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Ice Cream Cupcakes are a sweet no mess party dessert or teacher gift idea! Enjoy these cute Hot Fudge Sundaes made from cake and free printable tags for Teacher Appreciation Week or back to school gift.

How to make the cutest Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes! Easy and fun Party or Gift Recipe. Comes with Free Printables for Teacher Gifts. LivingLocurto.com

There is nothing cuter than these fun Ice Cream Cupcakes!

With the end of the school year upon us, it’s the perfect time to make something homemade for your teachers. These adorable Ice Cream Cupcakes are the cutest! I love making gifts for teachers, and of course cute cakes are another one of my favorite things. If you like baking fun food crafts, I know you will love this sweet idea.

Kristan and I had fun collaborating on this cute idea. We hope you enjoy this mock ice cream sundae cake recipe and free printable tags for Teacher Appreciation Week or end of the school year gift! Take it away Kristan…

Originally Published April 14, 2011

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 Cupcakes?

Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcake Recipe - Free Party Printabels

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?

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcake Recipe - Free Party Printabels

Easy Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes!

Directions for making Ice Cream Cupcakes

You’ll need:

  • Cake Mix & Ingredients
  • Frosting (see recipe below)
  • Chocolate Candy Melts
  • Candy Sprinkles
  • Red Gumballs for Cherry
  • Small Ice Cream Cups – Paper or Styrofoam
  • Plastic or wooden spoon
  • Free Printable Tags & Labels
  • Clear Cellophane (optional)
  1. 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.
  2. Place one cupcake in each cup.
  3. 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
  1. 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.
  2. Remove the frosting from the refrigerator and spoon it on top of cupcakes. It looks just like ice cream!
  3. 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.

Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes & Free Printable

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.

Teacher Appreciation Free Printable Tags - You are Sweet

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.

Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes Recipe - Free Party Printabels

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.

 

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Watch us make this recipe in the video below. So fun!

 

Thank you teachers everywhere for all that you do. Have a fabulous week!!

Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Cupcakes & Free Printables

Ice Cream Cupcakes

Ice Cream Cupcakes are a sweet no mess party dessert! Hot Fudge Sundaes made from cake and free printable tags for Teacher Appreciation Week.
Print Review
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cupcakes, dessert, ice cream
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 12
Author: Amy Locurto

Ingredients

CUPCAKES

FROSTING

  • 2 sticks butter softened
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • Ivory gel food color optional
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Instructions

  • Bake your cupcakes and let cool.
  • For the frosting, mix butter, vanilla and milk into a mixing bowl and mix 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.
  • Place one cupcake in each ice cream cup.
  • Remove the frosting from the refrigerator and spoon it on top of cupcakes. It looks just like ice cream!
  • Melt some chocolate candy melts or almond bark according to package directions then pour over frosting.
  • If giving as a teacher gift, attach the Printable tags to the spoons and insert in the “ice cream” BEFORE the chocolate sets.
  • Add sprinkles and a gumball cherry.
  • Add a red gumball “cherry” and some sprinkles.

Notes

Wrap cupcakes in cellophane and tie with a ribbon for gifts!
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Share Your Ice Cream Cupcakes!

I LOVE when you share your Living Locurto creations on Instagram and my Facebook Page.

Here are some great photos and notes from readers. Thank you so much for sharing!

Christy Mildrum shared her cute creations.

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes - Teacher Gift - Free Party Printables

THANK YOU , THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! So Happy I saw your post, I had NO idea it was teacher appreciation week! Here are our last minute sweets for my son’s teachers. Publix old fashon cinnamon buns and your adorable printables! Thank you for sharing your work! My son and I had a great time putting them together:) We used stir sticks from the dollar tree to glue them on:)

Mindy McVey shared her cupcakes. They look so yummy all together like this!

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes - Free Printables - Recipe- Teacher Gift

Here is my attempt at your awesome ice cream cupcakes. I think they turned out nice. Thanks for the inspiration!

More cuteness from Andrea Koetz.

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcake Recipe - Free Party Printabels

Thanks so much for the cupcake sundae recipe and the printables! They were a big hit!!!

Love these from Michelle at Frost Your Cake.

Ice Cream Sundae Cupcakes - Teacher Appreciation gift

So I saw this adorable idea on Living Locurto‘s blog post and HAD to make some for my son’s Teachers! I just love them!!!

Carla Mentry found some extra cute ice cream cups.

Teacher Appreciation Ice Cream Sundae Cupcake Recipe - Free Party Printabels

You all are the best!

I really appreciate your sweet comments and sharing your creativity with us!! A BIG thanks to Kristan for working with me on this project. I absolutely loved her cupcakes. She is the true cupcake ninja!

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KristanAbout 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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  3. Eldon Woliver says

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  4. Erin says

    I’m planning on making these for my son’s kinder class. But, I’d need to make them in advance, how far in advanced do you think I could make them and bag them?

    Reply

  8. Susan says

    Amazon is already sold out of the little trucks with the cups and spoons — you should get a kick-back!
    Love this fabulous idea for teachers.
    Thank you for your kind remarks about teachers at the end of your post. Truly appreciated!

    Reply

  9. Erin Dubrow says

    So, stinkin cute! I want to make them for ALL the teachers at the school I work at! How long do you think it would take me to make say 45?? Such a cute idea!!

    Reply

  10. Erin says

    I made these for my son’s class for his birthday. Sadly, 6 year olds only care about eating. The adults in the school adored them. I was so happy with them. Thank you for sharing!!!

    Reply

  13. Jenny says

    Really want to try these but I don’t understand how the cupcake ends up turning out like a scoop of ice cream in the cup. If I made just regular cupcakes they would have smooth tops, right? Please help me clear up this confusion! Thanks!

    Reply

    • Jenny says

      Nevermind–Obviously I’m an idiot b/c I reread the directions and I didn’t realize that the top was actually frosting–duh! 🙂

      Reply

  17. CocoNat says

    These are soooo cute….love them 🙂 Here’s a dumb question from a novice baker, what are “chocolate candy melts?” I’d love to make these but really want the full effect of the hardened chocolate so I want to be sure I buy the right stuff!

    Thanks.

    Reply

  20. Parisa Wright says

    I feel like this is a dumb question but can you buy those cups at a supermarket or party store?

    Reply

    • Carrie says

      @Parisa Wright, Michaels (a craft store in OH) has 6 packs of paper ice cream bowls with wooden spoons and lids for $1.99. I scored 6 packs because I am making these for my daughter for her birthday treat at school! Michaels also had bags of red gumballs (for the cherries) for a $1!

      Reply

  21. Lizz says

    These are amazing!! I will definitely be making these for all of my daughters 8 teachers. Yes, 8! It’s hard to find a good gift that I can afford 8 of. Thanks for the idea!

    Reply

  32. KT says

    I LOVE this but I want to use it as treats for my son’s preschool class! Do you have any Happy Birthday tags? I LOVE the “ice-cream”! BTW….I don’t have any ivory coloring…..any other substitutes? 🙂

    Reply

  40. Sue says

    These cupcakes are adorable, and sound delicious! We have three teachers in the family and I know they would all love these cupcakes.

    Reply

  57. Angie says

    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!

    Reply

  59. Kristin says

    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!

    Reply

  60. April Bean says

    I am so making these! This is the first idea I’ve seen that would work well for a male teacher. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply

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