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August 11, 2017 · Updated June 19, 2020 · 1 Comment

Easy Piñata Cupcakes

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Make your birthday superstar’s special day even more magical with a Hallmark card and these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! Thank you #HallmarkAtWalgreens for sponsoring these easy kids party ideas!

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!
Easy Piñata Cupcakes Recipe

We always make homemade desserts for birthday parties, mainly because you save so much money doing it yourself!

This year for all of our birthday parties, we made cupcakes instead of a big cake. And you know what? The cupcakes were a smash hit! Kids love having their very own personal dessert.

The best part for parents is that there’s virtually no cleanup, and you don’t need any dishes or silverware to serve cupcakes!

So what’s even better than regular cupcakes? Piñata cupcakes stuffed full of candy!!

We decorated these piñata cupcakes to match our “My Little Pony™” party theme. Look at this adorable My Little Pony™ birthday card from Hallmark that we found at Walgreens. It came with a light-up keychain that plays the My Little Pony™ theme music, so it is obviously a huge hit too!

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Usually kids open cards and kind of toss ’em to the side to get to the presents. However Hallmark has lots of new birthday cards featuring kids’ favorite Disney, Mattel, and Hasbro characters that are like presents themselves — with lights, sounds, and even detachable toys, like princess crowns!

So grab a magical Hallmark birthday card, whip up a batch of these fantastic surprise Piñata Cupcakes, and watch as your birthday star’s face lights up!

We coated our piñata cupcakes in shredded coconut to resemble the fluttering tissue paper that's used to make the real thing.

Candy-Filled Piñata Cupcakes Ingredients

  • 12 white cupcakes
  • 1 can white frosting
  • 1 bag candy (your choice)
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut
  • Gel food coloring (your choice)

How to make piñata cupcakes

Bake a dozen cupcakes and allow to cool completely. (We used a box cake mix to save time). Remove cupcakes from pan, but leave cupcakes in their paper liners.

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Carefully cut a hole in the center of the cupcake, leaving about 1/2″ of cupcake on all sides and at the bottom. Remove this cylinder-shaped piece of cake and set aside. (Don’t toss them!)

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Fill your cupcakes with candy. We used M&Ms but you could use anything small that would fit into your cupcake.

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Remember the pieces of cake you cut out of the middle? Cut those in half, keeping the top half. (You can toss the bottom half now).

Use the top piece of cupcake, your “stopper” piece, to cover the candy-filled hole. Frost the top of your cupcake.

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

We coated our piñata cupcakes in shredded coconut to resemble the fluttering tissue paper that’s used to make the real thing.

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Serve and enjoy the smiles and excitement when kids discover the surprise inside!

More of our favorite cupcake recipes:

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  • S’Mores Cookie Cupcakes
  • PEEPS Bunny Cupcakes
  • Pink Champagne Cupcakes
  • Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes
  • Easy Mermaid Cupcakes
  • Rudolph Cupcakes
  • Jack Skellington Pull Apart Cupcakes
  • Red White and Blue Swirl Cupcakes

Grab a free printable copy of this piñata cupcakes recipe here:

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!
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Easy Piñata Cupcakes

Surprise the family with these Easy Pinata Cupcakes for the next birthday or special occasion.
Prep Time15 mins
Total Time10 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: birthday, candy, cupcakes
Servings: 12
Calories: 173kcal
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom

Ingredients

  • 12 white cupcakes
  • 1 can white frosting
  • 1 bag candy your choice
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut
  • Gel food coloring your choice

Instructions

  • Bake a dozen cupcakes and allow to cool completely. (We used a box cake mix to save time). Remove cupcakes from pan, but leave cupcakes in their in paper liners.
  • Carefully cut a hole in the center of the cupcake, leaving about 1/2" of cupcake on all sides and at the bottom. Remove this cylinder-shaped piece of cake and set aside. (Don't toss them!)
  • Fill your cupcakes with candy. We used M&Ms but you could use anything small that would fit into your cupcake.
  • Remember the pieces of cake you cut out of the middle? Cut those in half, keeping the top half. (You can toss the bottom half now).
  • Use the top piece of cupcake, your "stopper" piece, to cover the candy-filled hole. Frost the top of your cupcake.
  • We coated our piñata cupcakes in shredded coconut to resemble the fluttering tissue paper that's used to make the real thing.

Notes

*Nutritional facts include M&M's for the candy inside the cupcake.

Nutrition

Calories: 173kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 53mg | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 20IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 0.7mg

Find everything you need to make these easy piñata cupcakes at Walgreens:

We already had the shredded coconut and food coloring on hand, but everything else used in this recipe is available at your local Walgreens.

We coated our piñata cupcakes in shredded coconut to resemble the fluttering tissue paper that's used to make the real thing.

You can grab your cake mix, gift wrap, and Hallmark birthday cards all in one place, so it’s super convenient when you’re planning a party!

Make your birthday superstar's special day even more magical with these fun & festive piñata cupcakes! A super easy kids party recipe they'll LOVE!

Be sure to make Walgreen’s your first stop for your birthday party shopping!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Walgreens. The opinions and text are all mine.

More of our favorite party desserts:

This recipe puts the "fun" in funfetti cheesecake! A funfetti cake-bottom crust pink swirled cheesecake that'll really get the party started!

Funfetti Cheesecake with Animal Cookie Cake Crust

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  1. DNN says

    August 11, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    This is quite tempting to eat before bed. lol

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