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Sweeten up the season with Christmas cupcakes

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Six ways to decorate cupcakes to bring a little cheer into your home

There’s nothing quite like making some special goodies to enjoy over the holiday season. Cupcakes present an easy avenue to get crafty with your decorating — all you need are some little items to place on top and voilà, you’ve got yourself a super cute, festive treat! Here are six different ways to decorate a cupcake for the holidays. Check out the list beside each photo for the toppings you’ll need to recreate that specific idea. The “Toppings list” box at the very bottom contains every ingredient you would need to recreate them all. Enjoy!

 

Reindeer

  • 1 regular sized marshmallow (cut to make flat “half moons”)
  • 1 small flat biscuit – light brown in colour
  • 1 red peanut M&M
  • 2 brown mini M&Ms
  • 2 small twist pretzels
  • Brown icing

 

Santa Hat

  • 1 big strawberry
  • White icing
  • Icing sugar

 

 

 

Ornaments

  • Tiny (clean) Christmas ornaments
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Sprinkles
  • White icing

 

 

Mistletoe

  • 3 red peanut M&Ms
  • Green and white icing
  • Icing sugar

 

 

 

Snowman

  • 2 regular sized marshmallows
  • A tip of a strawberry
  • 2 pretzel sticks
  • 2 mini M&Ms
  • White, orange, and silver or black icing

 

 

Christmas Lights

  • Mini M&Ms
  • White and silver or black icing

 

 

 

Toppings list

  • Regular sized marshmallows
  • Strawberries
  • Pretzel sticks
  • Small pretzel twists
  • Mini M&Ms
  • Peanut M&Ms
  • White and brown icing to cover tops of cupcakes
  • Orange, green and silver or black detail icing
  • Icing sugar
  • Tiny (clean) Christmas ornaments
  • Sprinkles
  • Small round flat biscuits – light brown in colour

 

All photos courtesy of Nicolas Buck/The Ontarion.
A version of this article appeared in print in The Ontarion issue 189.4 on Nov. 26, 2020.

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