Add a fun and festive touch to your Fall with this easy Red Velvet Apple Frosted Cupcakes Recipe!
This summer, I saw the cutest little cupcakes at a bake sale… they were decorated as apples!
So… I decided to make some little apple-looking cupcakes of my own! This Red Velvet Apple Frosted Cupcakes Recipe is such a fun Fall Treat!
Related:
- Frugal Gift Ideas for Everyone on your List!
- 25+ Apple Recipes to make Right Now
Red Velvet Apple Frosted Cupcakes
Red Velvet Apple Frosted Cupcakes
Prep time
Total time
Add a fun and festive touch to your Fall with this easy Red Velvet Apple Frosted Cupcakes Recipe!
Author: The Frugal Girls
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 24
Ingredients
- 1 Red Velvet Cake Mix + oil and eggs
- 24 Red Cupcake Liners {I found these at Michael’s}
- 12 Green Licorice Sticks
- 4 tablespoons Red Sprinkles
- 16 ounces White Frosting
- 1 Red Food Coloring… or even better yet is: Red Cupcake Icing!
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes per instructions on cake mix box. Wow ~ look at that color!
- While your cupcakes are baking, trim your licorice pieces down to small pieces ~ I angled the end, like this… {go ahead and pop a piece of licorice into your mouth too ~ you know you want to!}
- Frost the cupcakes, then using a knife, poke a flat slit partway down in the center…
- Add your sprinkles, then insert the licorice piece like this…
Notes
This icing is my new friend! It takes a lot of food coloring to make red, so I vote for this already-red icing!
What You’ll Need to Make This Recipe:
Mixer
Mixing Bowls
Muffin Tins
Cookie Cooling Rack
Ready for even more delicious apple recipes and cupcake recipe inspiration? Here are more fun ideas I know you’ll love…
Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes
Peeps Gingerbread Spice Cupcakes Recipe
Candy Cane Cupcakes Recipe {With Swirl Frosting}
Crock Pot Caramel Apple Cider Recipe {5 Ingredients}
Slow Cooker Cinnamon Apple Cider Recipe
Apple Spice Dump Cake Recipe
Crock Pot Caramel Apple Dump Cake Recipe
Crockpot Baked Apples Recipe
Easy Crockpot Applesauce Recipe
Easy Apple Bread Recipe
25+ Apple Recipes to make Right Now
Frugal Gift Ideas for Everyone on your List!
Score frugal gift ideas for the Kiddos, Teens, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Co Workers and more!
Don’t miss out! Get all the latest fun new Frugal Girls Crafts, Recipes, Frugal Tips + more right here…
Leave a comment & share!
Elizabeth says
Correction: the apple cupcake is in their second book, “What’s New, Cupcake?”
Heidi says
Hi Laura ~ I found the green licorice mixed in with a multi-color Twizzler pack at my grocery store {Safeway}. I’ve also seen green licorice sold at Cabela’s before.
This green licorice was actually apple flavor. 😉
~ Heidi
Laura Holzhuter says
Where would I find the Green Licorice? Does it still have the same taste as the traditional Red? These look fun! Thanks for sharing! Can’t wait to make them!
tish says
Cute Idea for the fall. I made them for A day in my daughters kindergarten class. Kids loved them
Stacy says
These look so good! I made some similar ones last year for Halloween that looked like pumpkins. They were a lot of fun!
[email protected] says
Fun! Love the green licorice for the stem!
Thanks so much for adding them to Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
Kelly says
Those look awesome!!
sarah says
for the “leaves” there are also the spearmint gummy ones with sugar…..that would be neat too!
Melissa says
you could use red food coloring in the apple cinnamon to make it keep its dark red color
Amanda Farrish says
Wilton makes icing colors that are in gel form and they don’t require so much to make your icing red. Also, if you’re allergic to chocolate or if you wanted to make apple cinnamon cupcakes, you can use the same icing colors to color the cake batter. I made a rainbow birthday cake for my best friend using those and the red was truly red!
Heidi says
Hi Chrystal ~ yes, the Red Velvet does help keep it red. Although… if you did apple cinnamon inside ~ if the cupcake holder didn’t stay red enough, you could always just double them up?? Just a thought! 😉
~ Heidi
Chrystal says
Adorable!!! Does the red velvet help make the bottom part so red? Because I was really hoping it would be apple cinnamon inside… (imagining how yummy that would taste!) But the red color really does sell it. Decisions decisions…