This Cupid Valentine’s Day Cupcake party treat is easy and fun for the kids. Perfect for a sweet snack or Valentine’s Day party treat.

Valentine’s Day cupcake idea

When my kids were little, I tried to surround them with fun holiday foods and treats for all occasions. We only have so much time with them before they venture off into the world, so creating those holiday traditions was important. We filled the house with fun Valentine’s Treats like Nutella and Chocolate Haystack Cookies , Valentine Marshmallow Pops , and Love Bug Oreo Cookies.

Ingredients You’ll Need for this Valentine’s Cupcake

Cupcakes
White frosting – you can get fancy with a star tip or pipe it out with a wide round tip
A heart lollipop
Heart Foam Sticker – or cut out heart shapes from cardstock or foam paper with glue

Equipment You Might Need

Foil Lined Cupcake Wrappers

Star Tip or Wide Round Tip

How to Make these Cupid Arrow Cupcakes

Let your cupcakes completely cool

Use a star tip or round tip to pipe the white frosting onto each cupcake

Add heart stickers to the end of the heart lollipops – facing the same way as the heart candy

Place those onto the cupcakes to represent Cupid’s arrow

Variations

Make an entirely edible arrow with mini pretzel sticks, melting chocolate for the feathers, and chocolate heart candy for the tip.

Quick tip: Frosting Cupcakes

If you use a star tip, then you can frost cupcakes by squeezing out a little bit onto the cupcake and lifting up. Or, starting at the outer edge of the cupcake and going around the cupcake, layer circles until you get to the center of the cupcake making a peak.

FAQs

FAQs about Cupcakes

Here are some ideas to try: Substitute milk for water or use a little less water than the recipe calls for, use melted butter instead of oil, add a little vanilla extract, and an extra egg.

Yes! Cupcakes are just mini cakes, so a boxed cake mix will make cupcakes, as well.

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ladybug chocolate covered strawberry — Valentine Ladybugs

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Servings

This should make one dozen cupcakes

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