Pipe a pretty swirl of orange, yellow, and white frosting onto your cupcakes then nestle the cupcakes in plastic wine glasses filled with candy corn. These colorful Candy Corn Cupcakes are easy to make and will dress up your Halloween dessert table.
Adding a cupcake to a candy-filled wine glass has become a popular trend and it's so easy to do. Imagine all the possibilities with a color-swirled cupcake. You can make them using your school colors, your kid's favorite colors, or holiday colors.
When I decided to make these Halloween cupcakes, I knew I wanted a big swirl of orange, yellow, and white frosting on top. To get that effect, I could have filled one big pastry bag with the three colors of frosting, but getting all three colors neatly into one bag can be tricky.
Instead, I used a Wilton Color Swirl 3-Color Coupler set which contains three interlocking coupler pieces that together form one large coupler. With this set, you fill three individual 12-inch pastry bags with the three frosting colors making that process a lot easier. Then you attach a large pastry tip and screw on the purple cap.
You can attach the three bags together using a rubber band or Wilton's Icing Bag Ties. Once the bag is ready, you just pipe a big colorful swirl onto your cupcake. You can even just pipe a big blob and it will be colorful and fun.
If you don't have this coupler, you'll need to insert three 12-inch pastry bags inside another empty 18-inch pastry bag that is fitted with a large coupler and a large open star tip.
Ingredients
cupcakes - You can use store-bought cupcakes or homemade cupcakes.
frosting - I used Wilton Decorator Icing but you can use homemade frosting. Just be sure the frosting is thick enough to hold a big swirl.
orange and yellow food coloring
candy corn
Supplies
plastic wine glasses - Be sure you get glasses that have a large enough opening to hold a cupcake.
3 12-inch pastry bags - You'll fill one with white frosting, one with yellow frosting, and one with orange frosting
1 18-inch pastry bag - You'll fit those smaller bags inside the larger pastry bag.
Wilton Color Swirl 3-Color Coupler set or a large coupler
large open-star pastry tip
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Cupcake and Cake Decorating...Shop on AmazonInstructions
Pipe a big swirl of yellow, orange, and yellow frosting onto a cupcake.
Then, set the cupcake into a plastic wine glass that is filled with candy corn.
That's it! It's so easy.
Video
You can watch the video below to see how to decorate these cupcakes.
Recipe
- 9 cups white frosting
- orange and yellow icing coloring
- 24 cupcakes
- 8 cups candy corn
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Divide the frosting into 3 bowls.
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Color one bowl of frosting orange.
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Color another bowl yellow.
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Leave the third bowl of frosting white.
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Spoon the orange into a disposable pastry bag fitted with one of the three Color Swirl 3-Color Coupler pieces.
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Repeat with the orange and white frosting.
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Fit the three interlocking coupler pieces together, add a large star pastry tip, screw on the ring.
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Tie the three bags together.
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Pipe a big swirl of frosting on top of each cupcake.
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Fill a plastic wine glass half-way with candy corn.
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Just before serving, set a cupcake on top of the candy corn in each wine glass.
Recipe Video
- Cupcakes are moist and candy corn can get sticky if wet, so don't leave the cupcakes in the candy-filled wine glasses for more than a few hours.
- Fill the wine glasses with enough candy so that the cupcake sticks out enough for you to be able to grip it to pull it out. You don't want your party guests to have to dump the wine glass to remove the cupcakes.
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Natalee Garrison
What frosting did you use
Dorothy
What size r the wine glasses
Beth
You want plastic wine glasses that are 3 inches in diameter across the opening. I bought mine at Dollar Tree.
Natalee Garrison
What frosting did you use
Beth Klosterboer
I used Wilton's Decorator Icing. It comes in tubs that you can purchase at cake decorating stores, craft stores, and discount stores (Walmart). I like the flavor, ease of use, and it is firm enough to hold a big swirl.
Liz
Where did you get the wine glasses?
Beth
I got them at the Dollar Tree.
ColleenB.~Texas
What a cute, clever idea putting cupcake in candy filled wine glass. Great item to make for any holiday or even for birthday, baby shower or anytime really.
Beth
Thanks, Colleen. These are definitely easy to make for any occasion. I hope you give them a try.