Make Cute Pencil Cupcakes For Teacher Appreciation Week
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These pencil cupcakes are a festive teacher treat to show appreciation or a fun back to school dessert Simply decorate wafer cookies as pencils and place on top of frosted cupcakes.
With Teacher Appreciation Week this week we are showing gratitude to our teachers with these cute pencil cupcakes! We've made wafer pencils before for back-to-school and decided to add them to cupcakes for a fun twist!
My 6-year-old son @DashBakesTheGreats surprised his Kindergarten teacher with these adorable pencil-shaped cupcakes and she was delighted! These school-themed treats are so fun and easy to make with a few simple ingredients. Here’s how you can prepare these fun cupcakes for Teacher Appreciation Week or as a sweet celebration for back-to-school.
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Pencil Cupcakes - Ingredients
- Cake mix (plus ingredients for the mix) or homemade: You can use any flavor; we used vanilla.
- Cupcake liners
- Frosting: Vanilla or white frosting (store-bought or homemade)
- Wafer cookies: To simulate the wooden part of the pencil.
- Mini chocolate chip: This will represent the pencil lead.
- White cookie icing (or melted white chocolate wafers): For the front of the pencil.
- Pink cookie icing (or melted pink wafers): for the eraser.
- Sprinkles: Optional, to add some color. We added pink sparkling sugar.
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How to make pencil cupcakes for teacher appreciation week or back-to-school
Step 1: Bake the Cupcakes
- Prepare the cake mix according to the package instructions.
- Pour the mix into cupcake liners in a muffin tin.
- Bake as directed on the box. Once done, allow them to cool completely before decorating.
Step 2: Decorate with Frosting
- Apply vanilla or white frosting on each cupcake. We used a large star baking tip but you can do a swirl with a spatula if you don't have one.
Step 3: Create the Pencil Design
- Cut the wafer cookies. First, cut the cookie length to ⅔ so it can fit on top of the cupcakes. Then cut one end into a triangle for the pencil tip.
- Use your white icing to fill in the triangle.
- Add a mini chocolate chip at the very tip to represent the lead.
- Decorate the opposite end of the wafer cookie with pink icing to mimic the eraser.
- Sprinkle some decorative sprinkles around the frosting.
Final Thoughts
These pencil cupcakes are a perfect project for kids and parents to make for teachers as a sweet treat to show appreciation. Easy to assemble with readily available ingredients, they make a festive treat during Teacher Appreciation Week or a fun surprise for a back-to-school event. Enjoy baking, decorating, and sharing these creative cupcakes!
Check out all of DashBakesTheGreats recipes here.
Pencil Cupcakes
Ingredients
Method
- Step 1: Bake the CupcakesPrepare the cake mix according to the package instructions.Pour the mix into cupcake liners in a muffin tin.Bake as directed on the box. Once done, allow them to cool completely before decorating.
- Step 2: Decorate with FrostingApply vanilla or white frosting on each cupcake. We used a large star baking tip but you can do a swirl with a spatula if you don't have one.
- Step 3: Create the Pencil DesignCut the wafer cookies. First, cut the cookie length to ⅔ so it can fit on top of the cupcakes. Then cut one end into a triangle for the pencil tip. Use your white icing to fill in the triangle. Add a mini chocolate chip at the very tip to represent the lead.Decorate the opposite end of the wafer cookie with pink icing to mimic the eraser. Sprinkle some decorative sprinkles around the frosting.
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