These are the most adorable camping capfire cupcakes ever. They are a perfect addition to a birthday party or to make just for fun. Here’s how you make these cute treats and how to make a small batch of how to make just 6 cupcakes too if you just want a small treat.
So Summer is almost here, and we do a lot of traveling as a family when the kids are out of School. So naturally once April hits I start thinking of where we want to go. As we were making our plans I got to thinking I should incorporate camping into a fun dessert, thus coming up with these cute and easy to make campfire cupcakes! They would be perfect for a camping birthday party too! (affiliate links present)
Camping Cupcakes
We love making fun cupcakes and I will share a few other fun ones below too so you can try them all. It’s a great way to get kids involved in decorating as it is a small surface and you can really dress up a cupcake and create something cute.
- pretzel sticks
- mini white marshmallows
- cupcakes – this is how to make just 6 cupcakes if you just want a small batch
- frosting – chocolate & red work best (put into a pint sized freezer zipbag, cut off end to squeeze out)
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How to Make Campfire Cupcakes
You can buy already colored buttercream frosting or make your own but I am all about easy so I used what I had at home. I colored white frosting red, and melted a few chocolate chips and mixed them with my white frosting to make the brown chocolate you see here.
If you don’t have pastry bags just use a pint sized freezer ziploc , cut the corner off after you fill it with frosting and pipe the frosting on that way. We made these a regular size but they could be even cuter smaller. This is how long to bake mini cupcakes too.
I also make it easier on myself by making chocolate cupcakes with boxed cake mix. If from scratch is your thing with your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe, have at it!! 😉 If you’re making camping cupcakes for a party then make the whole box. Bake in the oven or if you are just making a small batch you can make a few cake mix air fryer cupcakes like this.
Bonfire Cupcakes Recipe
Once you have your brown (for dirt) and red food colored frosting (for fire) in large piping bags with a star tip or pint size freezer plastic bags ready to squeeze out you can move on to the next step of putting it all together.
- Just make 2 rows of dots for the “dirt”, and then red frosting dots in the middle until it’s high enough to reach the top of the pretzels that will act as the “wood”.
- Break your pretzel sticks in half and use 4 halves to create the wood fire in the middle.
- For added cuteness push 4 or so mini marshmallows on to a pretzel stick as though you are roasting marshmallows.
- If you wanted it to have a bit of a look where there is some dirt or ashes on there, sprinkle crushed pretzel pieces or graham cracker crumbs over the top of the cupcakes before serving.
You can use a lighter to brown those marshmallows (adults only of course for that part). Want to serve these with a meal as you are glamping with the kids or having a camping theme party? Make a few foil packet meals for camping on the bonfire to make it feel more authentic. 😉
Other Fun Cupcake Ideas You’ll Love
- Little girls love these ladybug cupcakes
- A few sheep cupcakes are perfect for a first birthday or baby shower
- Fill your surprise inside cupcakes will small candies for a real party hit
Camping Cupcakes
Equipment
- 1 muffin tin
- 1 Bowl
- 1 pint size freezer bag or pastry bag
Ingredients
- 1 box cake mix, and ingredients to make batter
- 1 bag pretzels, straight sticks
- 1 bag mini marshmallows
- 1 tub frosting, half colored brown and half red
Instructions
- Follow directions on cake mix box to bake cupcakes, chocolate works best so it looks like dirt on the bottom.
- Allow to completely cool before frosting or decorating them. In the meantime color frosting red and brown. Spoon both into separate pint size freezer bags or pastry bags with a tip on it.
- Use the brown frosting to make large dots on the top all the way around in two rows leaving the middle open. Use the red frosting to make dollops of "fire flames" in the center that are somewhat high.
- Break pretzels in half, or leave as is, leaning them against one another to create a log look with a peak at the top.
- Add mini marshmallows to other pretzel sticks at the ends to look like they are ready for roasting.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
