These taco cupcakes are so beyond cute! Topped with little tiny tacos made from fondant , they are perfect for a fiesta, Cinco de Mayo, or Taco Tuesday!
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You will need:
3 oz. yellow fondant
Small 1 ½” circle cookie or fondant cutter
Chocolate snack cake or cookie
1 orange circus peanut candy
¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut
Green food coloring
12 frosted cupcakes
Directions for taco cupcakes:
Roll out fondant to approximately 1/8” thickness
Cut circles out of the fondant with the cookie cutter.
Bend the circle in half so it resembles a taco shell.
Crumble the chocolate snack cake or cookie and sprinkle a few crumbs inside the shell for the meat.
Cut up the orange circus peanut candy in small pieces and place a few on top of the taco meat for the cheese.
Put the coconut in a plastic zipper bag with a drop of green food coloring and shake. Sprinkle a few pieces inside the taco for the lettuce.
Place taco on top of a frosted cupcake.
Now you have the cutest taco cupcake! Super fun and easy to make everyone will taco bout them!
Taco Cupcakes
Cute fondant cupcake toppers that look like tacos! Perfect for fiestas, Cinco de Mayo or Taco Tuesday!
Ingredients
- 3 oz. yellow fondant
- Small 1 ½” circle cookie or fondant cutter
- Chocolate snack cake or cookie
- 1 orange circus peanut candy
- ¼ cup sweetened shredded coconut
- Green food coloring
- 12 frosted cupcakes
Instructions
- Roll out fondant to approximately 1/8” thickness
- Cut circles out of the fondant with the cookie cutter.
- Bend the circle in half so it resembles a taco shell.
- Crumble the chocolate snack cake or cookie and sprinkle a few crumbs inside the shell for the meat.
- Cut up the orange circus peanut candy in small pieces and place a few on top of the taco meat for the cheese.
- Put the coconut in a plastic zipper bag with a drop of green food coloring and shake. Sprinkle a few pieces inside the taco for the lettuce.
- Place taco on top of a frosted cupcake.
