Mermaid Cupcake Recipe with Chocolate Tail Toppers

This mermaid cupcake recipe will teach you how to make a mermaid tail cupcake topper and create the most beautiful, striking and delicious cupcakes. Perfect for your next under the sea birthday party or just for a bit of fun, do not be intimated by putting together these amazing cupcakes.

While gearing up for your mermaid fun, you can also try this Mermaid Cake, a great alternative to cupcakes.

See below for a printed black/white condensedrecipe version and a full color PDF file as well! Scroll to bottom to grab it!

Mermaid Cupcake Recipe

1 box white or vanilla cake mix
PLUS ingredients called for on box
Food dyes of choice (we used pink, teal, blue and purple)
1 cup butter
3-4 cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 Tablespoons cream
Mermaid sprinkle mix (the ones listed here in this tutorial was made combining more than one set of sprinkles)
1 cup pink candy melts
1 cup blue candy melts
1 cup teal candy melts
1 cup purple candy melts
Edible silver glitter or edible spray

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Mermaid Cupcake Toppers

The day before making these cupcakes, start preparing the chocolate mermaid tails.

They each need about 2-3 hours to set.

TIP: Leave them on the counter to set, do not refrigerate.

If you set them by the fridge, when you pull them out and pop them, they will sweat and melt.

Just leave on counter until the candy re-hardens.

If you are making more than one tail, you will need additional molds to do more than one at a time.

Melt the candy melts one at a time – microwave for 35 seconds, stir, and reheat as needed.

Portion about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the melts into the mermaid silicone mold and let set at least 2 hours.

Cupcake Recipe

Now let’s get started on making these cupcakes!

Preheat oven to 375F.

Prepare the cupcake batter according to package directions.

Portion into cupcake liners, about 1/4 cup of batter per liner.

Bake until the tops are set and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Mermaid Cupcake Frosting

To make the frosting, combine the butter, sugar and vanilla extract.

Add the cream until you reach your desired consistency.

Portion out into 4 bowls.

Dye each bowl a different color using the food dye.

Portion half of each color into a piping bag with a star tip.

Use an offset spatula to smooth 2 Tablespoons of frosting onto each cupcake, then dip into the sprinkle medley.

Swirl a different color of frosting on top of each cupcake so you have two contrasting colors of frosting on each cupcake.

Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sprinkles over the the top.

Mermaid Cupcake Sprinkles

Brush some edible silver glitter(note: there are many kinds of silver glitter, just make sure what you order is edible) or spray with edible silver spray over each mermaid tail and then insert into the cupcakes.

You may need to use a skewer or toothpick to keep them upright at room temperature.

Serve immediately to prevent humidity from “sweating” your candy.

Mermaid Cupcake Recipe + Tail Topper DIY

1 box white or vanilla cake mix
PLUS ingredients called for on box
Food dyes of choice (we used pink, teal, blue and purple)
1 cup butter
3-4 cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2-3 Tablespoons cream
Mermaid sprinkle mix
1 cup pink candy melts
1 cup blue candy melts
1 cup teal candy melts
1 cup purple candy melts
Edible silver glitter

Melt the candy melts one at a time – microwave for 35 seconds, stir, and reheat as needed.
Portion about 1/4 to 1/3 cup of the melts into the mermaid silicone mold and let set at least 2 hours.
Prepare the cupcake batter according to package directions.
Portion into cupcake liners, about 1/4 cup of batter per liner.
Bake until the tops are set and an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
To make the frosting, combine the butter, sugar and vanilla extract.
Add the cream until you reach your desired consistency.
Portion out into 4 bowls. Dye each bowl a different color using the food dye.
Portion half of each color into a piping bag with a star tip.
Use an offset spatula to smooth 2 Tablespoons of frosting onto each cupcake, then dip into the sprinkle medley.
Swirl a different color of frosting on top of each cupcake so you have two contrasting colors of frosting on each cupcake.
Sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sprinkles over the the top.
Brush some edible silver glitter over each mermaid tail and then insert into the cupcakes. You may need to use a skewer or toothpick to keep them upright at room temperature.

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