Figgy Pudding Christmas Cupcakes
Not everyone is a fan of Christmas Pudding which is where these chocolate Christmas Cupcakes decorated to look like Figgy Puddings come in. They are a cute Christmas dessert kids and adults will love.
Why This Recipe Works
- A cute Christmas dessert idea for kids
- An easy Christmas Cupcake with no tricky technical cake-decorating skills needed
- A delicious single-serve alternative to fruit pudding
Ingredients you will need
- chocolate cupcakes
- chocolate buttercream
- cream cheese frosting
- Jaffas or red peanut M&Ms
- spearmint leaves
Ingredient Notes and Substitutes
- Chocolate cupcakes: I use chocolate cupcakes but you could use any flavour  vanilla cupcakes recipe or dairy-free cupcake recipe. I used a gluten-free boxed cake mix portioned into cupcake liners.
- Candies: I use sweets to create an edible sprig of holly. Jaffas are a New Zealand candy (candy-coated orange chocolate balls), you need a red ball-shaped candy that will act as the berries of the holly. Red cinnamon candy like red hots would also work. Spearmint leaves are leaf-shaped gummy sweets popular in New Zealand.
I am an ambassador for Countdown supermarket, they support my blog by providing ingredients for recipe creation and testing. I used their free-from-gluten chocolate cake mix to make the chocolate cupcakes for this recipe.
Step-by-step instructions
Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Christmas Pudding Cupcake recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.
Step one: Ice each of the cupcakes with chocolate buttercream
Step two: Spoon a dollop of the cream cheese frosting on top to look a little like a Christmas pudding
Step three: Decorate with 1 Jaffa (or red ball-shaped sweet) and 1-2 spearmint leaves to look like a sprig of holly
Enjoy!
Top Tips
Here is how you can make these Cute Christmas Cupcakes perfectly every time!
- Instead of decorating the Christmas cupcakes before serving, set up a decorating table and people can make their very own chocolate figgy puddings. Kids will love it
- Make sure the cupcakes are completely cool before attempting to decorate them
Figgy Pudding Christmas Cupcakes
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Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cupcakes
- 1 cup chocolate buttercream
- ½ cup cream cheese frosting
- 12 jaffas or red m&ms
- 18 spearmint leaves
Instructions
- Ice each of the cupcakes with chocolate buttercream
- Spoon a dollop of the cream cheese frosting on top to look a little like a Christmas pudding
- Decorate with 1 Jaffa (or red ball-shaped sweet) and 1-2 spearmint leaves
- Enjoy!
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Notes
- Instead of decorating the Christmas cupcakes before serving, set up a decorating table and people can make their very own chocolate figgy puddings. Kids will love it
- Make sure the cupcakes are completely cool before attempting to decorate them
- Chocolate cupcakes: I use chocolate cupcakes but you could use any flavour vanilla cupcakes recipe or dairy-free cupcake recipe. I used a gluten-free boxed cake mix portioned into cupcake liners.
- Candies: I use sweets to create an edible sprig of holly. Jaffas are a New Zealand candy (candy-coated orange chocolate balls), you need a red ball-shaped candy that will act as the berries of the holly. Red cinnamon candy like red hots would also work. Spearmint leaves are leaf-shaped gummy sweets popular in New Zealand.
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