Homemade Pig Cupcakes
I made pig cupcakes for the birthday party and I thought I’d pass on the idea. At Easter I had made very similar bunny cupcakes that I saw on the Family Fun website. When I found pink marshmallows at the store I knew I needed to alter the recipe and make pigs. I used pink frosting on strawberry cupcakes and used M&Ms for the eyes and made the ears and snout out of the marshmallows. To make the ears use a kitchen scissors to cut the marshmallows in half diagonally (sort of make 2 triangles or wedges if that helps) and then dip the cut sides into pink sugar (if you ever make the bunny cupcakes do your ears my way also). If they seem too big you can cut some off the bottom of the ears. To make the snout just cut the marshmallow in half width wise and stick on brown mini M&Ms to the cut side (I used mini chocolate chips because I forgot to buy the mini M&Ms). Very easy and you can make the ears and snouts ahead of time.
Family Fun also has their own pig cupcakes but I like the ones I made better!
*Let me know if you give these a try! I see lots of people visit this post and wonder how many make them.
I’m also adding a picture of the goodie bags we made (all the pig ones were gone though).
Posted by: Heather on July 22nd, 2007 under Birthday Parties, Recipes, Tips and Tricks.
Comments: 6
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Comments
Comment from Claire
Time: October 3, 2007, 11:49 pm
Heather, those are the most adorable pig cupcakes I’ve ever seen! I may even have to change the theme of my daughter’s birthday in December to be “Pigs” instead of “Butterflies”! Nah, maybe I’ll just make them for a playdate.
Thanks for posting.
Comment from Brooke
Time: January 16, 2008, 5:53 pm
Heather, what a great idea to combine the pig and bunny cupcake! When I saw your picture I knew I had to try them out for my daughters party. But I have a question about the type of marshmallows you used. Did you use pink colored marshmallows or did you frost them pink? I did a trial run and I was having a hard time frosting the marshmallows pink and yours looked so easy so is there a secret I don’t know? Anyway if you could get back to me that would be great. Thanks
Comment from Heather
Time: January 16, 2008, 10:19 pm
Yes, I buy pink strawberry flavored marshmallows. Our store also sells brown chocolate flavored ones as well.
Comment from Katie
Time: February 7, 2008, 9:17 pm
Oh, that’s such a wonderful idea! Where can you buy those mashmellows, though?
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Comment from sarah
Time: June 18, 2008, 12:30 am
I just made them- they’re very cute! I think that the your chocolate chips on the snouts look better! The mini m’n'm’s are a little bit big!
Thanks!!
Sarah xx
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