I have to say making treats for my July 4th BBQ is one of my favorite things. I think it stems from back when I was a kid my parents would host HUGE July 4th get-togethers. It was all day surrounded by friends and family and I LOVED it! That love has spread to making some killer red, white and blue treats like this one!
Vanilla Firecracker Cupcakes
My kids love these firecracker cupcakes. I love that my friends and family think I'm some cupcake master when I make these! Really they are super simple!
My kids love these and they are perfect for pot lucks and get-togethers.
PS this costing tip is perfect for other holidays too.
Recently a friend of mine added pop rocks to the frosting. HUGE hit! So that is what I plan to do this year!
Here is how you two can make them!
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Ingredients
Cupcakes:
2 cup Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 cup softened Butter
3/4 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1 cup Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Frosting:
1 cup softened Butter
3 cup Powdered Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla
1-2 tbsp Milk
Red Gel Coloring
Blue Gel Coloring
Twizzlers Peel and Pull Candies
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375.
Line muffin pan with liners. (I like the silicone cupcake wrappers they are reusable!)
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla
Add in flour mixture and milk gradually alternating between them.
Fill each liner 2/3 full and bake for 18 minutes or until the toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
Allow cooling.
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Whip butter, vanilla and gradually add powdered sugar.
Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
Prepare a piping bag and fold the bag down over a cup.
Using a toothpick draw several red and blue lines up the sides of the bag.
Transfer frosting to a piping bag and frost each cupcake.
Cut Twizzlers into approximately 2″ pieces and insert in middle peeling a little at the top for effect.
Frost tips and add sprinkles if desired.
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Vanilla Firecracker Cupcakes

My kids love these firecracker cupcakes. I love that my friends and family think I'm some cupcake master when I make these! Really they are super simple!
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 2 cup Flour
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup softened Butter
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Frosting:
- 1 cup softened Butter
- 3 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1-2 tbsp Milk
- Red and Blue Gel Coloring
- Twizzlers Peel and Pull Candies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- Line muffin pan with liners.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- Cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Beat in eggs and vanilla
- Add in flour mixture and milk gradually alternating between them.
- Fill each liner 2/3 full and bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Allow cooling.
- Whip butter, vanilla and gradually add powdered sugar.
- Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
- Prepare a piping bag and fold the bag down over a cup.
- Using a toothpick draw several red and blue lines up the sides of the bag.
- Transfer frosting to a piping bag and frost each cupcake.
- Cut Twizzlers into approximately 2" pieces and insert in middle peeling a little at the top for effect.
- Frost tips and add sprinkles if desired.
Nutrition Information
Yield
24Serving Size
1 gramsAmount Per Serving Calories 236Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 8gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 4gCholesterol 47mgSodium 196mgCarbohydrates 30gFiber 0gSugar 21gProtein 2g
Looks soo cute. What tip did you decorate with. Is your frosting recipe on your blog somewhere?
Keep up the great work.
Woops, I didn’t see the frosting recipe. Sorry about that.