These Epic Easter Cupcakes with M&Ms Spill Are So Cool!

Cupcake and Frosting Recipes

You can use any recipe for a cupcake or for frosting for this fun idea. That said, we have a pretty famous vanilla cupcake and an equally as delicious buttercream frosting you might want to try.

• Lazy Girl’s Vanilla Cupcake Recipe
• The Best Buttercream Recipe (Add Any Flavor)

Tips to Make Spilled M&M Candy Cupcakes

• If you need a vanilla cupcake recipe, I recommend making our Lazy Girl’s Easy Vanilla Cupcakes. They take less than 30-minutes and use ingredients you likely have on hand.
• Let these Easter cupcakes cool completely before frosting them. Warm frosting can melt.
• If you’re looking for a dairy-free option, you can use Skittles candies instead of M&Ms and get the exact same result. So cute.

How to Make Easter Waterfall Cupcakes with M&Ms

Below is the tutorial for this fun cupcake decorating idea. If you want a printable version, scroll down.

Bake the cupcakes per your favorite recipe and allow them to cool completely.

Lightly frost each cupcake with a smooth top. There is no need for perfection, as some of it will be covered.

Cut a small corner off of each M&M’s candy bag and remove the candy. Set aside.

Insert a lollipop or cake pop stick into each cupcake, located toward one side. Don’t put it too close to the edge or it might not stand.

Place one of the empty M&Ms candy bags on the cake pop stick and mark (with a bit of frosting) where the bag’s opening starts. Once marked, remove the M&M bag and set aside. 

Coat the cake pop stick with frosting from the mark down to the frosted cupcake on all sides. Stack M&M candies butted up against the cake pop stick, starting from the bottom working your way up.

Finally, add a small pile of M&M’s on the top of the cupcake and slip the M&M bags back onto the top of the cake pop sticks.