Time to light up your Easter celebrations with these gorgeous marshmallow flower cupcakes! Learn how to make them quick and easy, so get baking – they take no time at all!
How to Make Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes
Skip the dreary winter blues and welcome spring with a spark of sweetness! These pretty Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes are sure to brighten up any Easter celebration – they take no time at all, so hop over to your oven and start baking!
I turned simple chocolate cupcakes into the cutest flower cupcakes in minutes and you can too! These adorable marshmallow flower cupcakes are fast, easy and perfect for any spring occasion!
Because I always try to come up with new ideas for fun food I’ve seen around the internet, I think I nailed it with just a few key decorations.
What makes my version of these flower cupcakes extra cute is how the cake is placed into real seed pots and covered with tiny lady bugs, so it looks like you’ve just been potting them.
Edible Floral Cupcakes Are Fun
Speaking of edible flower treats, these cute cupcakes reminded me of some other flower desserts I have made in the past. You’ll love these cute spring cupcake decorating ideas.
This cupcake flower bouquet is one of my favorite spring party ideas!
Want a healthier version? This Vegetable Flower Bouquet is so fun!
Now let’s bake some adorable marshmallow flower cupcakes!
Because these were so fun to make, I’ll be doing them all year round. Kids will like to make these sweet treats for sure.
How to Make Flower Cupcakes
Welcome spring with these pretty Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes! An easy dessert recipe for a party or simple Easter treat!
You can assemble these floral cupcakes with homemade chocolate cupcakes and frosting or store-bought items.
You’ll need:
- 12 Chocolate Cupcakes -> Try this yummy chocolate cake recipe.
- 36 Large Marshmallows
- Green food coloring
- Green Frosting – We love this cream cheese frosting recipe.
- M&M’s
- Yellow and Pink Sugar Sprinkles
- Small flower pots
- Lady Bug stickers (optional)
Flower Cupcake Directions
Step 1
Bake chocolate cupcakes and after they cool, place into pots and stick lady bugs onto the pots.
Step 2
Add several drops of green gel food coloring to your frosting. When you get the color of grass, frost the cupcakes.
How to Cut Marshmallows Into Flowers
Step 3
Dip your scissors into a cup of water, then cut a marshmallow in half. Trim the ends to look like the shape of a flower petal.
Step 4
Add an M&M onto the center of a cupcake then dip each marshmallow flower petal into a bowl of colorful sugar sprinkles and place around the candy.
Repeat these steps with various colors of marshmallow flower petals and candy center until all cupcakes are decorated. Serve and enjoy!
Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 Chocolate Cupcakes
- 36 Large Marshmallows
- Green food coloring
- 1.5 cups Frosting – Try this cream cheese frosting recipe.
- 12 pieces M&M’s
- 1 cup Sugar Sprinkles
Instructions
- Bake or buy chocolate cupcakes. After they cool, place into pots and stick lady bugs onto the pots.
- Add several drops of green gel food coloring to your frosting. When you get the color of grass, frost the cupcakes.
- Dip your scissors into a cup of water, then cut a marshmallow in half. Trim the ends to look like the shape of a flower petal.
- Add an M&M onto the center of a cupcake then dip each marshmallow flower petal into a bowl of colorful sugar sprinkles and place around the candy.
- Repeat these steps with various colors of marshmallow flower petals and candy center until all cupcakes are decorated. Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
I originally made these cute cupcakes on April 7, 2019 – Updated 2025
It looks good and tastes good.
Check out the link above to shop online for the lady bugs.
Oh, I love these tiny ladybugs! I searched for them in three stores but couldn’t find them.
Instructions on how to cut Thanh Hoa marshmallows are very useful and detailed