These are definitely the easiest football cupcakes you will ever make. They are also absolutely delicious, your guests and party-goers will love them!

Are you big Super Bowl watchers? Do you watch mostly for the food? I’m definitely guilty of that! It’s Super Bowl season and with Super Bowl season comes delicious food, lots of fun, and lots of football!

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White Frosting

Green Food Coloring

Green Icing with Decorating Tips 

Milk Chocolate Almonds 

Decorating Tips

Easy Football Cupcakes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 17 minutes mins

Total Time 27 minutes mins

Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  

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• 1 ½ C. granulated sugar
• 1 ⅓ C. all-purpose flour
• ¾ C. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• ½ tsp. baking soda
• 3 tbsp. butter, melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 C. milk
• white frosting any brand
• green food coloring you could also purchase green frosting
• 24 chocolate colored almonds
• #2 Wilton frosting tip
• 1M Wilton frosting tip
• 2 disposable piping bags
• 24 cupcake liners

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line (2) 12 count cupcake tins with cupcake liners.
• Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa powder and set aside.
• Combine the sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract and melted butter.
• Slowly fold in the dry ingredients.
• Fill each cupcake liner about ⅔ full with cupcake batter.
• Bake 16-18 minutes.
• Insert a toothpick into the cupcakes around 16-17 minutes, if it comes out clean the cupcakes are done. Remove from the oven and let cool.
• Add a few drops of green food coloring to the white frosting and stir to combine.
• Attach the 1M Wilton frosting tip to the piping bag and fill with green frosting.
• Frost each cupcake by gently squeezing the frosting from the piping bag going in a back and forth motion across the top of the cupcake.
  
• Repeat with all cupcakes.
• Attach the small #2 Wilton frosting tip to the second disposable piping bag and scoop a few tablespoons of white frosting into the bag.
• Take one chocolate covered almond at a time and make football hashtags across the top with the frosting.
  
• Set 1 almond football on top of each cupcake.
  
• Repeat with all almonds and all cupcakes. 
  

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