Pull-Apart Cupcake Wreath

Wow your holiday party guests with this Pull-Apart Cupcake Wreath – this festive dessert looks like a Christmas wreath, but it is actually made of cupcakes! 

Christmas wreath made of cupcakes arranged in a circle with green frosting and a candy bow.

Christmas Wreath Pull-Apart Cupcake Cake

If you’re looking for a holiday party treat that can feed a crowd and will look beautiful on the dessert table, this cupcake wreath is absolutely perfect!

Despite looking like a fancy centerpiece, this is actually a very easy recipe to prepare. All you do is arrange cupcakes in the shape of a wreath and coat them with green frosting. Then you can decorate your edible wreath with sprinkles and a candy bow. It’s so festive and will look like you spent all day in the kitchen…but you can make this in about an hour!

This is a Christmas dessert that both the kids and grown-ups are going to love!

green cupcake with green frosting, with a bite taken.

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Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 box white cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • Green food coloring (optional)

Frosting Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream or milk
  • Green food coloring

Decorations

Helpful Kitchen Equipment

top-down view of a pull-apart cupcake wreath.

Instructions

To Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F and line two muffin pans with cupcake liners.

  1. Prepare the cupcake batter according directions on the box.
  2. Stir green food coloring into the batter until it is a bright green color.
  3. Pour batter into prepared pan, filling the cups no more than 2/3 of the way full.
  4. Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely.

Frosting Directions

  1. Add softened butter to the bowl of a stand mixer or large bowl with an electric hand mixer and cream until smooth.
  2. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix until well incorporated.
  3. Add a splash of milk or heavy cream as needed until you have a smooth frosting that can hold a peak.
  4. Add a few drops of green food coloring and mix until the frosting is bright green.

4-step photo collage showing making green cupcakes and arranging them in a circle like a holiday wreath.

To Decorate

  1. Scoop the frosting into a piping bag with a star tip.
  2. Arrange the cupcakes in a wreath shape – to do so, we made an outer circle and an inner circle. The outer circle should have 15 cupcakes, and the inner circle will have 9 cupcakes.
  3. Pipe icing onto the cupcakes in a criss-cross fashion to give the appearance of a wreath texture. It doesn’t have to look perfectly symmetrical, as pine boughs in nature wouldn’t be exactly the same, so don’t stress too much about it!
  4. Top with holiday sprinkles and a bow made with Twizzlers candy.

4 step photo collage showing how to make a candy bow with red Twizzlers.

Prep Tips

  • Frosting – We made one big batch of icing because if you make multiple batches, it can be tricky to get the color to match up just right. I recommend starting slow with the frosting, taking care to make sure that you will have enough to cover all the cupcakes with one batch.
  • Cupcake Placement – If your cupcakes start to shift on the serving platter, you can add a small amount of icing to the bottom of each cupcake, like “glue” to hold them in place.
  • Red Bow – We use large Twizzlers to form our wreath’s bow, however, you could also make a fondant bow with red fondant, or arrange red candies or berries in the shape of a bow. There are a lot of ways to get creative with what you might already have on hand at home.
  • Green Coloring – We used a bright green color for our frosting. However, you could alternatively use a darker, forest green color for a different look. Both would be beautiful!

pulling a single cupcake out of a frosted cupcake wreath.

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Pull-Apart Cupcake Wreath

Wow your holiday party guests with this Pull-Apart Cupcake Wreath - this festive dessert looks like a Christmas wreath, but it is actually made of cupcakes! 
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Decorating Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Holiday, Kids
Keyword: Cupcake, cupcakes, pull-apart, Pull-Apart Cupcake Wreath
Servings: 24 Cupcakes
Calories: 80kcal
Author: Stacey aka the Soccer Mom

Equipment

  • (2) 12-count cupcake tins
  • 24 cupcake liners
  • Mixing bowl
  • measuring cups and spoons
  • 16-inch piping bag, with a 1M tip

Ingredients

Frosting

Decorations

  • Twizzler candy
  • Christmas sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F and line two muffin pans with cupcake liners.
  • Prepare the cupcake batter according directions on the box.
  • Stir green food coloring into the batter until it is a bright green color.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan, filling the cups no more than 2/3 of the way full.
  • Bake at 350 for 15-18 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow cupcakes to cool completely.

Frosting Directions

  • Add softened butter to the bowl of a stand mixer or large bowl with an electric hand mixer and cream until smooth.
  • Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time and mix until well incorporated.
  • Add a splash of milk or heavy cream as needed until you have a smooth frosting that can hold a peak.
  • Add green food coloring and mix until the frosting is bright green.

To Decorate

  • Scoop the frosting into a piping bag with a star tip.
  • Arrange the cupcakes in a large circle. The outer circle should have 15 cupcakes, and the inner circle will have 9 cupcakes.
  • Pipe icing onto the cupcakes in a criss-cross design to look like a wreath texture.
  • Top with holiday sprinkles and a bow made with Twizzlers candy.

Nutrition

Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 13mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 9g | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 0.4mg

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2-photo vertical Pinterest collage showing a green frosted cupcake wreath, with text overlay of recipe name.

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