Name: Almond Cherry Mini Cone Cupcakes
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 36
Ingredients: 1 boxed cake mix-plus ingredients to make cake; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 1/2 cup cherry flavored chips, chopped; 3 tablespoons blue sprinkles; 36 JOY mini cones; 3/4 cup butter, softened; 1 teaspoon almond extract; 2 pounds confectioners' sugar; 6 tablespoons water; red gel food coloring; blue gel food coloring; 3 disposable piping bags; 3 #12 piping tips

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These cute little Almond Cherry Mini Cone Cupcakes are just what your 4th of July Party dessert table needs! The red, white and blue colors create a fun patriotic treat! The perfect size for little ones and bite size for us bigger kids. Everyone will the love the cherry almond flavor.

So much fun in such a tiny little 4th of July Treat!

CHANGE UP THE COLORS for a great pool party or birthday party treat! Because these little guys are so small I display them in a pool of colored rice. I love decorating parties with colored rice. Click here to find out how easy it is to color rice—->>>>HOW TO COLOR RICE.

Customize the rice to fit any color scheme.

These chips add the perfect amount of cherry flavor to any baked good.

I found these cute mini cones at Walmart.

The easiest way to keep these little cuties from rolling around it to put them in a mini muffin pan. Also, putting the batter in a zip top bag makes filling them easy.

To create the three tiered frosting, start with a round of blue. Notice how the center isn’t filled in? That’s to control how much frosting goes on these Almond Cherry Mini Cone Cupcakes.

Now the white, still leaving the middle open.

MIX IT UP! Start from the bottom with the red white and blue pattern and some from the top!

Almond Cherry Mini Cone Cupcakes

Yield: Makes 36 Mini Cupcake Cones

Prep Time: 40 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes:

1 boxed cake mix-plus ingredients to make cake
1 teaspoon almond extract
1/2 cup cherry flavored chips, chopped
3 tablespoons blue sprinkles
36 JOY mini cones

For the Almond Frosting:

3/4 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon almond extract
2 pounds confectioners' sugar
6 tablespoons water
red gel food coloring
blue gel food coloring
3 disposable piping bags
3 #12 piping tips

Instructions

For the Cupcakes:

Preheat oven to 350°. Place the mini cones in the cups of a mini muffin pan. Follow the directions on the cake mix box. Add the almond extract, cherry chips and sprinkles. Fill a zip top bag with the batter. Cut the tip large enough for the chopped cherry chips and sprinkles to pass through. Pipe batter into the cones. Fill 3/4 full. Bake 15 minutes. Let cool completely in the mini muffin pan.

For Almond Frosting:

In a large mixing bowl beat butter until fluffy. Add the almond extract and beat until combined. Add 1 cup of confectioners' sugar and beat until well combined. Add the remaining sugar and water. Alternate with the sugar and water. Separate frosting into 3 bowls. Add the red food coloring to one bowl. (enough to get the color you want) Add the blue food coloring to another bowl. (enough to get the color you want) Fill each piping bag fitted with the #12 tip with the three different colors of frosting. Pipe a circle around the outer edge with either red or blue. Add another circle with white. Top the cupcake with either red or blue.

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Comments

Almond Cherry Mini Cone Cupcakes — 15 Comments

Cindy Eikenberg on June 25, 2013 at 5:05 pm said:

Sheryl, these are absolutely adorable and I love this idea for the 4th! Thanks so much for sharing! Hope you are having a wonderful week!

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Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes on June 25, 2013 at 8:03 pm said:

My family would love these – and seriously, how fun!!! Pinned it 🙂

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- Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes on July 2, 2013 at 11:34 pm said:
  
  I will be sharing this on FB tomorrow! Thanks so much for partying with us this week 🙂
  
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Lisa@ Cooking with Curls on June 25, 2013 at 10:15 pm said:

Those are adorable! I have yet to make cupcakes in an ice cream cone, I think it’s about time that I do 🙂

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Adelina Priddis on June 28, 2013 at 9:03 am said:

Love these! Now I need to throw a party so I can make them.

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michelle on June 28, 2013 at 5:20 pm said:

these are so adorable, i love those mini cones! Had to stock up soon as I saw them in the store!

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Paula on June 29, 2013 at 4:54 am said:

This is so cute and really perfect, my kids never want a large dessert. Sharing on my facebook page! ~ Paula

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Heather Who Needs a Cape? on June 29, 2013 at 8:03 pm said:

You come up with the cutest ideas! YUMMY too:) Stopping over from Week-end Wrap up!

Would LOVE for you to link up to Super Sunday with this treat and a couple more 😉 We are live right now! http://whoneedsacape.com/2013/06/super-sunday-party-4/

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Jutta@HungryLittleGirl on June 30, 2013 at 12:53 pm said:

Gorgeous and delicious! I wouldn’t mind having them on Thursday 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing this at Wednesday Extravaganza – can’t wait to see what you share next week 🙂

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Karly on June 30, 2013 at 4:32 pm said:

So stinkin’ cute! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!

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Rachel on July 2, 2013 at 6:41 am said:

Oh my gosh, these are too cute! These also look tasty…cute and tasty, what a great combo! Thank you for the inspiration!

I’d love to have you link up at the Inspiring Creativity Party that I am co-hosting this week! 🙂 http://philwife.blogspot.com/2013/07/im-co-hosting-inspiring-creative.html

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peg graham on September 7, 2017 at 7:40 am said:

My area Pittsburgh doesn’t seem to stock mini cones anymore. Have any ideas where to get them. Dont want to make them.

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- Sheryl on September 7, 2017 at 8:57 am said:
  
  Hi Peg, you might have to pay a little bit more but I would order them off Amazon.
  
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Sera on May 7, 2019 at 2:47 pm said:

These are adorable! Does anyone have any suggestions for how I might transport these? Most mini cupcake carrying containers are too short.

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- Sheryl on May 7, 2019 at 2:56 pm said:
  
  Hi Sera, use a shallow box or lid to a box and make holes big enough for the cones to sit in making sure to keep the holes smaller then the larger end of the ice cream cone.
  
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