20 Christmas Cupcake Recipes: a kitchen method

The most fabulous and impressive Christmas cupcake recipes, with everything from snowflake cupcakes to pecan pie and sugar plum fairy cupcakes!

Make your Christmas merry and bright with these fabulous cupcakes that will turn heads and earn applause!

Christmas is around the corner and your “to-do” list is growing faster than weeds after a summer rain. I get it. Holidays are always a chaotic time. You are planning the reliable Christmas appetizers and you need all the Pinterest recipes for it to make it a memorable holiday meal.

You do not have to go all out with baking for your dessert. Keeping with the holiday festivities, you can easily make cupcakes. Cupcakes are the reliable choice for your guests since they are filled with flavor, and people can take them home after the meal. It’s a win-win situation! Kids also LOVE a fun hand held treat.

I’m not talking about the regular ol’ from a box cupcakes. I’m talking about impressive Christmas desserts that will really WOW your friends and family with plenty of sweet and festive sprinkles and decorations. Think snowman cupcakes, wreath cupcakes, reindeer cupcakes, red velvet, eggnog cupcakes, Christmas light cupcakes or hot chocolate cupcakes with marshmallows. You can even put the cupcakes together to make a cupcake wreath!

I put together this top-notch list of 20 impressive Christmas cupcake recipes for you to start with. These recipes really took my breath away and I know they will be a major treat for your holiday dinner. Some of them are more elaborate than others, and some are almost too gorgeous to eat. However after a long day of entertaining, and after all your planning, devouring a beautiful cupcake could really be the icing on the cake… cupcake that is! If you’re looking for more winter dessert inspiration, take a look at my lists of 20 Christmas Candy Recipes, 30 Christmas Cookie Recipes and 20 Candy Cane Recipes.

What is your go-to dessert for a holiday? For me, it’s classic Christmas cookies, these cupcakes or my elegant eggnog cake. Do you mind sharing it with me in the comments below? I absolutely love to read about your traditions. Have a great holiday!

20 Christmas Cupcake Recipes

These memorable treats are chocolate cupcakes topped with salty chocolate pretzel frosting, chocolate ganache and a chocolate dipped pretzel topper. Get the Recipe These straightforward Christmas tree cupcakes are made with pretzels, sprinkles and melted green chocolate. Get the Recipe These Christmas wreath cupcakes are festive holiday cupcakes with piped buttercream wreaths in three different designs. Get the Recipe These Christmas light cupcakes are made with an embellished chocolate cake mix are fun, adorable, kid-friendly and reliable for bake sales. Get the Recipe These gingerbread cupcakes are topped with cream cheese frosting and maple candied cranberries! Get the Recipe Grab the kids and whip up a batch of these Straightforward to Make Snowman Cupcakes made with sprinkles, chocolate chips and orange candies. Get the Recipe These Christmas tree cupcakes are easier than they look and are such a fun and festive dessert for holiday parties! Get the Recipe Your go-to festive drink is reborn as a tender cupcake in this straightforward recipe. These eggnog cupcakes are a true Christmas delight – both the cupcakes and the frosting are filled with eggnog flavor! Get the Recipe These delightful cupcakes feature green Grinch fur frosting on a fun green cupcake. Reliable for kids and fans of the Grinch. Get the Recipe ’Tis the season to wrap yourself up in a blanket next to the fireplace with one of these rich and fluffy hot chocolate cupcakes in hand. Get the Recipe

The reliable holiday cupcake, tender butter pecan cupcakes are topped with fluffy brown sugar cream cheese frosting and loaded with toasted pecans! Get the Recipe These North Pole cupcakes are unfussy and straightforward Christmas cupcakes that are so festive! A candy cane serves as the pole! Get the Recipe These peppermint cookie dough cupcakes are a peppermint flavored cupcake filled with a peppermint cookie dough and a vanilla swirled frosting. Get the Recipe These are supremely tender and decadent chocolate cupcakes topped with peppermint mocha frosting, a drizzle of chocolate ganache and crushed candy canes. Get the Recipe Peppermint bark flecked chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla buttercream, chocolate ganache and a sprinkling of crushed candy canes. Get the Recipe These Christmas reindeer cupcakes are tender chocolate cupcakes filled with kitchen-made hot fudge and topped with chocolate fudge frosting. Get the Recipe Here are chocolate cupcakes with vanilla cream cheese frosting made extra special with some royal icing snowflakes. Get the Recipe These are vanilla cupcakes with white chocolate ganache filling and cranberry buttercream frosting. Get the Recipe These gorgeous snow globe cupcakes are topped with edible gelatin bubbles. That’s right- you can eat both the cupcakes and the globe! Get the Recipe Fluffy almond cupcakes are filled with tasty plum preserves and topped with a tall swirl of purple buttercream. Lavender sanding sugar makes them sparkle and gives them a crunchy bite. Get the Recipe

Put some extra merry in your Christmas with these cupcakes that will impress your guests! They are as fun to look at as they are to eat!