Cotton Candy Cupcake

How to Make Cotton Candy Cupcakes

These cupcakes get their cotton candy flavor from extract. You could also use cotton candy flavoring. The flavoring is more for candy and has more of a syrup-y consistency, but it’ll do the job. I also tend to find that in stores more than the extract.

I actually tried to be super clever in my first version of these. You see, I like to try and find ways of using ingredients that aren’t going to be hard to find. Not only do I want to make your life easier, but I also want to make mine easier. And cotton candy extract and the powder you use to make cotton candy aren’t as easy to find as actual cotton candy. Actual cotton candy is in our grocery stores on the end of the checkout aisles. No doubt to tempt your kids as you wait in line.

So I actually added a bunch of cotton candy to milk to “melt” it into liquid form. It seemed totally brilliant in theory right? Had to be tried. But sadly the flavor just wasn’t strong enough and the color was not cute. Not at all.

So alas, the extract/flavoring had to be done. I tried to avoid it. If you can find it in stores – yay!! If not, here’s a link to the cotton candy extract or cotton candy flavoring. Take your pick. If you go with the flavoring, it’s fairly small so you’ll probably want to get 3 of them.

The cupcakes are nice and easy to make. Once the batter is put together, you’ll separate it into two bowls and die each one with some icing color to get pink and blue. You could also use some regular food die, if you prefer. I just like to using the icing color in both the cupcakes and the icing so that the shades more closely resemble each other. You’ll add a little bit of each color batter to each cupcake and bake them.

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