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Popcorn Cupcakes – Food Fun Friday

July 26, 2013 By Vicky 4 Comments

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Popcorn cupcakes are easy to make a perfect for a circus themed party or movie night.
My twins turned 5 this week and we are having a carnival themed birthday party for them this weekend. After all our work making rainbow cupcakes for their fourth birthday, I was in the mood for something a little more simple this year. I have seen “popcorn cupcakes” all over pinterest and they looked easy enough, so I enlisted one of the birthday girls to help me in the kitchen. These cupcakes are not only adorable, but they are simple enough to make that a child can help.

You will need:
  • Cupcakes
  • Frosting
  • Yellow food coloring and water
  • Small paint brush
  • Bowl
  • Mini Marshmallows

 

Use you favorite cupcake recipe and bake up a batch of cupcakes. After the cupcakes cool, add some frosting. Start twisting mini marshmallows to make your pieces of “popcorn.” This is a great fine motor activity for little hands.
 Place the twisted marshmallows on top of the frosting.
Be sure to cover the entire top of the cupcake with the marshmallows.
Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to a bowl and thin it out with some water. The more water you add the fainter the yellow color will be. You will need to experiment with this on some loose marshmallows. At first our yellow was too bright, so we kept adding drops of water until we got the perfect yellow color.

Give your child a small paint brush and the bowl with the thinned food coloring and let them paint the cupcakes!

My daughter was concentrating so hard as she worked on her masterpiece.

 

We printed out these adorable cup holders from In Place of Her Crown. How cute is that?
If you are making these ahead of time you can loosely wrap each cupcake in saran wrap and the marshmallows will stay nice and soft for a day.

 

Yummy popcorn cupcakes

 

For more birthday treats check out:

Rainbow Party Ideas
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  1. Kate Grono says

    July 27, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Wow they look great! Pinning

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  2. Mary Catherine says

    July 30, 2013 at 6:11 pm

    I've just pinned these! They look delicious — what a cool idea to decorate the marshmallows to look like popcorn!! 🙂 We're going to try these out the next time we have a movie night.

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  3. PlainVanillaMom says

    August 1, 2013 at 1:54 am

    Those are adorable! We did a carnival theme for my oldest last year. I may just have to find an excuse to make these sometime though. So cute!

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  4. Jodi Durr says

    August 1, 2013 at 11:56 pm

    Oh my goodness. This is such an adorable idea. I'm pinning it!

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Hi, I'm Vicky, founder and content creator at Mess For Less. If you are looking for play and learning activities for kids, kid friendly food, parenting tips and general family fun, you will find it at Mess For Less. I invite you to learn more about me or drop me a note. Thanks for stopping by!
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