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shaggy cupcakes

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Shaggy Cupcakes

safety
  • None
difficulty
  • Beginner
time
  • 45 minutes
yield
  • 12 cupcakes

Prepare Ingredients

2 cups
vanilla frosting or chocolate frosting

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12
cupcakes, baked and cooled

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1 cup
sprinkles, shredded coconut, nuts, candy, or cookies

If you’re feeling up to the challenge, you can even make your own sprinkles using our recipe!

Gather Equipment

1-tablespoon measuring spoon
Small icing spatula
Large zipper-lock bag (optional)
Rolling pin (optional)

You’ll need a rolling pin and a large zipper-lock bag if you’re using candy, nuts, or cookies that need to be crushed into smaller pieces before topping your cupcakes.

Small bowl
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2 cups
vanilla frosting or chocolate frosting
12
cupcakes, baked and cooled

Mound 2 tablespoons frosting in center of cupcake. Use small icing spatula to spread frosting to edge of cupcake, leaving slight mound of frosting in center. Keep frosting off paper liners.

 
2
 
1 cup
sprinkles, shredded coconut, nuts, candy, or cookies

If using nuts, candy, or cookies, place them in zipper-lock bag and seal bag. Use rolling pin to gently crush them into small pieces.

 
3
 

Transfer sprinkles, shredded coconut, crushed nuts, candy, or cookies to small bowl. Hold bottom of frosted cupcake with 1 hand and turn cupcake upside down into bowl. Press cupcake into topping and gently rotate it to make sure frosting is evenly coated. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.

 
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