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Christmas Lights Cupcakes

Betty Crocker Kitchens
Updated Jul 24, 2023
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Need a yummy treat for the holidays that's just as fun to make as it is to eat? Add some extra twinkle to your dessert table with these easy Christmas Lights Cupcakes! Use Betty Crocker™ Cookie Icings and Writing Gels to make the strands and lights on top of these festive chocolate treats. Or why not enlist friends and family for a little decorating fun?

Christmas Lights Cupcakes

  • Prep Time 55 min
  • Total 1 hr 55 min
  • Servings 21
  • Ingredients 5
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 375°F (350°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 21 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
  • Step 
    2
    Bake 14 to 19 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • Step 
    3
    Spread frosting evenly on cupcakes. Using photo as a guide, pipe cookie icings to make light strands, and pipe writing gels to make lights. Store covered in refrigerator.

Nutrition

230 Calories
10g Total Fat
1g Protein
34g Total Carbohydrate
23g Sugars

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Use offset spatula to spread frosting in smooth layer on top of cupcakes for easy decorating.
  • tip 2
    When decorating frosted cupcakes, let cookie icing for light strands dry before adding writing gel to make lights.
  • tip 3
    Make and frost cupcakes ahead of time, then set out decors for family and friends to decorate their own cupcakes with Christmas lights!
  • tip 4
    Use Betty Crocker™ Holiday NoFade Baking Cups to make these Christmas Lights Cupcakes extra festive.
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