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Confetti Filled Cupcakes are a pinata cupcake with a hidden surprise inside every cupcake. Perfect for a birthday part or celebration.
My daughter’s birthday was last month. We made two kinds of cupcakes to celebrate. There were lemon cupcakes and these Chocolate Confetti Cupcakes!
On the outside these cupcakes look like an ordinary cupcake, but take a bite and you discover a pocket full of confetti sprinkles! You should have heard the giggles of delight from my niece as she discovered the surprise inside!
Any cupcake recipe or flavor would work for this treat. I used our favorite, chocolate mayonnaise cupcakes. These pumpkin spice cupcakes or lemon cupcakes would work too. Once your cupcakes are baked and cooled, you cut a little plug out of the center. Then fill the hole with confetti sprinkles and frost. That’s it!!! Super easy!
To make it even simpler, you could purchase cupcakes without frosting from your local bakery and then fill and frost yourself.
Just imagine the fun you could have at your next party!
How to add a filling to a cupcake
- Cut a small piece from the top center part of the cupcake
- Remove cut piece and discard or enjoy for a snack
- Fill cupcake with filling
- Frost cupcake as normal covering hole and filling
What type of fillings can I add to a cupcake?
- lemon curd
- raspberry jam
- strawberry jam
- confetti sprinkles
- frosting
- mini marshmallows
- mini chocolate chips
- mini chocolate covered candies
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Confetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 cupcakes
- 1 cup confetti sprinkles
- 2 cups frosting
Instructions
- Cut small holes in the center of the cupcakes.
- Fill holes with sprinkles.
- Frost cupcakes.
- Add additional sprinkles on top.
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15 Comments
Fred G
March 23, 2019 at 8:06 amInteresting way to frost a cupcake.
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June 21, 2017 at 1:34 pmI am loving that hidden confetti! I would be delighted too to find that inside!!
Kathy
June 24, 2017 at 8:31 pmThey are pretty fun!
karrie @ Tasty Ever After
June 21, 2017 at 10:42 amHappy birthday to your daughter Kathy! These cupcakes are adorable and just what I need for my birthday next month. I think I’m going to make them for myself. heeheehee 🙂
Kathy
June 24, 2017 at 8:38 pmThere’s noting wrong with making your own birthday cupcakes! 🙂 That way you know you’re getting what you want!
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen
June 19, 2017 at 2:25 pmWell Happy Belated Birthday to your daughter! These are so fun Kathy! Love all the sprinkles!
Kathy
June 24, 2017 at 8:45 pmThanks! It was a fun day!
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
June 19, 2017 at 9:21 amI hope your daughter had a wonderful birthday!! These cupcakes are SO fun and totally fabulous, Kathy!! I’m obsessing over that hidden confetti!! My birthday is in a few weeks and I’m thinking I need to make these for myself! Cheers, friend!
Kathy
June 24, 2017 at 8:47 pmYou should totally make these cupcakes for your birthday!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food
June 19, 2017 at 6:33 amThese are so fun, Kathy! Love the confetti inside!! I can see how they went over well 🙂 I would have giggled too 😉
Kathy
June 25, 2017 at 7:03 amThey were loved by everyone!
David @ Spiced
June 19, 2017 at 5:38 amNow that sounds like my kind of party! I remember those lemon cupcakes from a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been craving lemon dessert ever since then! But you had these confetti cupcakes there, too? What a fun idea! I’m thinking I need to make these for Robbie once he gets a bit older. Thanks for sharing, Kathy! And I hope you have a great week, my friend!
Kathy
June 25, 2017 at 7:04 amWe needed to please everyone, so we made two different kinds of cupcakes!
Nicoletta @sugarlovespices
June 17, 2017 at 6:22 amI can just imagine the kids when they discover confetti inside the cupcake!! So fun and so good!
Kathy
June 18, 2017 at 5:14 amSuper fun….although a confetti mess can happen! 🙂