These cute tree cupcakes are super fun to make! Easy pretzel trees and my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, these are the best! Add a dusting of powdered sugar for snow and you’ve got a winter wonderland for the holidays!
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For the cupcakes:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons of flour
6 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup boiling water
For the frosting:
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 Milk
3 cups powdered sugar – more if needed
pretzel sticks
1 (12 oz) bag of green candy-coating wafers
Green sugar sprinkles
1M piping top
Piping bags
Parchment paper
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First, preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with cupcake wrappers. Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Next, add milk, vanilla, oil, and eggs, and beat with mixer for 2 minutes. Then, stir in boiling water, batter will be very thin. Fill cups with batter – about 2/3 full and bake for 22 – 28 minutes. Cool completely.
Next, for the frosting, beat together softened butter and cocoa until combined completely. Add powdered sugar and milk a little at a time while beating with mixer. Add another teaspoon of milk – if needed. Mix in vanilla.
For the trees, line the pretzels on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Melt green candy coating according to package instructions.
Place melted candy coating into a disposable piping bag and cut off a small amount of the tip.
Start drizzling the melted candy on top of the pretzel sticks. Start about 1/2 way up each stick so that it resembles a tree.
Sprinkle green sugar sprinkles on top of the tree before they dry.
Frost each cupcake with a 1M piping tip and top with a pretzel tree.
Pretzel Tree Cupcakes
These pretzel tree cupcakes are so easy to make! Fun for Christmas with a little dusting of powdered sugar or for a cute Lumberjack baby shower!
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes:
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup plus 2 Tablespoons of flour
- 6 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- For the frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 3 cups powdered sugar - more if needed
- For the trees
- pretzel sticks
- 1 (12 oz) bag of green candy-coating wafers
- Green sugar sprinkles
- 1M piping tip
- Piping bags
- Parchment paper
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin pan with cupcake wrappers. Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Next, add milk, vanilla, oil, and eggs, and beat with mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water, batter will be very thin. Fill cups with batter- about 2/3 full and bake for 22 - 28 minutes. Cool completely.
- For frosting,beat together softened butter and cocoa until combined completely. Add powdered sugar and milk a little at a time while beating with mixer. Add another
teaspoon of milk - if needed. Mix in vanilla. - Line pretzels on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Melt green candy coating according to package instructions. Place melted candy coating into a disposable piping bag and cut off a smallamount of the tip.
- Start drizzling the melted candy on top of the pretzel sticks. Start about 1/2 way up each stick so that it resembles a tree. Sprinkle green sugar sprinkles on top of the tree before they dry.
- Frost each cupcake with a 1M piping tip and top with a pretzel tree.
