Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

My love of Christmas tree-shaped confections continues in this latest installment of recipes doing double duty as dessert and tabletop décor. If the original Christmas tree cupcakes didn’t have you hooked, consider this quick and easy alternative starring edible cupcake toppers made with pretzels, candy melts and your choice of sprinkles.

We’ve got an all-star lineup on this one, folks: Moist chocolate cupcakes slathered with tangy cream cheese frosting that’s dusted with shredded coconut (read: snow) and topped with an edible Christmas tree.

Gather a dozen or so of these beauties for a fun touch to your holiday table or nestle your gingerbread house inside an edible forest.

Chocolate Christmas Tree Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

 
Prep: 45 minutes   
Yield: 6 cupcakes

Ingredients

•     6 chocolate or vanilla cupcakes
•     6 ice cream sugar cones
•     2 Tablespoons green food coloring
•     3 cups homemade or store-bought vanilla frosting (See Kelly's Notes)
•     Powdered sugar, for dusting
•     Edible silver ball sprinkles

Special equipment:

•     pastry bag or gallon-sized sealable plastic bag; small star-shaped pastry tip (such as Wilton #18)

Instructions

1. If necessary, slice the tops off of the cupcakes to create a flat surface. Slather a small portion of the frosting on the cupcakes to create a base atop which to position the sugar cone tree.
2. Stir the food coloring into the remaining frosting, adding more food coloring as necessary to achieve your desired green color. Apply a thin layer of frosting on the exteriors of the sugar cones. Transfer the remaining frosting to a pastry bag fitted with the star-shaped pastry tip.
3. Place the sugar cones atop the cupcakes then pipe leaves onto the trees. Garnish with the edible silver ball sprinkles and dust with powdered sugar.

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