So I know you’ve probably been stressing out over what to give your kid’s teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week.
I mean…you HAVE been thinking about it, right?
Because if you haven’t, you totally should.
But just in case…I took the liberty of coming up with a super cute idea for you.
(Amy might have helped a little too.)
How about Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes?
You really didn’t think I was going to send you to school with ordinary cupcakes did you?
I mean, come on… we want this to be the cupcake that your child’s teacher measures all future Teacher Appreciation cupcakes by. We want the ladies in the office ooh and ahh-ing!
We care about stuff like that. Don’t act like we don’t.
The good part is that these are incredibly easy to make and Amy has designed cute free printable tags! So maybe you can make a few extra cupcakes to keep at home, hmmm?
Directions
You’ll need:
- Cake Mix & Ingredients
- Frosting (see recipe below)
- Chocolate Candy Melts
- Sprinkles
- Red Gumballs for Cherry
- Small Ice Cream Cups – Paper or Styrofoam
- Plastic or wooden spoon
- Free Printable Tags & Labels
- Clear Cellophane (optional)
- Start off with an ordinary cupcake. Boxed mix, homemade, whatever floats your boat. Just make sure it’s yummy (you’ll probably have to eat one or two for quality control). I found an adorable set of ice cream cups and spoons. The price is reasonable and they come in the cutest ice cream truck box.
- Place one cupcake in each cup.
- Make the frosting.
Frosting
- 2 sticks butter, softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- a few drops of ivory gel food color
- In the bowl of a mixer, mix butter, vanilla and milk until well blended and smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar and mix on low until just combined. Increase speed to medium and beat for a minute or two, until fully combined and fluffy. Place frosting in the refrigerator for an hour to chill.
- Remove the frosting from the refrigerator and spoon it on top of cupcakes. It looks just like ice cream!
- Now melt some chocolate candy melts or almond bark according to package directions. I really recommend that you DON’T use normal chocolate, because it will not set up hard. You want your chocolate to harden–much easier and neater when transporting the cupcakes.
Attach Amy’s FREE Printable Flags to the spoons and insert in the “ice cream” BEFORE the chocolate sets.
Add a red gumball “cherry” and some sprinkles.
Attach the Printable label to the front of the cup. I used foam adhesive normally used for scrapbooking because I liked the three-dimensional look.
Once the chocolate is fully set, you can wrap these in cellophane and tie with a ribbon for easy transport. I attached another cute tag to the outside so she could easily read it.
The other moms are going to be so jealous when they see what you made this year. Not that we care about stuff like that.
Thank you teachers everywhere for all that you do. Have a fabulous week!!
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About Kristan
Kristan is a fun mom from rural Arkansas with an amazing talent for creating cute recipes along with humorous stories. Find her on Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, Twitter & Facebook.
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Fave new blog of the day!!! “@livinglocurto: Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes & Free Printable tags. http://t.co/nS9Y6NY”
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These cupcakes are adorable, and sound delicious! We have three teachers in the family and I know they would all love these cupcakes.
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Thanks Kristan. I would have totally missed this if you had not posted about Teacher Appreciation Week. Thanks for the goodies too.
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These are really cute. And that frosting looks perfect.
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These are so awesome!
I’d like to invite you to share this recipe on my linky, Sweet Tooth Friday. I hope to see you there. http://alli-n-son.com/2011/04/14/chocolate-birds-nests/
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I love this idea. How creative, it could be used so many ways!
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My favorite so far. Those are amazing..
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Darling teacher gift printables today via @livinglocurto @bakescupcakes http://www.livinglocurto.com/2011/04/teacher-gift-cupcakes-recipe/
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These ice cream sundae cupcakes are so cute! I was totally fooled that the ice cream really isn't ice cream!… http://fb.me/YRQqFMCZ
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Cute! Where did you get the cups at??? I’ve never seen containers like those.
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RT @livinglocurto: You gotta go look at these… Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes & Free Printable tags. http://bit.ly/h16BLf
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so cute!
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Teacher Appreciation idea! So cute! Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes at @livinglocurto via @bakescupcakes http://ow.ly/4AiAn
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LOVELOVELOVE Kristan and love this idea!!! How stinking awesome is that????
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Oh, Kristin… so. stinkin'. cute. RT @livinglocurto: Ice Cream Cupcakes Recipe & Free Printable Tags {Teacher Gift} http://bit.ly/h16BLf
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I just have to say that I would love this if a student brought it to me next week.
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This is too cute… thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much for an awesome “out of the box” idea for teachers,because I have aleady been trying to come up with something different and you have given it to me!! Thanks for all of your creative ideas!
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These are precious!! I have to make cupcakes for tomorrow…guess I’m gonna have to go out and get the stuff to make these
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This is just what I was looking for! The ice cream cupcakes recipe is what I am going to make for my first grandsons, first birthday party in two weeks! You ladies rosck!
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I am so making these! This is the first idea I’ve seen that would work well for a male teacher. Thanks for sharing!
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LOOOOOVE it!!
you guys are GREAT together!
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