Cotton Candy Cupcakes Recipe

The cupcake that brings out the kid in all of us! I've always loved cotton candy as long as I can remember. But there is only one way to eat cotton candy, taking little piece by little piece and letting it dissolve on your tongue. Biting and chewing cotton candy is just wrong. Am I right or am I right? My husband knows I hate it so he can't help but tease sometimes - since apparently it doesn't bother him to bite into it.

These cupcakes have been on my to do list for probably the last three years. Who knows what took me so long to make them! My kids thought they were the coolest thing ever and they were practically mesmerized. So, in other words if your child has a birthday party coming up, these are the cupcakes to make! But really, if you have your own birthday party coming up, these are the cupcakes to have someone make you :). Let's be honest we all love cotton candy. Some things never change.

Tips

As far as the cotton candy flavoring goes, I used Lorann Cotton Candy flavoring and while it was good it didn't have an exact cotton candy flavor, so with that said if you come across one that tastes just like the real thing, please do let us know in the comments!

You can make them as just a vanilla cupcake with vanilla buttercream and just decorate them with the cotton candy and and tint the frosting and people will love them just the same. I know I'm totally in love with these! They are soft and fluffy and the buttercream is simply perfect. Cupcake + cotton candy = childhood dream come true.