Leprechaun Cupcakes for St. Patrick’s Day

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Are you ready for another fun St. Patrick’s Day treat? Seems like little Leprechauns keep popping up all over our house, yesterday we tried to trap one…he left a mess and escaped, but he did leave us some treats! Since he was nice enough, I thought I’d bake up a batch of  these Leprechaun Cupcakes, they are simply adorable, and really easy to create too!

Just like the Uncle Sam Cupcakes I made for Fourth of July, the Leprechaun head is a cupcake, topped with a fun green ice cream cone, a strip of black Candy Clay and a gold buckle.

Leprechaun Cupcake Supplies

• Cupcakes, baked and cooled {bake with or without liners}
• Green Ice Cream Cones {I found these at Kroger}
• White frosting
• Gold frosting – colored using Buttercup Yellow
• 2 Decorator Bags
• Round tip #12
• Red frosting – colored using Red No-Taste
• Round tip #5
• 1 Batch of Black Candy Clay
• Yellow Starburst Candy
• Candy Eyes
• Mini Reese’s Pieces or Mini M&M’s

Let me show you how to create your own Leprechaun Cupcakes…

Step 1

First you need to prepare the hat.

• Mix up a batch of black Candy Clay, you can find the recipe and directions HERE. {you could also use black licorice or frosting}
• Roll out the Candy Clay to about 1/8 inch thick and cut into strips the width of the rim around the cone
• Unwrap and soften a yellow Starburst candy in the microwave about 5 seconds, mold with your fingers until flat and cut out a square
• Cut another very small square of Candy Clay, gently press onto the center of the yellow square
• Add the strip of Candy Clay onto the cone, add the yellow square, pressing down slightly
• With a very small amount of white frosting, add the mini heart sprinkles and white Jimmie sprinkle for the Shamrock

Step 2

Now it’s time to frost the cupcake

• Remove liner if you baked the cupcakes in liners, and turn the cupcake upside down
• Using an offset spatula, frost around the outside and top
• Run the spatula under hot water to smooth the frosting around the outside, no need to smooth the top, the hat will cover it

Step 3

• Add the hat, pressing down gently into the frosting

Step 4

• Fill a decorator bag fitted with a #12 round tip with gold frosting
• Pipe on the beard

Step 5

• Run your finger under hot water and gently pat down the tip of frosting

Step 6

• Add candy eyes and a mini brown Reese’s Pieces or you could also use mini M&M’s

Step 7

• Fit a decorator bag with a #5 tip and fill with red frosting
• Pipe on the mouth

The other St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes are frosted with a swirl of gold and white, topped with sprinkles and a chocolate gold coin.

Swirled Frosting

• Place a #1M Star Tip in a large resealable bag
• Fill one side of the bag with white frosting and the other side with gold
• Pipe some frosting onto a plate until the colors start to swirl
• Pipe onto the cupcake

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