4TH OF JULY CUPCAKES

4th of July Cupcakes image

So fun and intricate! Great for 4th of July events and potlucks! Kids love them with the cool ingredients like frosting and Fruit Roll-ups®!

Provided by Cierra Marie

Categories Dessert Recipes Cakes Cupcake Recipes Holiday

Time 50m

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 (16.9 ounce) package blueberry muffin mix (such as Betty Crocker®)
¾ cup water
¼ cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
¾ cup cream cheese frosting, or as needed
2 strawberry-flavored fruit roll (such as Fruit Roll-Ups®), cut into thin strips, or as needed
20 blueberries, halved crosswise

Steps:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Grease 10 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
Drain blueberries from muffin mix. Mix muffin mix, water, oil, and eggs together in a bowl until batter is just mixed; fold in blueberries. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each to the top.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 16 to 21 minutes. Cool until able to be handled and cut tops off each cupcake, reserving tops for a separate use.
Spread cream cheese frosting, starting from the middle and working outwards, onto each cupcake bottom. Arrange fruit roll strips onto each, forming "stripes" and place 2 blueberry halves in the left corner of each for the "stars".

Nutrition Facts : Calories 361.4 calories, Carbohydrate 48.9 g, Cholesterol 45.3 mg, Fat 16.8 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 4.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.3 g, Sodium 550 mg, Sugar 28 g