Show your patriotic spirit by making red, white, and blue desserts. These American Flag Cupcakes are easy and fun to make! Perfect cupcakes for Memorial Day, 4th of July, Veteran’s Day, or a patriotic summer dessert!

4th of July Cupcakes

American Flag Cupcakes

These 4th of July cupcakes look like they came straight from the bakery, but you can start these with a vanilla box cake mix or your favorite homemade cake recipe. Kids and adults will love making and eating this easy cupcake recipe!

If you’re looking for a 4th of July recipe that will stand out at your next summer party, place these on the dessert table. They’ll be eaten up in no time.

Easy Patriotic Cupcakes

What you will need to make these Patriotic Cupcakes is in the picture below. However, I have it displayed in a recipe list form to print out toward the bottom of the page.

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American Flag Cupcakes Recipe

This recipe only calls for a few ingredients, and if you use a box cake mix (like we do) to start, they can be done in less than 30 minutes.

Prepared Cupcakes
White Frosting
Twizzlers Pull-n-Peel Licorice
Blue Chocolate Pearl Candy (Blue sixlets)

You can switch them out for blueberries if you prefer a fruity topping instead of the candies.

Frost the cupcakes with the vanilla frosting.

Place your 6 blue candies on the top left corner of the cupcakes.

Pull apart the licorice so the licorice strings are individual, and then cut five pieces to fit across one cupcake. The top two pieces will be slightly shorter. Place them so you have white frosting in between each layer.

Repeat decorating all of the remaining cupcakes.

Serve these perfect American Flag cupcakes to your friends, and another excellent summer recipe is this Easy Root Beer Float Cake!

Enjoy!

PATRIOTIC CUPCAKE IDEAS

I love making holiday treats; cupcakes are on everyone’s favorite list. If you are serving up adults too, include these Red White and Blue Jello Shots.

4th of July Desserts

Patriotic Cake Recipe

Easy American Flag Cupcakes

American Flag Cupcakes

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Ingredients

Prepared Cupcakes
White Frosting
Twizzlers Pull-n-Peel Licorice
Blue Chocolate Pearl Candy Blue sixlets

Instructions

Frost cupcakes with the vanilla frosting.
Place 6 blue candies on the top left corner of the cupcakes.
Pull apart the licorice so the licorice strings are individual. Cut five pieces to fit
across one cupcake. The top two pieces will be slightly shorter. Place them so you
have white frosting in-between each layer.
Repeat step 3 for the remaining cupcakes.
Serve and Enjoy!

*Nutritional information is a calculated guesstimate. Please note that this can change with different brands and modifications you may make to the recipe. For the most accurate information, use a nutritional calculator with the exact brands and measurements you’re using with each recipe.

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