Valentine’s Day Cupcakes Filled with Sprinkles

Make these Valentine’s Day Cupcakes Filled with Sprinkles for someone you love! You’ll adore these Valentine’s Day Cupcakes because of the fun surprise in the middle. Sure, they look like ordinary adorable cupcakes, but when you cut into them, you’ll see they have been filled with colorful sprinkles. It’s like a pinata in a cupcake!

Valentine’s Day Cupcakes Filled with Sprinkles

One of the things I love about this recipe is that it uses a supermarket shortcut, namely, boxed strawberry cake mix. You don’t need to bake strawberry cupcakes from scratch when you top them with delicious strawberry buttercream frosting. Of course, if you have a favorite strawberry cupcake recipe, you are more than welcome to use that.

To make these Valentine’s Day Cupcakes Filled with Sprinkles, start by baking the strawberry cupcakes according to package directions. Remove from pan and allow cupcakes to cool completely.

Remove a small section in the center of the cupcake with a knife. Make sure to leave a small section of cake at the bottom of the cupcake. If your child is helping you with this recipe, they will love helping to eat the cupcake centers.

Fill the hole with some Valentine’s Sprinkles, being careful not to over fill. You will be covering the holes with the homemade buttercream frosting.

To make the strawberry buttercream frosting, beat the butter and strawberry preserves in a large bowl until fluffy and combined.

Next, add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, alternating with one tablespoon of milk, until the desired consistency is reached.

Add red food coloring until the desired shade of pink is reached. I prefer a darker pink, but I think a light pastel pink would be pretty too.

Top the cupcake with strawberry buttercream frosting.

I prefer to pipe on the frosting using a decorating bag and icing tip. It gives the cupcakes a professional look.

Now comes the fun part! Cut open or bite into the cupcake to reveal a fun surprise!

That’s right, yummy sprinkles inside! Kids are just tickled by these Valentine’s Day cupcakes filled with sprinkles.

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