Watermelon Cupcake Cones
With the beginning of Summer just weeks away, it’s time to start planning for those parties, cookouts, holidays and celebrations that we all love during this time of year. These Watermelon Cupcake Cones are as fun to make as they are to eat. Watermelon flavored cupcakes are baked right in colorful, pink and green Ice Cream Cones and frosted to look like a slice of Watermelon.
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Enjoying a delicious Summer time meal with friends and family is one of my favorite things! Gathering on the deck, grilling our dinner and a fun dessert is perfect this time of year. I remember my Dad growing wonderful looking watermelons in his garden, and although I don’t really like to eat watermelon, I do like watermelon flavor…I know, it’s strange.
So these Watermelon Cupcakes are perfect for those evenings on the deck with friends, to take to a potluck or cookout, celebrate Memorial Day or Fourth of July, or they even make a fun treat to bake with the kiddos.
Beginning with a Watermelon Cupcake recipe, the batter is baked right in the Ice Cream Cones. You can find the pink and green cones, then using a Food Writer, the stripes are simply drawn on the green cones and the seeds on the pink cones.
Watermelon Cupcake Cone Supplies
- Watermelon cake batter (recipe below)
- Pink and Green Ice Cream Cones
- Food Writers – green and black
- White, pink and green frosting
- Mini Chocolate Chips for seeds
- Green Jimmies
- Decorator bag fitted with a #1M Round tip
The Watermelon cake batter, made with watermelon jello for flavoring, is baked right in the cones. Learn how to bake them upside down…it’s really easy!
Watermelon Cupcake Cones
Watermelon flavored Cupcakes baked right in the Ice Cream Cones, makes a fun treat for Summer time!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box white cake mix
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk {splash of vinegar in a measuring cup, fill with milk and let set a couple minutes}
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 small box watermelon jello
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Cones
- Pink and Green Ice Cream Cones {available at Walmart or Kroger}
- Frosting - white, pink and green
- Food Writers - green and black
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Green Jimmies
- Decorator Bag fitted with #1M round tip
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Mix together cake mix, eggs, buttermilk, oil and jello. Fold in chocolate chips
- Spray a cupcake pan with non-stick cooking spray
- Divide batter, about 1/4 cup each.
- Place Ice Cream Cone on top of batter, upside down
- Bake for about 10-12 minutes
- Note: you may need to straighten the cones, part of the way through baking
Cones
- After the cones are cool, use a Food Writer to draw the stripes and seeds on
- Color frosting pink and green, and fill a decorator bag
- Using an offset spatula, add white frosting around the edge
- Pipe on pink and green frosting
- Add chocolate chips for seeds and green Jimmies for rind
Notes
The watermelon cake can also be made into regular cupcakes.
Watermelon Ice Cream Cone inspiration from Party Pinching
Stopping by from the Gooseberry Patch linkup to check out your awesome recipe! These are absolutely adorable. My oldest daughter loves baking treats, so I am printing this out. She will love making them for the next get-together with friends. 🙂
Thanks so much, Penny!
What adorable cupcakes! My mom use to make us birthday cupcakes in ice cream cones and we always knew it was SO special. These are over the top cute. Pinned!
Thrilled you like them! Thanks for stopping by!
~Liz
I recently saw watermelon (Pillsbury) cake mix – I’m not sure which is the better one to use for this (I do look forward to trying your recipe too!), just wanted to give a heads’ up that there actually is a watermelon cake mix available. These are so adorable and I will most likely make them this summer!
Hi Kath, I haven’t seen that cake mix yet, I’ll have to look for it. Thanks for the info!
Happy Baking!
~Liz
OMG! Liz these are gorgeous. I’m sending this to my sister-in-law to make with her two young children. Can’t wait to make these too.
Sail Away Girl
Awh thanks so much Elizabeth! You are the best!
~Liz
You are so awesome. Great ideas. I didn’t see any design of cupcakes like this. Very cute.
So excited you like them Junalin! Happy Baking!
~Liz
I’ve got some popsicles coming up that would go PERFECTLY with these!
Yum, popsicles sound great! Thanks for stopping by Sue!
Such a great idea! I love the green cone with the stripes, so cute! Thank you for sharing this!
These are so cute!! I love the details you added on the cones : )
Thanks so much Heather! I love how fun the cupcake cones are. Thanks for pinning them too!
~Liz
So clever and so colorful. They are refreshing to look at!
Liz, these cupcakes are adorable!!! You are so creative. 🙂
Thanks Lisa! And thanks for the pin and tweet! Much appreciated!
Super super cute! I have just made Watermelion Mallow Pops on my site – but yours win hands down!