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).
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.
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
Yes, I buy pink strawberry flavored marshmallows. Our store also sells brown chocolate flavored ones as well.
Oh, that’s such a wonderful idea! Where can you buy those mashmellows, though?
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
My son’s first grade teacher has a reading theme each month and in September she did a pig theme. I made your adorable cupcakes and it was a hit!!! All the kids loved them and teachers asked me how in the world did I come up with such a cute idea and it must have taken me hours. I told I got the idea from your website and that the cupcakes were pretty simple to make, not time consuming and a lot of fun to do.
Thanks for your idea!
Dollie
Thank you so much for posting your Art!! My daughter is crazy about pigs and I will make theses for her Birthday party!! thank you!!!!!!
I’m throwing my daughter a “pink piggy” 3rd birthday tomorrow and making these cupcakes for it. Thanks for the idea. My daughter is obsessed with pigs so we are painting piggy banks, reading “If you Give a Pig a Party” by Felicia Bond and eating these cupcakes. I know they’ll be a hit!
I am making these today! Thanks for posting this. My daughter has a stuffed pig that she is obsessed with, so these are perfect for her piggy party today!