I love gifts where the packaging is part of the gift. These DIY cupcake candy jars would make great gifts this holiday season and are fun way to jazz up your packaging! I think I would make toffee bark to put inside these little jars, what would you fill them with? For instructions and more picture visit Club Chica Circle’s website.
These paper christmas trees by A Spoonful of Sugar are a great easy craft to make to help decorate your home for the holidays. All you need are festive cupcake wrappers, a polystyrene cone, and sequin pins. For the directions visit A Spoonful of Sugar’s website.
While picking up groceries at my local Wal-Mart I looked around at the the specialty holiday products. I noticed Jell-O has made a Holiday Cupcake pudding snack. Not being a huge pudding fan I passed on these but if I was a little kid taking a school lunch I bet I would have loved them!
I also spotted a new Betty Crocker Hot Chocolate mix. The mix is only $2.24 and comes with marshmallows and a fluffy white frosting mix. I’m thinking about buying this one and saving it for if/when we get snow in North Carolina so I can enjoy a hot chocolate cupcake with a cup of hot chocolate! Have you seen any other holiday cupcake products that you will be buying or gifting this holiday season?
If you’re looking for a holiday gift for a guy in your life that shares your cupcake obsession I think this black crossbones tie by Johnny Cupcakes would make a great gift! I like the subtle cupcakes that don’t jump out at you and that the tie is only $14.99 and if you buy it by November 26 you can save 20% on your order by using the code “Cupflakes” at checkout.
Our mailbox is overflowing with holiday catalogs and when yesterday’s mail arrived I flipped through the Levenger catalog. While looking at the catalog I noticed Pocquettes Cupcake Coin Purse for $39.00. It’s a small leather coin purse that has a hook so it can be clipped into a bag.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you all had lots to be thankful for! Image via Sweetopia for Gluten Free Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut Icing.
If you’re looking for a craft to do while your family is together this mini cupcake tin advent calendar seems like a great project. The Happy Scraps shared her homemade advent calendar and 24 activities ideas for each day. So instead of opening a little present or putting together a little Christmas display you do something as a family each day leading up to Christmas. I think this is a really nice, and different idea for creating new holiday traditions.
I did a little pre-black friday shopping over the weekend and I was amazed at how many cupcake items Kohls had for the holidays. In the juniors sections I spotted the cupcake convertible gloves, shown above, for $6.99.
If you are looking for festive decorations there is a cupcake nutcracker for only $11.25. And there are several cupcake ornaments to choose from that are very affordable at $3.15 each. With black friday deals and coupons these items will be even cheaper!
Once fall hits I get on a pumpkin baking kick! I crave sweet pumpkin desserts and what better way to satisfy that craving than with cupcakes? How Sweet It Is shared a recipe for pumpkin s’more cupcakes. The pictures of these cupcakes look amazing! The cupcakes are made up of a graham cracker crust, pumpkin cupcake, fudge ganache filling, and marshmallow icing! I’m tempted to bake these cupcakes in place of pumpkin pie which no one in our house eats anyway.
Is it too early to be thinking about christmas ornaments? Years ago my sister got one of these s’more ornaments. I think this s’more cupcake ornament would be a nice addition to our tree, especially since it’s only $5.99!
Looking for a little stocking stuffer? How about these Cupcake Magnets from Land of Nod? The set of four costs $5.95 and features four different cupcakes, my favorite is the cupcake with glasses!
Image from 52 Kitchen Adventures
Have you ever wondered how to make a cupcake bouquet? Well 52 Kitchen Adventures has shared step-by-step instructions on how to make a cupcake bouquet. There’s even a video tutorial on how to make the beautiful cupcake rose from frosting. These cupcake bouquets make lovely centerpieces for baby showers, wedding showers, or the upcoming holidays!
If you are looking for a last minute Halloween cupcake costume be sure to check out Kohl’s. They have a women’s Hostess Cupcake Costume on sale for $29.69! Kohl’s also has two dog costumes! The cupcake girl costume shown below on the left is modeled after Katy Perry and costs $29.69. The second dog costume is a more basic cupcake costume and it costs $25.19.
I saw these “Real Men Eat Cupcakes” shirts on pinterest and I have to admit I love them! I don’t know of any guys that would wear this shirt but considering how popular cupcake themed clothing lines like Johnny Cupcakes are with males I think there are some guys out there that would wear this shirt. The shirt is available from Vanilla Bake Shop’s website in heather grey or white for $24.00.
Here are my favorite Halloween cupcake printable toppers that I have found this year. The toppers shown above are from Celebrations at Home who made the festive polkadot toppers. Ekaterina Trukhan created cute illustrated toppers. Giggles & Grace Designs created the more grown up looking toppers. Love Party Printables designed these “Boo” costume cupcake toppers. The always creative Sweetopia came up with the Happy Howl-oween dog cupcake toppers.
I love these skeleton cupcakes from MyRecipes.com. The little hat wearing skeletons made from frosting, m&m’s, mini jelly beans, mini cupcakes, and chocolate wafers! These look like the perfect Halloween cupcake recipe to make with little kids!
I am always on the lookout for good gift ideas for my friends and family. I came across this Coffee, Cupcakes, Wine t-shirt and know it would be perfect for some of my friends that love all three! This shirt sounds like the perfect foods to enjoy on a lazy sunday! The shirt costs $30.99 from Skreened and is available in several different colors.
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I especially love seeing all the different, creative cupcakes people come up with. My favorite Halloween cupcakes this year are the Kawaii Halloween cupcake toppers by Next to Nicx. Instead of going with the traditional scary halloween monsters and ghoul, she chose to create really adorable little monsters, bats, and ghosts! The Next to Nicx website features detailed picture instructions and the downloadable template.
Looking for a cute centerpiece for a fall birthday? How about making these cupcakes from pumpkins! I saw the idea at the North Carolina State Fair and love how easy and fun it is! Best of all there is no mess since you are not carving the pumpkins.
Today is the last day of the Raleigh, North Carolina State Fair. My parents went to the fair earlier in the week and brought back some amazing cupcakes! Neomonde, a local Lebanese and Mediterranean Cafe and Grocery, had a booth at the fair where they were selling cupcakes. I had no idea that Neomonde which normally only sells baklava in the cafe, also makes cupcakes to sell to restaurants and hotels! My parents bought two festive flavors, sweet potato and pumpkin (shown to the left), both of which were delicious!
The second cupcakes my parents bought were from BlueBird Cupcakes located in Raleigh, North Carolina. These cupcakes were also new to me and we also delightful! My parents picked an apple caramel cinnamon, a s’more, and a crumb coffee cake cupcake. Each cupcake, shown to the left, was better than the next! BlueBird Cupcakes doesn’t have a store front but they do deliver for free to the Triangle area!
Do you send out Halloween cards? I send Halloween cards to a few of my friends and family members that live far away. I already have my cards picked out for this year but I’m bookmarking this set of 12 Halloween cupcake cards for next year. The set from Milk Box Prints costs $22.00 and features two designs, a witch and a spider cupcake.
So I’m a little behind of the latest bracelet trend. I had no idea Alex and Ani charm bangles were popular until one arrived in my mailbox. I was sent a little care pacakge that included the Alex and Ani cupcake bangle. I really like the bracelet because it’s simple, although from what I understand you’re supposed to layer the bracelets, each of which have different charms. The cupcake bangle is available for $28.00 in gold or silver from the company website which has tons of different charms available including some colleges which is a fun christmas or December graduation gift idea!
Since it’s October and the weather is starting to feel like fall, I think now is the perfect time to make caramel apple cupcakes! When I think of fair food I think of caramel apples along with anything fried so these caramel apple cupcakes are the perfect cupcake to make! If you live in North Carolina and are getting excited for the North Carolina State Fair, which is just 10 days away, these cupcakes will definitely help get you in the fair food mood!
I love Emily Isabella’s illustration style; she makes beautiful prints and cards that often feature food! On her website for $3.50 you can find this ballerina cupcake card, it’s perfect for a littler dancer’s birthday!
Pottery Barn Kids has fun cupcake clip-on key chains for $6.50. There is also an owl and a flower and they make the perfect accessory for backpacks or lunch boxes!