Reindeer Cupcake Tangled in the Christmas Lights

This Reindeer cupcake is a fun version of a Rudolph cupcake for Christmas. With Reese’s nose and Sixlets candied Christmas lights, these reindeer cupcakes are the cutest and tastiest Christmas Cupcakes. They will be the hit of your Christmas party.

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Reindeer Cupcakes

I love making holiday treats. There are so many cute possibilities for Christmas party treats. From gingerbread cupcakes, to Santa cheese boards, to Ornament Brownies. These Rudolph cupcakes

You’ll notice that I used a star tip to make my reindeer fur for these Christmas reindeer cupcakes. I thought the effect looked like a furry reindeer. You can, however, just spread your frosting on. I’m sure it will look just as cute.

What You’ll Love about these Rudolph Reindeer Cupcakes

• Even though there are plenty of reindeer cupcakes for Christmas out there, these are unique. I’ve never seen one tangled in Christmas lights making these a new and fun version of the classic Rudolph cupcakes.
• They are so easy to make – The kids can help make them as a Christmas food craft.
• You can make them ahead of time and store them covered at room temperature for a few days. However, the fresher they are, the better, so ideally, serve them within a day.

Ingredients for these Reindeer Cupcakes

• Cupcakes baked, cooled, and ready to decorate – When I’m in a hurry, as I’m sure you are around the Christmas season, I like to use boxed cupcake mixes. You can use your favorite homemade cupcake recipe or use a box cake mix like I did
• Chocolate Frosting – This will be used to make reindeer fur. I think the star tip makes a nice furry reindeer affect
• Candy Eyes – You can find these at most grocery stores
• Pretzel Twists – Mini pretzel twists are used for the reindeer ears on this cupcake
• Thin Reese’s – This is used as the reindeer nose base. If you don’t want to use something with peanut butter, then you can also use a chocolate melting wafer, an Oreo cookie, or a vanilla wafer cookie
• Red M&Ms or red Sixlets are for Rudolph’s nose. You can also use brown candy for the other reindeer. After all, Rudolph isn’t the only one carrying Santa around.
• White Frosting – I used white frosting for the Christmas light wire. If you want to use green instead, that would be really cute
• Sixlets – Christmas colors or Pastel colors for Christmas lights

Optional: Brown M&Ms for brown reindeer noses

Equipment Needed

Piping bag with a star tip

Piping bag with a writing tip

How to Make Reindeer Cupcakes

• Using the piping bag with a star tip, pipe chocolate frosting onto cupcakes

• Add the thin Reese’s for the base of his nose.
• To the top of the Reese’s, use some chocolate frosting to add a red M&M or red Sixlet the nose.

• Above the Reese’s, add the two candy eyes.
• Press the pretzels into the cupcake to represent antlers above the candy eyes.

• Fill your other piping bag with the writing tip with white frosting
• Start threading it around the pretzel antlers, and press the colorful Sixlets onto the white line to represent Christmas lights.

Variation

Make Rudolph cupcakes without the lights. The reindeer cupcakes will still be the hit of the party with their cute little yummy Reese’s noses and pretzel ears.

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Serving Size

You can make about one dozen reindeer cupcakes with pretzels for antlers with this recipe

Printable for Reindeer Cupcakes with Christmas Candy Lights

~Melissa – KidFriendlyThingsToDo.Com