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.
1cake box mix - divided in halfand all ingredients required to make it, divided in half**
¼tspblue gel food coloring
¼tspred gel food coloring
12hard pretzels
1cupred candy melts
1tspcoconut oil
1stick unsalted buttersoftened
2cupsconfectioners’ sugar
1-2tbspmilk
36blueberries
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.