Moana Cupcakes
These Moana cupcakes, topped with cute pretzel palm trees and candy flowers, are the perfect treat for your Moana party or movie night.
Servings 24
Calories 258kcal
Equipment
- Plastic wrap
- parchment paper
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces yellow cake mix plus ingredients listed on box, usually eggs, water and oil
- 1/2 cup Light Cocoa candy melts
- 24 pretzel sticks
- 1 cup dark green candy melts
- dark green sanding sugar
- 16 ounces white frosting
- 16 ounces blue frosting
- 1 sleeve graham crackers crushed
- 48 Candy flowers
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes according to the box instructions and let them cool completely before decorating.15.25 ounces yellow cake mix
- Melt cocoa candy melts in the microwave for one minute, stirring after each 15 second interval. Continue until they're melted and smooth, then dip pretzels 3/4 of the way into the chocolate one by one. Allow them to dry slightly before placing them on parchment paper. Pour leftover chocolate into a piping bag and cut off a small tip.1/2 cup Light Cocoa candy melts, 24 pretzel sticks
- Holding the pretzel, drizzle chocolate over it in a back and forth motion. Lay them on parchment paper and allow them to set completely.
- For the palm leaves, melt down your dark green candy melts the same way and add to a piping bag. Lay out a piece of parchment paper and pipe palm trees leaves on top, creating 3 leaves on each side. Sprinkle immediately with sanding sugar and let harden completely.1 cup dark green candy melts, dark green sanding sugar
- Lay a piece of plastic wrap on your work surface. Pipe a line of blue frosting and white frosting on top of the plastic wrap, then roll it up.16 ounces white frosting
- Cut one end off the wrap. Then, drop the open end down into a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip.
- Starting in the center and working your way out, pipe frosting on top of each cupcake.
- Remove your palm tree leaves from the parchment paper and dab some chocolate on the back. Stick to the top of your pretzel "tree trunk" and hold until set.
- Sprinkle half the cupcake with crushed graham crackers. Lay the edible flowers on top of your graham cracker sand, then add a palm tree..
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Don't have graham crackers? You could also use crushed Nilla Wafers or Golden Oreos for the sand.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 258kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Sodium: 214mg | Potassium: 23mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 35g | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 0.5mg