Name: Chick Cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 Prepared Yellow Cupcakes; Yellow Frosting; ¼ Cup of Wilton’s Orange Chocolate Discs; 6 Yellow Gumballs; 12 Orange Candy Sweetart Hearts; 12 Candy Eyes

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These adorable Chick Cupcakes are a delightful spring treat for Easter. This easy recipe uses simple decorating on a frosted cupcake, turning these treats into cute yellow chicks. They are perfect for parties and celebrations. It’s a fun recipe craft that even the kids can help with!

You’ll love how easy it is to make these delicious Chick Cupcakes. Get started with a boxed cake mix for the cupcakes. Once baked and cooled, top the cupcakes with yellow frosting. Getting creative with candy pieces will help you form the chick. Use gumballs for the head and decorate the face with candy googly eyes and a nose. Add some candy feet, and these chicks are ready for spring!

This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled for large parties. I have included some easy variations and time savers to make these Chick Cupcakes perfect for any occasion.

Ingredients Needed

Prepared Yellow Cupcakes—Use your favorite white cupcake boxed mix. Follow the box directions and add the ingredients. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to the mix. You can also use store-bought cupcakes that are not frosted.
Yellow Frosting: You can make your own or use store-bought white frosting. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to give it a bright yellow hue.
Yellow Gumballs – to create the head of each chick.
Candy Eyes – to attach to the gumballs for the eyes.
Wilton’s Orange Chocolate Discs – to melt to help create the chick’s nose.
Orange Candy SweetTARTS Hearts – for the feet.

Five cute chick cupcakes after decorating

How To Make Chick Cupcakes

STEP 1: Make the cupcakes. Add 7-8 drops of yellow food coloring to the regular white cake mix. Then, pour the mixture into cupcake liners and bake according to the package directions.

STEP 2: Frost the cupcakes. Add the yellow frosting (homemade or store-bought) to a piping bag or quart-size baggie. Snip a corner and pipe the frosting in a circular pattern on each cupcake. This will represent the body of the chick.

STEP 3: Assemble the chick. Place two orange SweetTARTS hearts towards the bottom of the cupcake to represent the feet. Then place a gumball in the center of the cupcake. Add a dot of frosting to the back of each eye and place it on the gumball. Repeat each step with the remaining cupcakes.

STEP 4: Melt the orange chocolate discs according to the package directions. Place them in a sandwich-size baggie and snip the corner just a bit. Pipe on a little beak underneath the eyes. Let them dry before serving.

Time Savers

Use store-bought cupcakes. Did you know you can request cupcakes that are not frosted at your local grocery store bakery department? You can call ahead so they’ll have them ready when you arrive.
For the frosting, it’s easy to purchase plain white or vanilla frosting in a can. To achieve the bright hue, tint it yellow with food coloring.
Want to make them ahead? You can bake the cupcakes the night before, frost them, and decorate them the next day. Please keep them in an airtight container on the countertop. You can also store them in the fridge until you’re ready to decorate them.

Variations

Cake Mix: This recipe calls for a white cake mix tinted with yellow food coloring. However, you can really use just about any flavor. You can use lemon cake or yellow cake mix. You could even try carrot cake mix to stay on a spring-time theme. This is especially useful if you’re not concerned about what color the actual cupcake is.
Frosting: Bright yellow frosting, with the help of yellow food coloring, is the obvious choice for a chick. You can also use white frosting. It will be just as delightful. Again, just about any pastel shade, (think pink, light blue, even light green) would be adorable for a spring-time party. Mix and match the frostings for a rainbow of pastel chicks!
Decorations: If you wish, you can create the face directly on top of flat, smooth icing. Make sure the icing is applied flat rather than piped on and built up. Here, you will skip adding the gumball. Place the googly eyes on top of the smooth frosting. Use a mini orange Reese’s piece for the nose. You can even swap out the sweeTART feet for two mini orange Reese’s pieces.

Are These Chick Cupcakes Freezer-Friendly?

Unfrosted baked and cooled cupcakes can be frozen, tightly wrapped, for up to 3 months. Thaw on the countertop before frosting and decorating.

Storage

You can store the chick cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter for 1-2 days, or in the fridge for up to 5 days.

More Easy Spring And Easter Treats

Carrot Cake Chick Truffles
Easter Rocky Road Candy
Best Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Eggs
Easter Cookie Cake
Carrot Patch Brownie Parfaits
Bunny Ear Cupcakes
Easter Egg Nests

6 cupcakes

Chick Cupcakes

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

These adorable Chick Cupcakes are a delightful spring treat for Easter. This easy recipe uses simple decorating over a frosted cupcake to turn these treats into a cute yellow chick, perfect for parties and celebrations. It's a fun recipe craft that even the kids can help with!

Ingredients

6 Prepared Yellow Cupcakes
Yellow Frosting
¼ Cup of Wilton’s Orange Chocolate Discs
6 Yellow Gumballs
12 Orange Candy Sweetart Hearts
12 Candy Eyes

Instructions

To make the yellow cupcakes, use a regular white cake mix and add 7-8 drops of yellow food coloring.
Then, pour the mixture into cupcake liners and bake according to the package directions.
Add frosting to a piping bag or quart-size baggie.
Snip Corners and pipe frosting in a circular pattern on each cupcake. This will be the body of the chick.
Place two orange Sweetart hearts towards the bottom of the cupcake to make the feet.
Then, place a gumball in the center of the cupcake.
Add a dot of frosting to the back of each eye and put it on the gumball. Repeat this step with the remaining cupcakes.
Melt the orange chocolate discs according to the package directions. Place them in a sandwich-size baggie and snip the corner just a tiny bit.
Pipe on a little beak underneath the eyes. Let dry.
Enjoy these fun Cupcakes for Easter or anytime of the year!