Switch Up Your Holiday Baking With These 50 Best Christmas Cupcakes

Krista Marshall

December 20, 2023 at 10:36 AM·9 min read

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Christmas cookies might be everyone's go-to yummy treat when it comes to holiday dessert. But there's always plenty of room on the platter for a whole smattering of deliciously festive confections: from candy bark and layer cakes to fudge and pudding. So this year, consider making room for some delicious, unique and super cute cupcakes too! Trust us, you won't regret it!

What Is The Most Popular Cupcake Flavor?

Like most desserts, we all have our favorite cupcake flavor, whether that's chocolate, vanilla, red velvet, or carrot cake. When it comes to Christmas cupcakes, though, the more holiday-esque flavors include:

Peppermint
Mocha
Coconut
Eggnog
White chocolate
Gingerbread

Related: 65 Make-Ahead Holiday Desserts

The Secret To Moist Christmas Cupcakes

If you've ever had cupcakes come out dry and unappealing, you might be hesitant to try again. Don't fret. The key to moist, fluffy cupcakes is really quite easy: Don't over-mix your batter. Always mix on a low speed or by hand until the ingredients are just combined or until there are streaks in the batter. When you mix the batter just until streaks remain, you create air pockets that expand in the oven, resulting in the perfect cupcake texture.

How To Decorate Christmas Cupcakes

Once you have your perfectly baked cupcakes, now comes the fun part—decorating! Just like Christmas cookies, holiday cupcakes can be as simple or as intricate as you want.

The Christmas Light Cupcakes in this collection use chocolate candies and are perfect for little hands.
The Snow Globe Cupcakes are something a little more complicated, but sure to be a showstopper centerpiece.
The Christmas Swirl Cupcakes simply use red, green and white for an eye-catching color palate.
The Christmas Tree Cupcakes have green frosting piped over an upside-down ice cream cone, and then decorated like a real tree!

Let your imagination run wild when it comes to decorating and always remember, the most important thing is to have fun with it.

Best Christmas Cupcake Recipes

It's absolutely necessary to get your fill of sugar cookies, to sip on eggnog as you cozy up with a good holiday movie, and gather round the fire to make a gingerbread house. But this year, I also hope you add some of these 50 Christmas cupcakes recipe to your holly-jolly baking list! These are a surefire way to spread holiday cheer to those you call your family friends, and these decadent baked goods are definitely going to impress Santa and Mrs. Claus!