Surprise Cupcakes, easy to make and fun for everyone! Get all the tips on how fill your cupcakes with sprinkles or other tasty fillings!
I am a sucker for sprinkles- I love them on Birthday Cupcakes, Valentine Cupcakes, doughnuts, my Pink and Gold cake, and homemade ice cream- anything sweet only gets better by adding sprinkles in my opinion!
What you need for surprise cupcakes?
- Baked Cupcakes
- Frosting
- Filling of Choice- Sprinkles, Jam, and Caramel work great!
How to make surprise cupcakes:
- Remove a small portion of the cupcake center
- Stuff holes with sprinkles or other filling
- Pipe frosting on top
- Enjoy!
A long time ago I made hidden cache cupcakes for a mini food series I was doing and I thought it would be perfect to fill the cupcakes with sprinkles as if they were filled with hidden treasure.
Since then I’ve made Fourth of July Cupcakes with a “firework” explosion of sprinkles hidden inside, and even piñata cupcakes with a colorful assortment sprinkles ready to burst out!
Having a surprise inside a cupcake isn’t limited to sprinkles either! I love filling them with caramel, lemon curd, or even just delicious dark chocolate frosting.
How do I cut the hole out of the cupcake?
I recommend using a spoon, melon baller, or a potato peeler to cut the small center hole out of the cupcake. It works best if the hole is cut in an upside down cone shape.
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What else can I fill cupcakes with?
Sprinkles, frosting, caramel, lindor chocolates, or your favorite little candies! All work well!
What kind of cupcakes should I use?
You can use any cupcake recipe! I love my chocolate cupcakes, yellow cupcakes, and white cupcakes! Or give these orange cupcakes a try!
Need some tasty frosting options?
- Easy Vanilla Buttercream
- Strawberry Buttercream
- Stabilized Whipped Cream Frosting
- Grapefruit Frosting
- Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
- Dark Chocolate Buttercream
- Milk Chocolate Buttercream
- Brown Sugar Buttercream
For next level surprise cupcakes check out my hidden mickey cupcakes here!
Have you ever made filled cupcakes? Or had a cupcake with sprinkles inside? Let me know in the comments below!
Surprise Cupcakes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes
- Sprinkles lots!
- Frosting
- Piping Tip I love using the 1M
- Piping Bag
Instructions
- Using a spoon, melon baller, or potato peeler (like me!), cut a circle out of the top of the cupcake and scoop out some of the inside of the cupcake.Cupcakes
- Stuff the hole with sprinkles- pack them in there! (Or fill with filling like caramel or lemon curd!)Sprinkles
- Using your piping tip and bag full of frosting pipe on a huge swirl of frosting! I like to start in the middle over the hole, then in a spiral out and eventual up, apply the frosting.Frosting, Piping Tip, Piping Bag
- Finish decorating with more sprinkles
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Post updated on 7/5/2024
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