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These cute puppy dog cupcakes make adorable animal cupcakes kids will love decorating. Perfect for a puppy party!
We’re about to have some fun making puppy dog cupcakes! These animal cupcakes are super easy – especially if use cake mix and ready-made frosting. Nutter Butter cookies, vanilla wafers, and M&M’s round out the cute face. This dog food art is perfect for a quick and enjoyable baking session with the kids. We’ll turn these everyday ingredients into the cutest cupcakes you’ve ever seen. These would also be fantastic for a puppy dog theme party!
My 5 year old son @DashBakesTheGreats had a fantastic time channeling his inner pastry chef by making these tail-waggingly delicious treats. So tie those aprons, round up your little bakers, and let’s make cute doggie cupcakes!
How do you make Puppy Dog Cupcakes?
You’ll need a few simple ingredients all commonly found in most common supermarkets. We used cake mix to make yellow cupcakes topped with store-bought chocolate frosting. The rest of the puppy’s face is made up of Nutter Butter cookies for floppy ears, vanilla after for the face, M&M for the nose and some more chocolate frosting to pipe on the mouth!
Can I make homemade cupcakes?
Yes of course! This post is really about the decorating aspect so we kept it easy with a cake mix. You can feel free to use your favorite cake mix baked into cupcakes. You can also make them into any flavor, like chocolate, Red Velvet, or even swirled vanilla and chocolate!
Homemade buttercream frosting is so good as well, we love this easy recipe we use on our frosted sugar cookies.
What inspired these doggy cupcakes?
We saw an image on Pinterest (source not listed) and went with that to inspire our own cute puppy cakes!
Puppy Cupcakes Ingredients
- Cupcakes (homemade or from a cake mix)
- Frosting (homemade or store bought)
- Nutter Butter cookies
- Vanilla Wafter cookies
- M&M’s
- Candy googley eyes
- Chocolate frosting and a small piping bag and tip (or cut off the ends of a small sandwich zipper bag)
Puppy Dog Cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes (homemade or from a cake mix)
- Frosting (homemade or store bought)
- Nutter Butter cookies
- Vanilla Wafter cookies
- Chocolate M&M's
- Candy Googley eyes
- Chocolate frosting and a small piping bag and tip (or cut off the ends of a small sandwich zipper bag)
Instructions
- Bake your cupcakes according to the box directions. Set aside to cool fully.
- Spread some frosting on top of your cupcakes
- Take one Nutter Butter cookie and remove the top and bottom cookie part and the filling. Place the two cookies on top of the frosted cupcakes to make the ears.
- Add two candy eyes.
- Add a vanilla wafter below the eyes.
- Use a dab of frosting to add a candy M&M to the center of the vanilla wafer cookie.
- Last, pipe on a chocolate frosted smile. Tada! Your adorable puppy dog cupcake is done!
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Agnes Hsu is a mom of three and has been inspiring parents and kids to get creative with easy activities and family friendly recipes for over 10 years. She shares her love for creative play and kids food to her 2MM+ followers online. Agnes' commitment to playful learning and kindness has not only raised funds for charity but also earned features in prestigious nationwide publications.