Cute Santa Cupcakes made with mini Coke cans. This easy recipe and coke can craft is an adorable Christmas party food idea. Kids will love this easy holiday dessert!
Easy Santa Cupcakes Recipe
Christmas is my favorite time of the year! Holiday party season is about to go full blast and you’ll make a lasting impression with my latest Santa Cupcakes made with mini Coca-Cola Cans recipe!
Santa cupcakes would be a perfect treat for a Christmas party or gift from your Elf on the Shelf! Surprise kids with these gift tags from Santa and they will love it!
Start stocking up on those fun mini Coke cans and by the time the holidays hit, you’ll be ready to make your Coca-Cola Santa Cupcakes.
Delicious Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe
These Christmas cupcakes are so simple to make! Made with an easy and delicious chocolate cupcake recipe, these will be soft fluffy cakes as well as cute!
I designed free printable Santa heads that fit perfectly with the size of your cupcake. I love the body of Santa being the mini Coke can!
When you put a group of these cute Santa Cupcakes together on a table, it looks so adorable!
Both kids and adults will love diving into this cute Christmas party dessert.
How to Make Santa Cupcakes with Coke Cans
Making Santa Cupcakes is super easy! You only need a few items along with Coke cans. Enjoy this fun food craft tutorial and recipe.
What you need:
- Mini Coke Cans – The mini cans are the perfect size to hold a cupcake.
- Cupcakes with White frosting – You can make my Chocolate Coke Cupcakes or buy ready made cupcakes with white icing.
- Black Ribbon – I used Chalkboard Ribbon. It looked more like leather to me.
- Red Icing – I used the Red Wilton Decorating Icing that comes in a tube. You can get frosting tips that fit on the tube.
- Frosting Tips and Frosting bags
- Mini Marshmallows
- Amy’s Free Printable Santa Face – (Click below to print them.)
- Hot Glue
- Scissors
Watch How to Make the Santa Cupcakes
Watch my video below for detailed directions on how to make Santa Cupcakes with Mini Coke Cans. Head on over and for more fun food recipes. I’m having fun making video these days!
Download the Santa Free Printables
Click below to download the Free Santa Printables:
–> Click here to download the Santa Heads
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Have a very Merry Christmas! Print this simple Chocolate cupcake recipe and Santa Cupcakes instructions below.
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Santa Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
Chocolate Coke Cupcake Recipe
- 1 Box Devils Food Chocolate Cake Mix
- ⅓ cup Vegetable Oil
- 3 Eggs
- Instant Chocolate Pudding 3.9 oz
- 2 Small Coca Cola Cans 7.5 fl oz
- White Frosting
- Red Frosting
- Mini Marshmallows
Supplies for Decorating
- 2 packs of small Coca Cola Cans 7.5 fl oz
- 1/4″ thick black ribbon
- Free printable Santa head by Amy Locurto
- Hot glue gun
- Scissors
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix the chocolate cake mix, oil, eggs and pudding in a bowl.
- Gradually add 2 cans of Coke to the bowl and mix.
- Fill cupcake wrappers a little over half full and bake 10-17 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cupcakes cool and pipe on a layer of white frosting.
- Pipe red frosting high like Santa’s hat.
- Top with a mini marshmallow.
Craft & Decorate
- Print and trim the Santa Printable file.
- Cut the black ribbon 5-6″ long. Make it long enough so it wraps around the can like a belt.
- Remove the soda can tabs and string ribbon through the tab.
- Hot glue Santa’s belt around the Coke can.
- Place the cupcake on top of the can and hot glue the Santa printable to side of the cupcake wrapper.
Notes
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Originally Published on November 18, 2015 – updated 2023
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Wonderful post, very cute idea!
Thanks for sharing. Love the cute cupcakes.
Hi Patricia,
Sorry you are having problems. I have not seen an email from you asking for help. Maybe it worked for you? I don’t have a link redirecting readers to pay for anything. This is totally free. To get the free printable Santa heads, all you need to follow the directions on in the post. There are two options, either like our Facebook page or share this on Facebook. If you are not on Facebook, I’m happy to email you the file, just contact me through this link: https://www.livinglocurto.com/amy-locurto-diy-dallas-texas-lifestyle-blogger/contact-living-locurto/
Thank you.
This is RIDICULOUS! I have NEVER had so much trouble “downloading” a “FREE” page ! I have liked AND posted this and keep getting redirected to a site to PAY for monthly printable. I don’t want anymore suggestions – just the FREE Santa face for the coke cupcakes, please!! I think lots of us would appreciate an email from you containing what you promised! You only have to reply to my message (and you won’t be redirected!) with the Santa head printable. This puts a very bad light on your website – please correct it!!
Please contact us if you have trouble. You can find the link under the heading: DOWNLOAD THE SANTA FACE FREE PRINTABLES. Just follow the directions and the free printable link will show for you. Thanks!
I saw the cure Santa cans you did. I am trying desperately to down load the printable but with no luck. Any suggestions?