The most fabulous and impressive Christmas cupcake recipes, with everything from snowflake cupcakes to pecan pie and sugar plum fairy cupcakes!
Make your Christmas merry and bright with these fabulous cupcakes that will turn heads and earn applause!

Christmas is around the corner and your “to-do” list is growing faster than weeds after a summer rain. I get it. Holidays are always a chaotic time. You are planning the perfect Christmas appetizers and you need all the Pinterest recipes for it to make it a memorable holiday meal.
You do not have to go all out with baking for your dessert. Keeping with the holiday festivities, you can easily make cupcakes. Cupcakes are the perfect choice for your guests since they are filled with flavor, and people can take them home after the meal. It’s a win-win situation! Kids also LOVE a fun hand held treat.
I’m not talking about the regular ol’ from a box cupcakes. I’m talking about impressive Christmas desserts that will really WOW your friends and family with plenty of sweet and festive sprinkles and decorations. Think snowman cupcakes, wreath cupcakes, reindeer cupcakes, red velvet, eggnog cupcakes, Christmas light cupcakes or hot chocolate cupcakes with marshmallows. You can even put the cupcakes together to make a cupcake wreath!
I put together this top-notch list of 20 impressive Christmas cupcake recipes for you to start with. These recipes really took my breath away and I know they will be a major treat for your holiday dinner. Some of them are more elaborate than others, and some are almost too gorgeous to eat. However after a long day of entertaining, and after all your planning, devouring a beautiful cupcake could really be the icing on the cake… cupcake that is! If you’re looking for more winter dessert inspiration, take a look at my lists of 20 Christmas Candy Recipes, 30 Christmas Cookie Recipes and 20 Candy Cane Recipes.
What is your go-to dessert for a holiday? For me, it’s classic Christmas cookies, these cupcakes or my elegant eggnog cake. Do you mind sharing it with me in the comments below? I absolutely love to read about your traditions. Have a great holiday!
20 Christmas Cupcake Recipes


Chocolate Covered Pretzel Cupcakes

Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Christmas Wreath Cupcakes

Christmas Light Cupcakes

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Easy to Make Snowman Cupcakes

Super Easy Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Super Soft and Fluffy Eggnog Cupcakes with Eggnog Buttercream

Grinch Cupcakes

Hot Chocolate Cupcakes


Pecan Pie Cupcakes

North Pole Cupcakes

Peppermint Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Peppermint Mocha Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

Christmas Reindeer Cupcakes

Snowflake Cupcakes

Sparkling Cranberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

Snow Globe Cupcakes

Sugar Plum Fairy Cupcakes
Put some extra merry in your Christmas with these cupcakes that will impress your guests! They are as fun to look at as they are to eat!
I’m all in on your EggNog cupcakes with Eggnog butter cream! Thanks for sharing!
This is a great collection! Bookmarking it so I can come back to it for Christmas baking. Nice to have pretty cupcakes in the mix!
What an amazing list of fun and festive, cupcakes for Christmas. They all would look perfect on my Holiday table.
I would love to make the chocolate covered pretzel tree cupcakes but I can’t find the chocolate covered pretzel trees. Any idea where I can by these??
Here they are: https://www.amazon.com/Snyders-Hanover-Chocolate-Pretzels-Hersheys/dp/B01ETBDIU4/ref=sr_1_7_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1543644264&sr=8-7&keywords=holiday+shaped+pretzels
These are so so cute!! what a delightful way to spread cheer. my kids would love these.
Those cupcakes are all so delightful to look at. I am sure they all taste heavenly too. Thank you so much for sharing the links to the recipes. The Christmas wreath cupcake recipe looks fairly easy enough to follow so I will start with that. Yum!
These goodies look so perfect and so delicious! I love the Christmas wreath cupcakes the best. Thankfully, that was the recipe you shared! Yay! I will make these for our Christmas day food fest!
These cupcakes are all so cute. I have been looking for some holiday treats to make. I will have to start with the Snowflake Cupcakes. They would be great for a Frozen themed party.
Very impressive indeed. I love this round up of Christmas cupcakes. I only wish I could do something just as good.
These are all so stinkin cute! I don’t even know if I could pick a favorite. Maybe the polar bears or gingerbread. People are so creative!
So many great recipes! I love the ornament cupcakes. I love how creative people are with their holiday recipes. I need to try one of these.
There are so may adorable Christmas themed cupcakes here. I would love to make some Grinch ones with my kids.
I love the idea of Christmas wreath cupcakes. And they’re so easy to decorate too!
Oh these are too fun. I’d love to have an assortment of themed cupcakes to choose from on Christmas!
These cupcakes are so festive and amazing! I really love the idea of making these for Christmas that is if I can pull off the awesome decorations! Thanks for sharing the recipes!
I bet I can convince my middle school daughters to have a baking day with me when I show them this. So much fun!
These all look amazing and so festive. I’m not very good at decorating cupcakes but as long as they taste good I’m happy 🙂
These are some pretty delicious looking Christmas cupcakes to enjoy for the holidays! I am going to have to make some, they are super festive. I love making up festive recipe ideas during this month!
Wow, there are so many cute cupcakes here! Mine are never impressive looking but maybe I’ll give some of these a try!
These are such beautiful cupcakes! I’ve always wanted to make decorative cupcakes like this for Christmas, but I just never took the time. I think I need to bookmark this and give it a try!