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  by Nellie December 10, 2020
  Make the most delicious holiday cupcakes for your loved ones with this recipe for Christmas Tree Cupcakes.
  It is a simple recipe using a boxed cake mix that will leave you with some of the most adorable and impressive cupcakes for everyone to enjoy this holiday season.
  Who says making decorative Christmas-themed cupcakes has to be difficult? If you want to make cupcakes that will make your loved ones smile, try this amazing cupcake recipe.
  It is simple enough to prepare because it calls for a box of cake mix to use when making the cupcakes. You can select your favorite type of boxed cake mix, although the triple chocolate fudge one is so decadent and delicious.
  Besides the boxed cake mix, you will need a few additional ingredients, including decorative sprinkles and pretzel sticks to make the trees and butter with powdered sugar to create the best frosting from scratch.
  You can decorate these cupcakes by yourself or get the children to lend a hand. No matter who participates in the cupcake decorating, you will have a great time putting these sweet treats together.
  How to Store Your Christmas Tree Cupcakes
  If you need to store the Christmas Tree Cupcakes before bringing them to an event, line them one-by-one on parchment paper in a long plastic container with plenty of space. Do not stack the cupcakes because then the frosting will get ruined.
  You should put an airtight lid on top of the container to keep the frosting from drying out. You can put your Christmas Tree Cupcakes in the fridge to keep them fresh for five days or place them in the freezer and store them for several months, which may be something you want to do if you are preparing these cupcakes ahead of time.
  A fun cake mix chocolate cupcake with a tree made from green candy melts, and made into a fun Christmas tree shape!
  1 box of cake mix, I used triple chocolate fudge. (and ingredients for making them as directed)
  decorative christmas sprinkles
  1 cup of dark green candy melts
  plastic zip bag OR piping bag
  (Recipe is enough to frost 12 cupcakes. If you need more, double the recipe)
  1 – 1 ½ TBSP milk (depending on the desired thickness of your frosting)
  In a small bowl add candy melts and oil, mix and microwave 30 seconds. Stir and microwave in 15 second intervals until well mixed and smooth.
  Starting about 2/3 of an inch up the pretzel stick, make a zig zag pattern back and forth up the pretzel stick doing larger zig zag motions at the bottom (for the widest part of the tree) and getting smaller as you work your way to the top.
  Allow to cool at room temperature or place in fridge for 10 minutes to harden.
  While your Christmas trees are hardening, place room temperature stick of butter in a medium sized bowl. Using a hand mixer mix well. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix again until well combined.
  Choose a piping tip and place into a piping bag. Snip the end off and spoon frosting into piping bag.
  Ice your cup cakes as desired and top with a pretzel Christmas tree.
  If you liked these Christmas Tree Cupcakes be sure to try these Incredible Christmas Cupcakes + Free Printable Cupcake Toppers