'Tis the season for sweet and festive Christmas cupcakes. If you are looking for treats to add to your holiday dessert table these cupcakes ranging from winter flavors like hot chocolate to decorated like ornaments are sure to do the trick.
Holidays are all about family, friends and usually lots of sweet treats. Christmas cupcakes are perfect to serve up at your holiday parties since they are easy to make and easy to serve.
We have curated list list based on the following: overall flavor, festive look, ease to make. So, keep reading to choose the best cupcakes to serve up for your holidays.
Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes
These decadent chocolate peppermint cupcakes are perfect for the holiday season. Moist chocolate cupcakes topped with red and white swirled peppermint frosting.
Why they're good: the chocolate peppermint flavor is a perfect fit for the winter holidays. Plus, they are super festive with the colorful swirled frosting and candy cane sprinkles.
Ornament Cupcakes
These ornament cupcakes are super cute and look like your christmas tree decorations but in edible form. The vanilla cupcake base is fluffy and moist.
Why they're good: super customizable by using different colored food coloring and sprinkles. They are a show stopping addition for any holiday dessert table.
Grinch Cupcakes
Grinch desserts are a perfect treat for the holiday season and these grinch cupcakes are no exception. A fluffy chocolate cupcake topped with bright green buttercream and a little red heart candy.
Why they're good: these are easy to make and you can easily use a boxed mix for the cupcakes if you want to make them even faster.
Gingerbread Cupcakes
Gingerbread cupcakes with eggnog frosting are a perfect flavor for the season. The spiced flavor of the cupcakes is smoothed out with the creamy eggnog frosting for a fantastic flavor combination.
Why they're good: these are super cute with mini gingerbread men cookies adorning the tops of each cupcake. The flavors will warm up the winter season.
Nutella Cupcakes
If decadence is what you are looking for, these nutella cupcakes are the ones to try. Chocolate cupcakes with nutella mixed into the batter then filled into the center of each cupcake. And, then they are topped with a nutella buttercream frosting.
Why they're good: these are super rich and chocolatey. But, they don't take very long to make at all.
Cookie Butter Cupcakes
If you love the flavor of Biscoff, these Biscoff filled cupcakes are a great choice. They are also topped off with a Biscoff buttercream frosting.
Why they're good: these are a sweet, spiced and creamy flavored cupcake perfect for wintertime. Plus, they are really easy to make.
Hot Cocoa Cupcakes
Love the flavor of hot cocoa, but not looking for a drink? Give these delicious hot cocoa cupcakes a try!
Why they're good: easy to make and full of chocolate and marshmallow flavors.
Mini Cupcakes
It doesn't get much cuter than these mini vanilla cupcakes. Moist cupcakes topped with sweet, creamy vanilla buttercream and festive sprinkles.
Why they're good: you can easily customize the flavor to be anything you like, or decorate them with different colored sprinkles. Plus, they are perfect bite-sized treats for parties.
Cinnamon Cupcakes
Cinnamon cupcakes with delicious cinnamon buttercream frosting are a perfect addition to Christmas holidays. These cupcakes are fluffy and sweet.
Why they're good: these are a perfect combination of cinnamon spice and sweet, creamy flavors. They are ready in eat in under 30 minutes.
Rumchata Cupcakes
Love the flavor of rumchata, but looking for a dessert? These rumchata cupcakes have you covered.
Why they're good: these are super yummy and both the cupcakes and the frosting have rumchata flavor added in.
