Winter Cupcakes With Candy Christmas Tree Pretzels

These Christmas Tree winter cupcakes are eye-catching, super easy to assemble, and perfect for any winter or holiday occasion!

If you’re hosting a Christmas get-together or a winter-themed party, you must make these winter cupcakes with Candy Christmas Tree Pretzels!

They are surprisingly easy to assemble, especially if you follow my Homemade Candy Christmas Tree Pretzels.

They’re one of my favorite Christmas recipes this year because I took a recipe I made last year and took it to a new level!

Although they’re perfect to enjoy at a holiday season event, they’re easy enough to make for movie nights, birthdays, or ANY occasion!

If you love themed cupcakes as much as I do, you have got to try my Melted Snowman Cupcakes, Easy Speckled Mermaid Cupcakes, or Rainbow Unicorn Cupcakes!

How To Make Winter Cupcakes With White Chocolate Christmas Trees

Seriously, you’re going to be blown away by how simple this winter wonderland cupcake recipe is!

Ingredients For Winter-Themed Cupcakes

• Box cake mix – just use your favorite flavor (or your favorite recipe). 
• White frosting – homemade or store-bought.
• Piping bags – 1 for frosting, 1 for melted white chocolate 
• Coconut flakes
• Green edible glitter
• Yellow star sprinkles
• Multi-colored sprinkles – to represent lights
• White chocolate chips
• Coconut oil
• Pretzel sticks

Winter Cupcakes Instructions

Here are the step-by-step directions to make these adorably festive winter wonderland cupcakes!

Step 1

Bake cupcakes per box instructions or recipe and cool completely.

Step 2

Melt white chocolate chips with coconut oil, stir until smooth, and pour into a piping bag.

Step 3

On a wax paper lined cookie sheet, lay out pretzel sticks about 4 inches apart.

Step 4

Pipe the trees with the melted white chocolate by starting at the bottom with a wide pipe and narrowing toward the top.

Step 5

Place a star sprinkle at the top of the tree.

Step 6

Sprinkle a light layer of green edible glitter, then sprinkle on the multi-colored sprinkles.

Step 7

Place the tray of trees in the fridge to set.

Step 8

Pipe frosting on each winter cupcake and dip it in coconut to create a snow base.

Step 9

Press a tree into the center of each cupcake.

Serve and enjoy!

Winter Wonderland Cupcakes Recipe Notes And Tips

• I used a box cake mix, but you could use your favorite homemade cupcake recipe. Or you could buy premade cupcakes at the grocery store!
• If you use store-bought frosting, it may be too thin to pipe on the cupcakes and hold up. If you need to make it thicker, simply add a tablespoon of powdered sugar at a time and mix. Repeat until you reach the desired consistency.

Variations Of Winter Cupcakes To Try

• Add food coloring to the frosting and coconut flakes to make them blue, if you want. If you do this, I recommend using blue sprinkles on the candy Christmas trees.
• Make chocolate cupcakes for the chocolate-lovers!
• Use white sprinkles instead of coconut flakes.

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Cupcakes FAQs

If you have any questions about this fun recipe, please check to see if I’ve answered them below. If I haven’t, be sure to leave them in the comments so I can!

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• Grinch Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
• Cinnamon Roll Snowman
• Christmas Cakesicles (Christmas Cake Popsicles)
• Christmas Wreath Cupcakes