firecracker cupcakes. These firecracker cupcakes will be one of your favorite patriotic recipes! White cupcakes decorated with red and blue coconut and red licorice-string fuses set a firecracker theme at your fourth of July celebration. Firecracker Cupcakes - red, white, and blue cupcakes topped with a fun licorice topper to look like firecrackers.
Your friends and family will think these took you all day and you became a cupcake genius. Firecracker Cupcakes are classically vanilla, but bursting with a slightly tart summer berry compote, and crowned with a halo of fluffy whipped cream cheese frosting. I don't care what the calendar says. You can cook firecracker cupcakes using 5 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of firecracker cupcakes
- It's 1 1/2 cup of "baker's angle flake" coconut, divided.
- Prepare 4 of drops *each* blue and red food coloring.
- It's 24 of yellow cupcakes.
- Prepare 2 cup of thawed "cool whip" whipped topping.
- Prepare 24 of red string licorice pieces (4 inch).
These no-fuss treats are so much fun to make with kids, and they put a spark in Fourth of July parties. You can tint the whipped topping red and blue to make the frosting festive, too. This Firecracker Cupcake recipe is made with red hots and dipped in pop rocks! These cupcakes are full of spice and fun and zest!
firecracker cupcakes instructions
- place 1/2 cup coconut in each of 2 separate bags. set remaining coconut aside. add blue food coloring to coconut in one bag and red food coloring to coconut in second bag. seal bags; shake untill coconut is evenly tinted..
- frost cupcakes with "cool whip" top with coconut, gently pressing coconut into coconut "cool whip" to secure..
- insert licorice into tops of cupcakes..
Easy to make these firecracker cupcakes! Watch in awe as these cupcakes disappear. Perfect for potlucks and summer celebrations, these sweet treats are fun and delicious. To make the cake batter place the cake mix and flour into your stand mixer or into a large mixing bowl. Red, White and Blue Dessert never looked so good!
