35 Best Cupcake Recipes You’ve Got to Try

We’ve rounded up the best cupcake recipes for the ultimate sweet treats.

Whether you want to bake some cupcakes to enjoy at home, for a bake sale, holiday party, or potluck, you’ll find a recipe that will please everyone.

From flavors like peanut butter to red velvet Oreo and lemon, there’s a cupcake for everyone in this recipe collection.

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Cinnamon Cupcakes

These taste just like a mouthwatering cinnamon roll but in cupcake form. The cinnamon cream cheese frosting will have you licking the spoon.

Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Cupcakes

Witch Hat Cupcakes

Cupcakes with color frosting and witches hats. — Photo Credit: Zen and Honey

These witch hat cupcakes have a surprise filling perfect for Halloween: green “slime” pudding.

Step-by-step directions are included for making the cute witches’ hats out of fondant.

Get the Recipe: Witch Hat Cupcakes

Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

The ultimate chocolate dessert, these triple chocolate fudge cupcakes are filled with chocolate ganache.

The homemade chocolate buttercream frosting is heavenly, and the chocolate pearls add the perfect decoration.

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Sometimes cherry cupcakes are a letdown because they never have enough cherry flavor; this is not one of those recipes.

The buttercream frosting is mixed with cherry jam, and the chocolate cupcake is filled with cherry jam. You get a strong chocolate cherry flavor, yum!

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Christmas Wreath Cupcakes

Cupcakes decorated like green wreaths with a red bow. — Photo Credit: Bowl Me Over

These festive wreath cupcakes will be a hit at any Christmas gathering. The vanilla buttercream frosting is so delicious.

Get the Recipe: Christmas Wreath Cupcakes

Strawberry Filled Cupcakes

Cupcakes with pink frosting. Filled with strawberrys. — Photo Credit: Salt and Spoon

These cupcakes are filled with strawberry compote and topped with the best homemade strawberry cream cheese frosting imaginable.

Get the Recipe: Strawberry Filled Cupcakes

S’mores Cupcakes

S'mores cupakes filled with chocolate with chocolate bar on top. — Photo Credit: Barley & Sage

These irresistible cupcakes have graham cracker crumbs mixed into the batter and a chocolate ganache filling.

The toasted Swiss meringue tastes like you cooked it over a campfire.

Get the Recipe: S’mores Cupcakes

Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Jenn from Princess Pinky Girl recommends topping each cupcake with caramel and chopped walnuts.

Get the Recipe: Carrot Cake Cupcakes

Melting Snowman Cupcakes

We have just one word for these cupcakes, adorable! Plus, they’re easy to make, and the kids can help too.

Get the Recipe: Melting Snowman Cupcakes

Lucky Charms Cupcakes

This vanilla cupcake is made with ground-up Lucky Charms cereal (minus the marshmallows) and topped with a marshmallow buttercream frosting.

Get the Recipe: Lucky Charms Cupcakes

Lemon Stuffed Cupcakes

Lemon cupcakes with yellow frosting on a white backround. — Photo Credit: xoxoBella

These cupcakes are filled with fresh lemon curd and topped with dreamy lemon buttercream frosting.

Get the Recipe: Lemon Stuffed Cupcakes

Fireworks Cupcakes

Red white and blue cupcakes. — Photo Credit: Crayons and Cravings

These cupcakes have the cutest firework toppers made with straws and candy. Everyone will enjoy this 4th of July dessert.

Get the Recipe: Fireworks Cupcakes

Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes topped with frosting on a baking sheet. — Photo Credit: Simply Stacie

Topped with peanut butter frosting, these banana chocolate chip muffins are incredible.

Get the Recipe: Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes

Apple Pie cupcakes with caramel on a white background. — Photo Credit: Savvy Honey

These fall cupcakes are filled with apple pie filling and topped with a melt-in-your-mouth caramel buttercream frosting.

The caramel drizzle on top takes these cupcakes over the edge.

Get the Recipe: Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes

Oreo Red Velvet Cupcakes

Red velvet Oreo cupcakes topped with Oreo frosting. — Photo Credit: Blue’s Best Life

The Oreos bring these red velvet cakes to the next level. Crushed Oreo cookies are mixed into the cupcake batter and the frosting.

Get the Recipe: Oreo Red Velvet Cupcakes

White Chocolate Cranberry Cupcakes

Topped with sugared cranberries, these pretty cupcakes have a white chocolate buttercream frosting and cranberry filling.

Get the Recipe: White Chocolate Cranberry Cupcakes

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

These homemade snickerdoodle cupcakes are even better than a cookie!

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BBQ Grill Cupcakes

Cupcakes that look like a bbq. — Photo Credit: Princess Pinky Girl

What better dessert to bring to a summer BBQ than these grill cupcakes? The gummy candy “barbecue skewers” are the cutest thing ever.

Get the Recipe: BBQ Grill Cupcakes

White Chocolate Cupcakes

Cupcake topped with white cream cheese frosting and a white chocolate drizzle on a light background. — Photo Credit: My Happy Bakes

It’ll be challenging not to eat the white chocolate cream cheese frosting by the spoonful. Plus, you’ll love the fantastic white chocolate ganache filling.

Get the Recipe: White Chocolate Cupcakes

Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes

White cupcake with bunny ears and a bunny face on a white background. — Photo Credit: The Creative Bite

These sweet little cupcakes will have everyone hopping for joy. My favorite part of these cupcakes is the bunny ears. Can you guess what they’re made of?

Get the Recipe: Easter Bunny Coconut Cupcakes

Maple Bacon Cupcakes

This dessert is every bacon lover’s dream. Maple-flavored cupcakes are topped with a delicious brown butter bourbon frosting and candied bacon.

Leave the bourbon out if you want to make them alcohol-free.

Get the Recipe: Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Going Fishing Cupcakes

Cupcakes with fishes and fishing poles. — Photo Credit: The Decorated Cookie

How adorable are the fish cupcakes? The fish are made of gumdrops, which is so fun.

Get the Recipe: Going Fishing Cupcakes

Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes

Cupcakes with frosting and a chocolate chip cookie on top on a white background. — Photo Credit: Bakers Table

These cupcakes have cookie crumbs mixed into the base, so they taste like a chocolate chip cookie in cupcake form.

Both the cupcake and fluffy cream cheese frosting are made from scratch.

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes

Pot of Gold Cupcakes

Cupcake with green frosting topped with a rainbow and a pot of gold. On a white background. — Photo Credit: Artsy Fartsy Mama

These cupcakes couldn’t be any cuter with a candy rainbow and Reese’s miniature pot of gold.

Get the Recipe: Pot of Gold Cupcakes

Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

Cupcakes with red white and blue frosting. — Photo Credit: I Heart Eating

With red, white, and blue buttercream swirled frosting, these white chocolate cupcakes are stunning and yummy. They’re perfect for the 4th of July or Memorial Day.

Get the Recipe: Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes

Easter Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Cupcakes in an ice cream cone topped with colorful plastic eggs. — Photo Credit: Boulder Locavore

If you want a pretty showstopping dessert, this is the one. Fun and unique, the cupcakes are baked in the cones and topped with vanilla frosting “ice cream.”

You could leave off the plastic egg and use different sprinkle colors to make these for something other than Easter.

Get the Recipe: Easter Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Cupcakes with candy pumpkin on a white background. — Photo Credit: Bakers Table

Fall is pumpkin spice season, and these pumpkin cupcakes will give you your fix. The pumpkin spice buttercream frosting is so tasty.

Included are multiple ways to decorate the cupcakes. The orange fondant pumpkins are such a sweet touch.

Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Cupcakes

Lawn Mower Cupcakes

Cupcakes decorated to look like a lawn and a lawnmower. — Photo Credit: Gagen Girls

Perfect for Father’s Day, Dad will be super impressed with these cupcakes decorated to look like lawnmowers.

While these look difficult, they’re pretty easy, thanks to the detailed step-by-step directions.

Get the Recipe: Lawn Mower Cupcakes

Reindeer Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes that look like reindeer on a wood background. — Photo Credit: xoxoBella

These reindeer cupcakes are so easy to decorate that even the kids can help. Using pretzels for antlers is so clever.

Get the Recipe: Reindeer Cupcakes

Hostess Cupcakes

If you love Hostess cupcakes, you’re in for a real treat because this homemade version is even better than the real thing. The marshmallow fluff filling gets a 10 out of 10.

Get the Recipe: Hostess Cupcakes

Easter Chick Cupcakes

Cupcake with yellow frosting that looks like a chick on a white plate. — Photo Credit: The Simple Sweet Life

Talk about a cuteness overload; these vanilla cupcakes will be a hit with both kids and adults.

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Hershey’s Chocolate Cupcakes

These Hershey’s cupcakes are made from scratch and are every chocolate lover’s dream come true. The chocolate frosting is incredibly decadent and creamy.

Get the Recipe: Hershey’s Chocolate Cupcakes

Yellow Cupcakes

These yellow cupcakes made from scratch are buttery and delicious. Multiple buttercream frosting options are listed, such as chocolate cream cheese, chocolate malt, vanilla, and strawberry.

Get the Recipe: Yellow Cupcakes