Best 7 Snowball Cupcakes Recipes

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In the realm of delectable treats, there lies a confection that captures the essence of winter's magic: the snowball cupcake. These ethereal delights bring forth visions of snow-kissed landscapes and the joyfulness of the holiday season. Each bite transports you to a world of enchantment, where sweetness dances upon your palate and leaves a trail of lingering delight. With their fluffy texture, delicate crumb, and enchanting frosting, snowball cupcakes have become a beloved symbol of festivities, bringing warmth and cheer to every celebration.

Here are our top 7 tried and tested recipes!

SNOWBALL CUPCAKES



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A cake mix gives you a head start on these delectable, cream-filled wintertime treats.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h30m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 box Betty Crocker™ devil's food cake mix
2/3 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, cut into 24 cubes
1/2 cup sugar
2 tablespoons water
2 egg whites
1 jar (7 oz) marshmallow creme
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups coconut

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, sour cream and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
  • Spoon batter into muffin cups. Place 1 cube cream cheese in center of each cupcake; press down into batter almost to center (top of cream cheese will still show).
  • Bake 21 to 27 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center of cupcake comes out clean (test between cream cheese and edge). Remove cupcakes from pan to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • In 2-quart stainless steel or other non-coated saucepan, mix sugar, water and egg whites. Cook over low heat, beating continuously with electric hand mixer at high speed until soft peaks form, about 4 minutes. Add marshmallow creme; beat until stiff peaks form. Remove saucepan from heat. Beat in vanilla.
  • Spread frosting evenly over cupcakes; sprinkle each with generous tablespoonful coconut. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 200, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 1 1/2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 4 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cupcake, Sodium 200 mg, Sugar 20 g, TransFat 0 g

SNOWBALL CUPCAKES



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These fun and easy snowball cupcakes are perfect for the holiday season! Delicious buttercream on a perfect cupcake- all made to look like snowballs!

Provided by Lisa

Categories     Dessert

Time 25m

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 batch of my easy white cake made into cupcakes
2 batches of easy buttercream recipe
Peppermint Extract (optional)
Powdered sugar

Steps:

  • Whip up my easy and delicious but bake it into cupcakes.
  • Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
  • Mix up two batches of my easy vanilla buttercream. You can add in 1 tsp of peppermint extract for a peppermint flavor if you want.
  • Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out some frosting and then place the whole scooped amount on top of your cupcake.
  • Dust with powdered sugar.

Nutrition Facts : Carbohydrate 50 g, Protein 2 g, Fat 11 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Sodium 210 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 39 g, Calories 311 kcal, ServingSize 1 serving

SNOWBALL CUPCAKES



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Moist chocolate cupcakes are topped with a mound of fluffy marshmallow frosting, and coated in pretty pastel coconut! These colorful snowball cupcakes make such a fun spring time treat!

Provided by Allie {Baking A Moment}

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 batch Simply Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes
2 cups sweetened flaked coconut, (divided)
1 drop Rose Pink icing color
1 drop Lemon Yellow icing color
1 drop Royal Blue icing color
2 1/4 cups granulated sugar, (divided)
1 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
6 egg whites
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Bake and cool the cupcakes, according to the recipe.
  • Divide the coconut into 4 equal portions. Set aside 1 portion to remain white.
  • Place the other 3 portions into small zip-top bags, and add a drop of gel paste food coloring (Rose Pink, Lemon Yellow, and Royal Blue) to each.
  • Zip the bags and shake/scrunch to disperse the color evenly throughout the coconut. Set aside.
  • Place 1 3/4 cup sugar in a medium pot, along with the corn syrup and water.
  • Heat over medium-high until the syrup comes to a boil.
  • Allow the syrup to reach a temperature of 240 degrees F (soft ball stage).
  • Meanwhile, whip the egg whites with the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, until they are glossy and stiff.
  • When the sugar syrup has reached 240 degrees, carefully pour it into a large, heat-safe, spouted vessel. Slowly and carefully add the syrup, in a thin stream, to the whipped egg whites, while running the mixer on low speed.
  • When all the syrup has been incorporated, turn the mixer up to high and whip until very stiff. Stir in the vanilla extract.
  • Use an ice cream scoop to top each cupcake with frosting. Immediately dip the tops of the cupcakes into the tinted coconut, turning to coat evenly.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 266 kcal, Carbohydrate 41 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 38 mg, Sodium 106 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 33 g, ServingSize 1 serving

SNOWBALL CUPCAKES



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This easy and sweet coconut cupcake is the ultimate way to celebrate the winter season.

Categories     snowball cupcakes recipe     cupcake     coconut dessert     coconut cupcake     christmas     winter recipe     recipe     how to make     best     quick     easy     fast     simple     holiday     dessert     elf

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 25

Cupcakes
Oil, for the pan
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. kosher salt
1/2 c. unsalted butter
3/4 c. granulated sugar
2 large eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 c. whole milk
Buttercream Frosting
1 lb. confectioners' sugar
1 c. unsalted butter
2 tbsp. heavy cream
2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
Royal Icing
3 large eggs
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 lb. confectioners' sugar
Decorations
Unsweetened finely shredded coconut
marzipan
Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses
Uncooked spaghetti, broken
Candy canes, broken

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F and oil a 12-hole muffin pan.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
  • Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to medium and add eggs, one at a time, beating each until incorporated before adding the next. Beat in vanilla.
  • Reduce the mixer speed to low and add flour mixture in three parts, alternating with milk and beating just until incorporated.
  • Divide batter between the muffin holes (about 1/4 cup per hole) and bake until a wooden pick, inserted into the center comes out clean, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Frost each cupcake with buttercream, then coat in coconut.
  • Form a small piece of marzipan into a head, then use royal icing to glue on a Hershey's Kiss hat. Stick an uncooked broken piece of spaghetti into the neck of the marzipan head, then stick the other end into the cupcake to attach it.
  • Form 2 small pieces of marzipan into feet and attach onto candy cane legs, then stick each leg into the cupcake.

SNOWBALL CUPCAKES



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Our snowball-shaped cupcakes are covered in frosting and sanding sugar.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cupcake Recipes

Yield Makes 14

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 ounces best-quality bittersweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons low-fat buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 large eggs, plus 1 large egg yolk
Snowball Frosting
Fine sanding sugar, for sprinkling

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line 14 cups of 2 standard (12-cup) muffin tins with foil liners. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, stirring. Let cool completely. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl; set aside.
  • Put butter and sugar into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Mix in buttermilk and vanilla. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the eggs and yolk. Add melted chocolate; mix until smooth.
  • Spoon batter into liners, filling about one-third full. Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 12 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks.
  • Assemble the cupcakes: Spread a thin layer of frosting on each cupcake. Using a 2 1/2-inch ice cream scoop dipped in hot water, place a smooth mound of frosting on top of each cupcake. Sprinkle with sanding sugar. Let stand until frosting is set, about 3 hours.

SNOW BUNNY CUPCAKE



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Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     dessert

Time 27m

Yield 1 cupcake

Number Of Ingredients 28

1 vanilla cupcake, recipe follows
About 1 cup White Fluff Frosting, recipe follows
1 white snowball snack cake
2 regular marshmallows
Shredded coconut
2 pretzel sticks
2 pink candy eyes
1 pink jelly bean
4 mini marshmallows
1 small dot of black string licorice
4 small pieces red sour straws
2 2/3 cups sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup water
2 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1/4 cup whole milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
5 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup marshmallow fluff
Pinch fine salt

Steps:

  • Frost cupcake. Top cupcake with snowball snack cake. Pinch the marshmallows slightly to make bunny shaped ears and spread them with some frosting. Dip them into shredded coconut. Insert a pretzel stick carefully into the marshmallows and insert them into the snow ball to make bunny ears. Dot the back of the candy eyes with frosting and press them onto the snow ball below the ears. Frost the back of the jelly bean and place below eyes for the nose. Frost the tip of the mini marshmallows and place them around the nose to make nose pads and buck teeth. Place the licorice dot just above the teeth. Dip the straws in frosting and place under the nose to make whiskers.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners. (To avoid cupcakes sticking if they overflow slightly, lightly spray the tops of the pans.) Put tins on a baking sheet. Set aside.
  • Process sugar and butter in a food processor until very creamy, scraping sides as needed, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the eggs and yolks, one at a time, pulsing after each addition. Add the milk, water, and vanilla and process to blend.
  • Whisk both flours, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Add the dry ingredients, in 3 batches to the wet, pulsing, and then scraping batter off the sides of the processor as needed after each addition. Process until the batter is very smooth and pourable like pancake batter, about 2 minutes.
  • Evenly pour the batter into the prepared cups, filling them 3/4 of the way full. Bake until the cakes are just firm and spring back when gently pressed, and the tops are golden, 18 to 25 minutes. Cool slightly in tin, and turn out of tin when cool enough to handle. Cool cupcakes completely on a rack before frosting.
  • Whisk the milk and vanilla extract together in a small bowl.
  • Slowly beat the butter and sugar, in another medium bowl, with an electric mixer until incorporated. Raise the speed to high and mix until light and fluffy, about 5 to 7 minutes. (Occasionally turn the mixer off, and scrape the sides of the bowl down with a rubber spatula.) Add the fluff and salt and reduce the speed to low. Add the milk and vanilla mixture, scrape the bowl down, and mix until fully incorporated. Raise the mixer to high and beat briefly until fluffy, about 1 to 2 minutes. Use immediately.

SNOWBALL CAKE I



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A no-bake dessert using a ready-made angel food cake and ingredients that can be easily found in any store. It looks like a large snowball when finished.

Provided by Gina Fletcher

Categories     Desserts     Cakes

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 (10 inch tube pan) angel food cake
6 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple in heavy syrup, drained with syrup reserved
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 cup white sugar
1 (10 ounce) package flaked coconut
2 (.25 ounce) packages unflavored gelatin
4 tablespoons water
1 cup boiling water

Steps:

  • Line a 4 quart round mixing bowl with parchment paper.
  • Break cake up into small bite-sized pieces.
  • Drain the crushed pineapple, reserve the syrup. You should have 1 cup of syrup if not add enough water to make 1 cup.
  • Dissolve the gelatin in the 4 tablespoons of cold water. Add the boiling water, pineapple syrup, sugar and lemon juice. Mix well and place in the refrigerator until mixture just starts to thicken.
  • Add the crushed pineapple to the gelatin mix and then fold in 4 cups of the whipped topping.
  • Place a layer of cake pieces, then a layer of the pineapple mixture in the prepared bowl. Continue until all the cake and pineapple mixture is used up. Refrigerate for at least 12 hours or overnight.
  • Turn the chilled cake out onto a serving platter and frost it with the remaining whipped topping and sprinkle with the coconut.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 344.4 calories, Carbohydrate 57.3 g, Fat 12.2 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 10.8 g, Sodium 249.2 mg, Sugar 43.1 g

Tips:

  • Make sure your oven is preheated to the correct temperature before baking the cupcakes.
  • Use room temperature ingredients when making the batter.
  • Do not overmix the batter, as this can make the cupcakes tough.
  • Bake the cupcakes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting them.
  • Make the frosting ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator until ready to use.
  • Decorate the cupcakes with your favorite toppings, such as sprinkles, coconut, or chopped nuts.

Conclusion:

Snowball cupcakes are a delicious and festive treat that are perfect for any occasion. They are easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With a few simple tips, you can make perfect snowball cupcakes every time. So next time you are looking for a sweet and festive treat, give snowball cupcakes a try.

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