Flower and Ladybug Nature Cupcakes
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Nature Cupcakes get an irresistible upgrade with strawberries dipped in chocolate. These adorable ladybug-topped cupcakes are almost too cute to eat. Add raspberry ‘flowers’ to the mix for a sweet, summery, nature-themed treat that’s as fun to look at as it is to devour.
Strawberry Ladybugs and Raspberry Flowers Cupcakes
When the weather warms up, I love to make colorful nature-inspired food crafts like these fun bug-shaped cookies, love bug Oreo cookies, and Oreo Cookie Frogs.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- Pre-baked cupcakes cooled in a cute cupcake liner, like these basket-weave designed cupcake wrappers
- Green frosting
- Strawberries – small with a rounded end, that are rinsed and dried
- Dehydrated mini marshmallows – the kind you find in hot cocoa boxes
- Raspberries – rinsed
- Blueberries- rinsed
- 4 oz. of Chocolate almond bark or chocolate melts – brown or black
Equipment You’ll Need
Knife
Piping bag fitted with a grass tip
toothpicks with a flat end
Glass microwavable small bowl
Wax paper
How to Make these Nature Cupcakes
Grass Frosting
- Fit a piping bag with a grass tip and fill it with green frosting.
- Hold the bag straight above the cupcake and gently squeeze to pipe short strands of “grass.” Lift the tip slightly and repeat until the entire top of the cupcake is covered.
Making Ladybug Strawberries
- The strawberries should be rinsed and thoroughly dried. Use a paper towel to pat the wet berries and dry them.
- Slice the stems off the strawberries
- Use a knife to cut a V shape out of the sliced end
- Melt the chocolate in a small bowl. Use your preferred method or pop the chocolate into a microwave and heat for one minute, stir, and if necessary, microwave for 30 more seconds
- Set wax paper out on the work surface
- Dip the pointed end of each strawberry into the melted chocolate, then place it flat-side down on wax paper to set and dry.
- Immediately, while the chocolate is still melted, place your marshmallows into the chocolate for the eyes.
- Let dry – It will only take a few minutes.
- Dip the flat end of a toothpick into the chocolate to add pupils and spots to the ladybug.
Flowers
- Arrange Raspberry flowers with 5 Raspberries per flower, and a blueberry in the center
Variations
White Chocolate – Make red and white ladybugs with white chocolate
Black Chocolate – Use black chocolate melts to make red and black ladybugs
Nutella Ladybugs – Dip strawberries into Nutella, and then decorate with spots
Mixed Berry Flowers – Use a mixture of blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries to make different types of flowers
What to Serve With
FAQs
FAQ’s
What Kind of Chocolate Can I Use for Dipping Strawberries?
I like to use Almond Bark or Melting Wafers for food crafts with melted chocolate.
Do I Have to Use a Grass Tip?
If you don’t have a grass tip, try a star tip, leaf tip, or just spread the green frosting.
What Can I Use Instead of Raspberries for the Flowers?
Sliced strawberries, mandarin oranges, kiwi, mango, or blackberries would all work great.
Storing
Since these cupcakes contain fresh fruit, they are best enjoyed on the same day they are made.
If you need to store cupcakes in an airtight container in a cool place.
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Serving Amount
Makes about 18 cupcakes
Flower and Ladybug Nature Cupcakes
Equipment
- wax paper
- piping bag fitted with a grass tip
- knife
- toothpick with flat end
- small glass microwavable proof bowl
Ingredients
- 18 Pre-baked cupcakes cooled in a cute cupcake liner, like these basket-weave designed cupcake wrappers
- 16 oz. Green frosting
- Strawberries – small with a rounded end, that are rinsed and dried
- Dehydrated mini marshmallows
- Raspberries – rinsed
- Blueberries – rinsed
- 4 oz. Chocolate almond bark
Instructions
Grass Frosting
- Fit a piping bag with a grass tip and fill it with green frosting.
- Hold the bag straight above the cupcake and gently squeeze to pipe short strands of “grass.” Lift the tip slightly and repeat until the entire top of the cupcake is covered.
Ladybug Strawberries
- The strawberries should be rinsed and thoroughly dried. Use a paper towel to pat the wet berries and dry them.
- Slice the stems off the strawberries
- Use a knife to cut a V shape out of the sliced end
- Melt the chocolate in a small bowl.
- Use your preferred method or pop the chocolate into a microwave and heat for one minute, stir, and if necessary, microwave for 30 more seconds
- Set wax paper out on the work surface
- Dip the pointed end of each strawberry into the melted chocolate, then place it flat-side down on wax paper to set and dry.
- Immediately, while the chocolate is still melted, place your marshmallows into the chocolate for the eyes.
- Let dry – It will only take a few minutes.
- Dip the flat end of a toothpick into the chocolate to add pupils and spots to the ladybug.
Flowers
- Arrange Raspberry flowers with 5 Raspberries per flower, and a blueberry in the center
Notes
Nutrition
~ Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo
