Do you need cupcakes for an event, party, birthday, holiday, or just for fun? Maybe your child is having a birthday party at school and wants to send something special as a gift. Or a friend is celebrating a birthday or anniversary. Your child received a perfect report card! Perhaps a family member got a new job or sold their home. Cupcakes are an easy and perfect way to celebrate! You can buy cupcake toppers, and that’s a good option, but you can also find great cupcake toppers at the grocery store.
Jelly beans are an easy option. Sometimes you can find really pretty and unusual colors in the volume section of your grocery store. Place some of these on top of your frosted cupcake. Arrange them in a circle and place several in the center. Now you have a flower! Use green jelly beans as the stem and leaves. You can also use other sweets to decorate cupcakes, such as M & Ms and melty mints.
Do you have a soccer lover in your family? Frost your cupcakes with green frosting and use chocolate covered almonds as soccer balls.
Frost the cupcakes with chocolate frosting, top them with crushed chocolate cookies to make them look like dirt, and place a gummy worm on each cupcake. This is a great idea for kids, and the crushed cookies add a different flavor and texture to your cupcake. An advantage of this method is that you don’t have to spend a lot of time frosting the cupcakes, as the crushed cookies will cover the frosting.
You can sometimes find small marzipan fruit shapes at the grocery store. Use the crushed cookie idea above and place the marzipan fruits on top of the cupcake. This is a great cupcake topper idea for someone who loves gardening.
For something fancier, try a fresh raspberry perfect on top of your frosted cupcake. How about sliced almonds arranged in a circular fashion? Use a grater and a chocolate bar to grate a chocolate drizzle on top of the cupcake. Any of these ideas will also improve the taste.
There are a variety of sprinkles, edible confetti, and candy shapes that you can use to add a festive flair to your cupcakes. Cupcake sprinkles, like jimmies and non-pareils, come in a surprising variety of colors. You can also find heart, diamond, and round shapes in edible confetti. Pre-made sugar flowers are an easy and elegant touch, perfect for birthdays, Mother’s Day, showers, and weddings. Try a colorful cupcake baking mug to add another level of decoration to cupcakes.
