Puppy Cupcakes

2 min read September 13, 2026 The Crafting Chicks
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Serve these one-of-a-kind puppy cupcakes at your next Puppy Adoption Birthday Party. You can have the cupcakes decorated ahead of time or set out all the supplies and see what kind of puppy cupcakes your guests can make on their own.

Recipe Time
15 to 25 min
Difficulty
Beginner
Servings
12 to 24 Servings
Ingredients:
  • Cupcakes
  • Junior Mints®
  • Chocolate Frosting
  • Vanilla Frosting
  • Pink Gel Icing
  • Black Gel Icing
  • Small Sandwich Cookies
  • Edible Candy Eyes
  • Chocolate Sprinkles
Step
1

Grab some cupcakes. You can use store-bought cupcakes or an easy box mix. We actually used this Cookies and Cream Cupcake recipe. You'll start by frosting your cupcakes. We suggest using fun frosting tips. We used a grass tip and star tips for these cupcakes to give our puppies more texture.

Puppy Cupcakes step 1
Step
2

Next add the eyes. We love using edible candy eyes with some black gel frosting to give the puppy spots.

Puppy Cupcakes step 2
Step
3

Make the puppies' noses with black gel or a Junior Mint® cut in half. Don't forget about the mouth. Using a little bit of pink gel give your puppy a cute tongue.

Puppy Cupcakes step 3
Step
4

Now our puppy needs ears. We broke some sandwich cookies in half to create ears. We also used the black gel to create ears.

Puppy Cupcakes step 4
Step
5

Now get creative and make all sorts of different puppies. The possibilities are endless! 

Be sure to see the entire Puppy Birthday Party as well as the Pin the Tail on the Puppy Game we played and the Puppy Adoption Kits we gave away as party favors.

Puppy Cupcakes step 5

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