Browse through Wilton’s collection of more than 200 simple and creative cupcake decorating ideas. From birthdays and major holidays to baby showers and graduations, you’ll find great ideas for decorating cupcakes for all themes and "occasions. Let Wilton help you find inspired and innovative ideas for making colorful butterfly cupcakes, ladybug cupcakes, princess cupcakes and more!
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561 ideas were found matching your search criteria.
Snug as a Bug Cupcake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Flower Silicone Baking Cups supply a suitable setting for bug-decked cupcakes. Form ladybugs using a Truffles Candy Mold, orange candy, and piped-icing details.
Swirl Cupcakes
Difficulty: Easy
The Swirl. A fun and easy spin on cupcake decoration. Tint icing in a rainbow of shades, pipe on cupcakes, add Sprinkle Decorations and create an instant party!
Candy-Loving Monster Cupcake
Difficulty: No reviews
Your kids will love sinking their teeth into these cupcakes embellished with favorite Halloween candies. Top them off with our Monster Cupcake Picks for a fun touch.
Ghosts in the Graveyard Cupcakes
Difficulty: Easy
What a hauntingly delicious scene! It’s perfect for Halloween parties and get-togethers. Brownie pop ghosts baked with our Brownie Pops 8-Cavity Silicone Mold sit atop iced cupcakes.
Jammin' in the Jungle Cake and Cupcakes
Difficulty: Easy
Go into the wild with this fun birthday theme. Monkeys, giraffes and lions are all there to celebrate with the party’s guest of honor. It’s so fun and easy with the Jungle Pals collection.
Ready for Dunking Cupcake
Difficulty: Easy
Baked in a 6-Cup King-Size Muffin Pan, these high-scoring cupcakes make slam-dunk additions to sports banquets and March Madness parties. Use Candy Clay to add net-like dimension to cupcakes.
Peace Of Cake Cupcakes
Difficulty: No reviews
It was a sign of the times in the 60’s—now the peace symbol has come full circle for today’s parties, with a coating of Wilton Sparkling Sugar in flower-powerful colors.
Smile Markers Cupcakes
Difficulty: Easy
Your party guests can’t help but smile when they see what’s for dessert. Cupcakes decorated to look just like them and personalized with their own names. Let the celebration begin.
Three-Fold Flower Cupcakes
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Plant these pretty petaled creations on everyone’s plate. The multi-layered flowers are easy to create using a trio of Sugar Sheets! colors and the Layered Flowers Cutting Insert Set.
Towering Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes
Difficulty: Easy
Such an awe-inspiring collection of harvest-ready cupcakes! Use tip 2A to pipe pumpkins on cupcake tops, add green leaves and green string licorice. These are featured on our 13-Count Cupcakes-N-More Dessert Stand.
Treats Stop Traffic! Cupcakes
Difficulty: No reviews
Fondant buildings stepping up our Cupcakes ’N More 13-Count Dessert Stand provide a citified backdrop for gray-iced cupcakes sporting stop signs and vehicles from the Wheels Royal Icing Decorations set.
Winning Every Inning! Cupcake
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Score a homerun with this double-header delight. Top Standard Muffin Pan cupcakes with fondant ball caps, pipe icing stitches Mini Muffin Pan cupcakes, and listen to the crowd roar.
Dinosaur Cupcakes
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
Some prehistoric pals have come to celebrate with these dino-mite cupcakes. Use the punch set with inserts, Sugar Sheets! and candy eyeballs for a great way to decorate your favorite cupcake recipe.
Family Treet Cupcakes
Difficulty: Somewhat Easy
A wonderful dessert for family picnics or reunions. A tree trunk made of Roll-Out Cookie Dough surrounded by cupcakes decorated to resemble each family member to form the tree.
Solitary Bloom Cupcake
Difficulty: Somewhat Difficult
Cultivate some smiles with singular stems rising from fondant-covered cupcakes. Build fondant flowers using shapes cut with our Round Cut-Outs, Funny Flower Cut-Outs and Leaf Cut-Outs Fondant Cutters.

