Easy 4th Of July Cupcakes
This is a Fashionista Event and a promotional item was provided to me by Sweetworks. Hosts for this event are Still Blonde after all these Years and ModlyChic. We hope you enjoy these easy 4th of July Cupcakes!
Time is flying by! The kids are already out for summer, and before you know it; it will be the 4th of July! So if your life gets hectic like mine and you find yourself faced with a holiday you weren’t quite ready for, you are going to love these easy 4th Of July Cupcakes with Sweetworks candy!
We always do fun baking for Independence Day! The kids just love all the patriotic red, white and blue food. But this summer has been extra hectic for us. We’ve done far too much traveling (not always fun travel), cleaning out the house, moving my office out to create a new nursery, and also getting ready for the new baby. The weeks are flying by way too quickly. I don’t always feel like I have a lot of time to do all the fun things anymore.
But at the same time I still want to do something fun with the kids for the 4th of July! And that is where these insanely easy 4th Of July Cupcakes come into play. You need very little supplies and they don’t take very much time at all! But the result is fun red, white and blue cupcakes your kids will love!
Easy 4th Of July Cupcakes
Supplies:
- Cake mix box – pink or red (I’m using a strawberry flavor cause it is more summery)
- Can of your favorite soda (I’m using Cream Soda)
- Mix up some whipped frosting (use our recipe it is insanely easy and very light. And it’s not over sweet! People will actually eat the frosting instead of scrape it off!)
- Patriotic cupcake wrappers
- Patriotic Cupcake Toothpick sparklers (optional)
- Patriotic colors and shaped candies from Sweetworks (We love the Stars and the Sixlets!)
First bake up our cupcakes. This is super easy, just combine the cake mix in a bowl with the soda. No other ingredients. Just mix and soda. Then bake as cupcakes according to the directions. Then set them aside to cool completely.
I personally love to bake them in my silicone baking cups, because then you can easily remove the cupcake and place it in a pretty cupcake wrapper. I’ve found too often if I bake my cupcakes in the pretty wrapper…well the wrapper doesn’t look so pretty afterwards. So if you want a pretty wrapper; bake the cupcakes in something else first and then transfer to the pretty wrapper.
Then mix up the frosting. And then frost each cupcake with a star tip to make a fun swirl design. You don’t need a lot of frosting on these like from the bakery. Besides, who really likes all that frosting anyway? Most people I know just scrape off half the frosting. So just enough to cover and make it look nice. But not to where there is more frosting than cupcake.
Then the fun part. Normally I would say you can divide up the frosting and color it. Then frost the cupcakes with all three colors at once. But, I was totally lazy today. (Didn’t get much sleep and this pregnancy is making me nauseous again). So I went with extra easy. I saw these Color mist cans at the store when I was picking up the cupcake liners; and well…figured why not give it a try. Seriously most genius way to color the frosting! It’s like spray painting! I can totally do that.
Just don’t go too heavy. A very light mist and it is perfect! I misted each cupcake with Blue and Red and then the white frosting showed through for the perfect patriotic effect.
Now take your favorite Sweetworks Candy and decorate the cupcakes. The kids love the Star Shapes. And they really look great on the cupcakes!
But seriously how can you go wrong using Red, White and Blue Sixlets? These are our favorite candy, so of course I had to use some of them! And then for some size variation we also used the pearl candies.
Lastly, if you want; you can add a fun cupcake toothpick sparkler to symbolize fireworks. And then serve!
These easy 4th of July cupcakes will be a hit at any BBQ, Independence Day celebration, or just for your kids! And they didn’t take a lot of effort or time either.
Want to make your own 4th of July cupcakes? You have a chance to win a $50 selection of Patriotic Sweetworks candy including celebrations pearls, sixlets and gumballs.
These are very cute! I love the patriotism. Red, white, and blue never goes out of style. Great way to get festive.
Beautiful colors! I love the look for it and probably should do something patriotic, since you make it look so much fun!
Those are AWESOME. They are so festive! I think they would be a perfect addition to any 4th of July cookout!
Those cupcakes are so gorgeous! I absolutely love that frosting job. Beautiful!
Those cupcakes are so gorgeous! I absolutely love that frosting job. Beautiful!
Great job! I love how they turned out – and your canned frosting tint worked out beautifully! I think most people prefer something that’s easier so you definitely have a winner!
These are amazing! So much fun and patriotic. I would love to make these for my 4th of July picnic, I am sure they would go fast!
This store is amazing,the variety of candy is overwhelming.I would use the red,white and blue mixed stars to top a fourth of july cherry jello cake.The kids would love this
Love how simple these are! I had no idea you could get sixlets in red white and blue! cute
These are awesomely cute. I love your tip for baking the cupcakes then moving to the fancy wrappers, my wrappers always come out all mangled so this seems like the perfect solution!
Oh my goodness, these are so much fun. I am in charge of the swim team 4th party and these would be a great thing for me to add to the concessions list. Thanks for the idea
These are such cute cupcakes for the 4th of July! You are right, summer is going by way too fast! We’ll be getting ready for the 4th soon and I’ll for sure use these cupcake ideas as inspiration.
Thank goodness for articles like this. I could never come up with something so creative on my own!
These would be perfect for a 4th of July BBQ! Love the idea of swirling the frosting!
These are very cute and perfect for the 4th! I have some patriotic SweetWorks stuff to create some festive cupcakes.
What a cute idea! I pinned it on my 4th of July board to make for my kids.
The cupcakes are adorable and I think they would be fabulous for the retirement party we are having for my husband on July 5th! He will be retiring after 25 years in the Marines.
Wow those colors were mixed to perfection. I love the little fireworks too. These are the best!
Oh my gosh these are too cute and they really are easy!
the jaw breaker and then they are neat we have bd coming up
The Sixlets are always colorful, so I’d use those, definitely. I’d use the Niagara Chocolate Caramel bars just because I love them!
You are so creative! Congratulations on such a great post! NOW I’m craving for those delicious cupcakes!
What super cute cupcakes. I have used those Sixlets candies before on cakes and stuff and love them. They add so much to your treats.
Such fun and festive cupcakes – and I love how you made the frosting swirl like that!! You have inspired me!
These are super cute! I will have to try to make some!
I’d love to use the Ovation® Milk Pumpkin Spice Break-A-Part because I think they’d look awesome on my pumpkin cheesecake!
Those cupcakes are adorable. You are so creative and thanks for the giveaway
Id like to use the powdered blue candy crumble for cupcake topping or to add to slushies.
I like the Sixlets they taste great
I would make cookies with the powder blue and white and the red and white candy crumble.
these look soo yummy! I am such a sweet fein. hehe
Wow, these look amazing! I may have to give these a try!
I like the solid chocolate hearts
I would get the oak leaf red hearts. That’s the red in my red, white and blue!
I like Tie Dye Mix Sixlets – they seem so much fun
Would love to use the sixlets on top of patriotic cupcakes!
I would use the Celebrations line from Sweetworks. I have used them before on a cake and everyone raved about how professional it looked and how yummy the candy was!
How much fun are these?! I love how you did the frosting!!
My favorite may be the Giant Nerds® Filled Gumballs because they are delicious and colorful.
Red & White Candy Crumble Jar because they are festive.
I would get the peanut butter candy bars to make smores with.
I would love to use the Shimmer Silver Stars Sweet Shapes Peg Bag for holiday decorating. I think they would be perfect for Forth of July or even New Years parties.
I love the Celebration candies by Sweetworks. The colors are brilliant and they really highlight any confection you want to make
I would use the sixlets. They come in so many great colors and taste good too!
I would love to have the milk chocolate sports cars for my sons birthday party, I think they would be great in little treat bags!!
I would like to use the Red, White & Blue Mix Sixlets® Peg Pouch. All the colors that I need are in this package to decorate my grandkids cupcakes.
I love red & White Candy Crumble Jar because they are very festive.
I love the Patriotic Candy. I would use it for my Fourth of July party which also happens to be my 42nd Birthday:)
I like Sixlets, and the Red, white, and blue bag of sixlets would be great for decorating cookies or in a trail mix.
I would use the Fantastic Fruits Bubble Gum to decorate fun summer cupcakes because after finishing a delicious cupcake everyone could enjoy a fun fruity piece of gum.
We love to make cupcakes. Great designs there! Happy 4th!
I like the Halloween Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag). They’d add extra festive color and taste when I make cupcakes for Halloween parties this year. Thanks.
partymix25(at)Hotmail(dot)com
I love red & White Candy Crumble for the 4th of July my #32.
I like various colors of sixlets because you can choose colors that would match more than one holiday!
The red and black sixlets would be perfect for my son’s birthday cupcakes!
The Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes™ would be great for Independence Day!!! The colors & shapes are perfect!!!
I like the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes because they are easy to use to make a cake beautiful and my kids would love the candies.
favorite candy of all time is chocolate caramel turtles.
I would like the Foiled Solid Milk Footballs because right after the 4th we start planning for the start of football season! Go Seahawks!
I love the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes! They are so cute!
I’d love to use the Sixlets because they are my favorites and bring back memories of when I was a kid and bought them at the corner store!
I think the Ovation sticks would be fun to prop into cake or cupcakes.
I’d use Sixlets because they are awesome!
Love your cupcakes! The sixlets seem like they could decorate almost anything and would be fun to use.
I would like to use Sweetworks’ Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on the 4th of July cake I’m baking for our family picnic.
I would use Sixlets, Pearls and Candy crumble to decorate some cupcakes. Why, because the kids like the candy and they are edible decoations 🙂
I would use Sixlets to decorate cupcakes – red and blue for the 4th, yellow and green for our anniversary, orange and brown for the fall.
I would use the nerds to decorate because the colors are bright and cheery and the shape has a lot of fun textures. (okay, I would actually just eat them. I like nerds).
I’d use the sixlets to outline and spell out words on my cakes, the jawbreakers with the gum centers sound amazing
I would love to use the red white & blue Sixlets to decorate with because my kiddo’s would easily be able to help create something spectacular with these! Sixlets would also give an amazing “pop” of color that would be yummy to eat as well!
I would love to use Halloween Mix Sixlets® (2lb Bag). I bet they would look great in a jar!
The Red, White and Blue Stars would get great to add on top of our trifle that we make for the 4th of July BBQ each year!
Sixlets® Harvest Laydown Bag (9 oz) for halloween
I would use the 1″ gumballs, in red, white and blue to fill a clear vase and make a bouquet out of old fashioned lollipops and candy sticks.
I’d like the peanut butter filled chocolate hearts! They’d go great on a chocolate & PB cupcake!
i would love to use the red white and blue designs great for the fourth of july
It would be fun to decorate with the Foiled Solid Milk Balls in various colors for each holiday. They would be pretty in large clear vases or jars.
I would get the Lavender and White Candy Crumble because it adds a splash of color and looks delicate and delicious
I think it would be fun to incorporate the Ovation Mint Sticks into decorating. They could be used whole or broken in so many different ways, they would be brilliant.
Shelly H
The Sixlets are my favorite candy. I’ve loved them forever.
Like to use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on a white cake, they would look so good on it.
I would choose sixlets because they are my favorite candy.
I would like to use Sweetworks’ Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes on the 4th of July cupcakes I’m baking for our family picnic because they are colorful and yummy
I would get the banana flavored nitwitz. I’d use them to create faux banana splitz.
I would use the Ovation sticks for fireworks maybe on a cake. I love those cupcakes!
I would buy red, white and blue gumballs and put them on cupcakes! I love gumballs.
I like the Sixlets® Christmas Canes. They would be perfect for holiday baked goods.
I love the red, white, and blue Sixlets the best. I can use them for my holiday desserts and my family loves them!
I would use the red, white and blue stars to put on top of the whipped cream on our roat beer floats.
I would use the Red, White and Blue Mix Stars Sweet Shapes and make a cupcakes decorated with them because my daughter and I love to bake together!
Sixlets are one of my favorite candies so I would love to use those on anything!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I love Sixlets and the various holiday bags make decorating for any holiday easy! Just put them out in pretty bowls and glasses and watch them disappear!
I’d use the Princess Mix Sixlets for my friend’s baby shower.
I would like to use the Shimmer Bears Sweet Shapes because they’re very cute!