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Candle Cupcakes

Adorable cupcakes decorated to look like Hanukkah candles — fun to make and even more fun to eat!

1 hr Easy 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 box vanilla cake mix (plus ingredients on box)
  • 2 cups white buttercream frosting
  • Blue and white food coloring
  • 24 pretzel sticks (for candle stems)
  • Yellow and orange candy melts or icing (for flames)
  • Blue and silver sprinkles

Instructions

  1. 1Bake cupcakes according to package directions. Cool completely.
  2. 2Divide frosting into portions. Color some blue, leave some white.
  3. 3Frost cupcakes with alternating blue and white frosting.
  4. 4Insert a pretzel stick upright in the center of each cupcake.
  5. 5Pipe or place a small flame shape of yellow/orange icing at the top of each pretzel.
  6. 6Decorate with blue and silver sprinkles around the base.

HanuKat Tip: Make these with the kids — they'll love decorating their own Hanukkah candle cupcake!