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BARNYARD CUPCAKES

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Last updated on January 26th, 2026 at 03:31 pm

Party until the cows come home with these cute and easy barnyard cupcakes! Perfect for any occasion, especially fun for a Farm themed party! Super adorable and so simple to create, kids will love to decorate the pig, cow, horse & chicken cupcakes!

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You will need:

  • Vanilla cupcakes
  • White frosting
  • Pink frosting
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Black gel icing
  • Necco wafer candy
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Wilton black sugar pearl sprinkles
  • Pink sugar wafer cookies
  • Mini Nilla wafer cookies
  • Sliced almonds
  • M&M’s
  • Wilton jumbo heart sprinkles
  • Black edible food marker

PIG CUPCAKES:

  1. Frost the cupcake with pink frosting.
  2. Make 2 dots on a pink Necco wafer candy with the black edible food marker for the snout.
  3. Place the Necco wafer in the middle of the cupcake.
  4. Cut 2 triangles out of the pink wafer cookie for the ears.
  5. Place the cookie ears on top of the cupcake.
  6. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.

COW CUPCAKES:

  1. Frost cupcake with white frosting.
  2. Cut a mini marshmallow in half diagonally for the ears.
  3. Place the marshmallow halves on top of the cupcake.
  4. Make 2 dots on a pink Necco wafer candy with the black edible food marker.
  5. Place the Necco wafer in the middle of the cupcake.
  6. Using the black gel icing, pipe spots on the sides and top of the cupcake.
  7. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.

HORSE CUPCAKES:

  1. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.
  2. Draw 2 dots with the black edible food marker on a mini Nilla Wafer.
  3. Place the cookie on top of the cupcake for the nose.
  4. Put 2 almond slices on the top of the cupcake for the ears.
  5. Using the black gel icing, pipe on the mane between the ears.
  6. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.

CHICKEN CUPCAKE:

  1. Frost cupcake with white frosting.
  2. Place 3 jumbo heart sprinkles on top of the cupcake.
  3. Put an orange M&M horizontally in the middle of the cupcake for the beak.
  4. Place 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.

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BARNYARD CUPCAKES
Author: Party Pinching
Ingredients
  • You will need:
  • Vanilla cupcakes
  • White frosting
  • Pink frosting
  • Chocolate frosting
  • Black gel icing
  • Necco wafer candy
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Wilton black sugar pearl sprinkles
  • Pink sugar wafer cookies
  • Mini Nilla wafer cookies
  • Sliced almonds
  • M&M’s
  • Wilton jumbo heart sprinkles
  • Black edible food marker
Instructions
  1. PIG CUPCAKES:
  2. Frost the cupcake with pink frosting.
  3. Make 2 dots on a pink Necco wafer candy with the black edible food marker for the snout.
  4. Place the Necco wafer in the middle of the cupcake.
  5. Cut 2 triangles out of the pink wafer cookie for the ears.
  6. Place the cookie ears on top of the cupcake.
  7. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.
  8. COW CUPCAKES:
  9. Frost cupcake with white frosting.
  10. Cut a mini marshmallow in half diagonally for the ears.
  11. Place the marshmallow halves on top of the cupcake.
  12. Make 2 dots on a pink Necco wafer candy with the black edible food marker.
  13. Place the Necco wafer in the middle of the cupcake.
  14. Using the black gel icing, pipe spots on the sides and top of the cupcake.
  15. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.
  16. HORSE CUPCAKES:
  17. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.
  18. Draw 2 dots with the black edible food marker on a mini Nilla Wafer.
  19. Place the cookie on top of the cupcake for the nose.
  20. Put 2 almond slices on the top of the cupcake for the ears.
  21. Using the black gel icing, pipe on the mane between the ears.
  22. Put 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.
  23. CHICKEN CUPCAKE:
  24. Frost cupcake with white frosting.
  25. Place 3 jumbo heart sprinkles on top of the cupcake.
  26. Put an orange M&M horizontally in the middle of the cupcake for the beak.
  27. Place 2 black sugar pearl sprinkles on the cupcake for the eyes.