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    Easy Santa Hat Cupcakes

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    These quick and easy Santa Hat Cupcakes are the perfect holiday dessert for your Christmas Party.  With only a handful of ingredients, you can spread the Holiday cheer this season with these super cute Santa Cupcakes.
    Santa Hat Cupcakes are the perfect easy holiday dessert recipe

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    Finding Easy Holiday Recipes

    This is the time of year when I am always looking for Holiday desserts to make.  Whether it is a big family dinner, a neighborhood party or a pitch in at work, having some easy dessert recipes up my sleeve definitely helps this time of year! We’ve put some really great Christmas Desserts up on this site. From Holiday Puppy Chow Mix to Christmas Tree Sugar Cookies, we’ve got you covered for all your sugar infused Yuletide Joy!
    If your looking for a truly decadent Christmas Dessert, we’ve got you covered as well. My son LOVES anything chocolate, so we had to make sure we represented on here. We started with these Chocolate and Peppermint Cookies and they have been a big hit during the holiday season! Or these Chocolate Bourbon Balls (my son isn’t QUITE old enough for these yet! But my husband loves them.). We thought we’d keep the chocolate flowing with these Easy Santa Hat Cupcakes!
    Holiday Cupcakes look just like Santa's Hat

    Santa Hat Cupcakes

    These Santa Hat Cupcakes are so easy to make and they look incredibly cute.

    Like a lot of recipes on this page, we like to keep things as simple possible.  This means that we can use a Red Velvet Cake Mix to start out with. The true genius of these holiday cupcakes is in the decoration.  With just a couple tubes of white and red icing, you will see your Santa Hat cupcakes start to take shape. They are a very kid-friendly recipe that you can make with them on those lazy holidays without school or (God forbid!) a snow day!

    It is super simple after you follow the directions on the box of the Red Velvet Cake Mix you can start to make Santa’s Hat.

    How To Decorate Your Santa Hat Cupcakes

    The first key is to make sure your icing is red enough.  You’ll want to make sure to add enough red food coloring to really get that deep, rich red that we associate with our favorite jolly old elf.  I actually add 1/4 cup of cocoa powder to my red icing to darken it up a bit.

    It also helps to use a piping kit and icing bag to apply the frosting.  And, as always, make sure to let the cupcakes completely cool before adding the icing.

    Make sure the cupcakes are completely cool before adding icing to this Santa Hat Cupcakes Recipe

    Next, add a ring of white icing around the edge of the cupcake.

    Here is the edge of his hat on these Santa Cupcakes

    Fill in the center of each cupcake, working your way up, with red icing. You should see your Santa hat take form now.

    Lots of yummy red frosting on these easy Holiday Desserts

    Now, all you have to do is add a mini marshmallow to the top of the hat!
    Easy Santa Hat Cupcakes Recipe topped with a mini marshmallow
    Enjoy!
    Santa Cupcakes Recipe

    Notes and Variations

    • Make these cupcakes ahead of time. Allow them to cool completely and wrap in aluminum foil and put in a freezer bag. Do this BEFORE you decorate them. Then you can just thaw them out and decorate as needed!
    • Don’t have red food coloring or want to make these with a little less sugar? You can use a Strawberry instead of the red icing and the marshmallow. Just make the white ring of icing a little thicker and put the Strawberry on top of it. Top with a small dot of white icing for the “ball” on Santa’s hat.
    • Add some extra holiday cheese with some fun Santa Cupcake Liners!
    Santa Hat Cupcakes are the perfect easy holiday dessert recipe
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    Easy Santa Hat Cupcakes

    These quick and easy Santa Hat Cupcakes are the perfect holiday dessert for your Christmas Party.  Spread the Holiday cheer this season with these super cute Santa Cupcakes.
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Holiday
    Keyword holiday dessert, Santa cupcakes
    Prep Time 10 minutes
    Cook Time 21 minutes
    Total Time 31 minutes
    Servings 24 cupcakes
    Author BubbaPie Guest Baker

    Ingredients

    • Red Velvet Cake Mix and ingredients box calls for
    • 2 tubs of White Icing
    • Red Food Coloring
    • 1/4 a cup of Cocoa Powder
    • Mini Marshmallows
    • Cupcake Liners color of your choice
    • Icing Pipping Kit found in the baking section optional

    Instructions

    1. Start by preparing your red velvet cake batter according to box instructions.
    2. Fill cupcake liners 1/2 of the way full and bake according to box instructions.
    3. While baking prepare your red icing.
    4. Place 1 tub of white icing in a large mixing bowl. Add about 10 drops of red food coloring (it takes quite a bit.) Mix until well blended with a hand mixer.
    5. At this time your icing is probably closer to pink. Add in 1/4 a cup of cocoa powder to darken it up, and mix well.
    6. Add in ten more drops of food coloring and mix until well blended. Repeat this process until you have achieved the color red you desire.
    7. I chose to use a pipping kit for my icing. At this time I filled one icing bag with white icing, and one with red icing.
    8. Let cupcakes cool completely after baking.
    9. Start by icing just the outer edge of each cupcake with white icing.
    10. Fill in the center of each cupcake, working your way up, with red icing.
    11. You should see your Santa hat take form now. Top each hat off with a mini marshmallow.
    12. Serve and enjoy!

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