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These festive Tie Dye patriotic cupcakes will be a hit at your next patriotic event.
Whether you’re searching for cupcakes to serve for the 4th of July or Memorial Day, I’m confident these patriotic cupcakes will wow your guests.
The 4th of July is just around the corner, so I’m rolling up my sleeves and whipping up a feast for my family.
Of course, I am not limiting the number of sweets I’ll be serving.
Heck, no! Not with my sweet tooth!
This is why I put together these adorable Tie Dye Patriotic Cupcakes.
My Patriotic Cupcakes boast a tie-dye look – multicolored red, white and blue.
To give your cupcakes this look, it’s all about layering.
All you have to do is layer the colored batter, one spoonful at a time, into the muffin tin. Ta-da!
That’s all it takes to make these original treats!
What do you have planned for July 4th?
How do you frost cupcakes without tools?
I recommend using a piping bag with Wilton tip # 12 attached to frost these patriotic cupcakes.
If you don’t have any tools to frost your cupcakes, you can use can put the frosting into a Ziploc bag and cut the corner.
Frosting cupcakes without tools may create more work for you, but you can still make these tie dye patriotic cupcakes look festive using a Ziploc bag in place of a piping bag.
How to Make Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes
Making Tie Dye patriotic cupcakes will require you to separate the cake batter into three bowls.
Using red food gel, you’ll mix one-third of the cake batter to create your red layer.
You’ll use blue food gel mixed into one-third of the white cake batter to create your red layer.
Once your cupcake batter has been tinted so that you have a red, white, and blue bowl of cupcake batter, you’ll layer the batter into your cupcake tins.
You can start with whichever color you’d like, making sure to alternative red, white, and blue cupcake batter in each muffin tin so that you have patriotic striped cupcakes.
For an added patriotic touch to your cupcakes, you’ll decorate one pretzel rod per patriotic cupcake using the melted red candy.
Allow your pretzels to cool for one hour before using it as a decorative touch to your American Flag cupcakes.
This dessert will be an excellent conversation starter during your family gathering for the 4th of July.
The guests will love how much time you took to create a magical red, white, and blue cupcake design to go along with your red, white, and blue festive décor.
Each bite will deliver a moist piece of cake and the homemade frosting will delight their senses.
You’ll need to cut the white cake box mix in half prior to starting the process when making this Tie Dye patriotic cupcakes recipe.
This means only using half of the ingredients because my recipe to decorate your festive Tie Dye patriotic cupcakes only decorate 12 red, white, and blue cupcakes.
How to Make Tie Dye Patriotic Cupcakes
You can find the full recipe with ingredients and instructions in the printable card below.
Ingredients For Tie Dye Patriotic Cupcakes
- cake box mix
- blue gel food coloring
- red gel food coloring
- hard pretzels
- red candy melts
- coconut oil
- unsalted butter
- confectioners’ sugar
- milk
- blueberries
**Most cake box mixes yield 24 cupcakes, so we encourage you to cut the recipe in half since this recipe yields one dozen decorated cupcakes.
Yields: 12 decorated cupcakes
Directions For Tie Dye Patriotic Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or, the temperature according to the cake box directions). Line a muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
Prepare the cake mix batter and divide evenly into three bowls.
Color one bowl of batter with blue gel food coloring and another with red gel food coloring. Mix until each one is tinted thoroughly.
Alternating between the three colors, fill each section of the muffin pan until they’re about 2/3 full.
Bake according to cake box directions and allow to cool completely.
Line up hard pretzels on a baking sheet, lined with wax paper.
In a bowl, microwave red candy and coconut oil in 30-second intervals until completely melted (mix the candy between each interval).
Dip each pretzel into melted candy and place gently back on lined baking sheet.
Allow the coated pretzels to set completely, at least one hour.
In a large bowl, beat together softened butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk with an electric mixer. Start on low and increase to high – these ingredients combined will make the buttercream frosting.
Once the buttercream is smooth and forms semi-stiff peaks, scoop into a piping bag with Wilton tip #12 attached.
Frost each cupcake.
Place 3 blueberries on each cupcake, followed by a pretzel.
Tie Dye Patriotic Cupcakes
These festive Tie Dye patriotic cupcakes will be a hit at your next patriotic event. Whether you’re searching for cupcakes to serve for the 4th of July or Memorial Day,
Ingredients
- 1 cake box mix - divided in half, and all ingredients required to make it, divided in half**
- ¼ tsp blue gel food coloring
- ¼ tsp red gel food coloring
- 12 hard pretzels
- 1 cup red candy melts
- 1 tsp coconut oil
- 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- 36 blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or, the temperature according to the cake box directions). Line a muffin pan with paper liners and set aside.
- Prepare the cake mix batter and divide evenly into three bowls.
- Color one bowl of batter with blue gel food coloring and another with red gel food coloring. Mix until each one is tinted thoroughly.
- Alternating between the three colors, fill each section of the muffin pan until they’re about 2/3 full.
- Bake according to cake box directions and allow to cool completely.
- Line up hard pretzels on a baking sheet, lined with wax paper.
- In a bowl, microwave red candy and coconut oil in 30-second intervals until completely melted (mix the candy between each interval).
- Dip each pretzel into melted candy and place gently back on lined baking sheet.
- Allow the coated pretzels to set completely, at least one hour.
- In a large bowl, beat together softened butter, confectioners’ sugar and milk with an electric mixer. Start on low and increase to high - these ingredients combined will make the buttercream frosting.
- Once the buttercream is smooth and forms semi-stiff peaks, scoop into a piping bag with Wilton tip #12 attached.
- Frost each cupcake.
- Place 3 blueberries on each cupcake, followed by a pretzel.
Notes
**Most cake box mixes yield 24 cupcakes, so we encourage you to cut the recipe in half since this recipe yields one dozen decorated cupcakes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
15Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 281Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 301mgCarbohydrates: 51gFiber: 1gSugar: 27gProtein: 3g
Nutritional information is automatically calculated with ingredients and serving size and may not be accurate. Please always double check with your own nutritional apps as well.
WHAT’S NEXT?
If you get a chance to try it, let us know! Leave us a comment below, or share it with a picture on Instagram or Facebook! Don’t forget to tag us @kelly_reci_ and use the hashtag #Kellysthoughtsonthings so we can see what amazing meals you are cooking up!
Varun
Saturday 4th of July 2020
This looks so amazing. Different colors of cupcakes.