decorated 1 day in advance.
More Easter Desserts
- Peanut Butter Eggs {4 Ingredients}
- Easy Lamb Cake {With Marshmallows}
- Strawberry Linzer Cookies {With Jam}
- Tulip Cookies
- Easy Key Lime Cake {With Cake Mix}
Easter Cupcakes (Chick Cupcakes)
Ingredients
- 24 Chocolate cherry cupcakes
- 2 cups American buttercream frosting, Colored green
- 1 cup Colorful sprinkles
- 2 cups Chocolate buttercream frosting
- 3 cups Yellow candy balls
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes and allow them to cool completely.
- Use a spatula to spread green icing on top of each cupcake.
- Roll the sides of each cupcake in a dish, filled with sprinkles.
- Fill a piping bag with chocolate icing and attach Wilton's tip # 233.
- Pipe a circular nest in the center of each cupcake.
- Draw eyes and beaks on yellow candy balls, using edible markers.
- Stick 3 chicks in the nest of each cupcake. Enjoy!
Notes
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Man they look tasty. I am definitely gonna make these next Easter in 2012. The kids are going to love this. Thank you for the inspiration!
A pretty good recipe. I am impressed with the beautiful results, congratulations. I put forward on my French blog with a link to this article.
These are so cute! This design is so creative. I am going to try these with my kids next spring!