Little Fishy Cupcakes

These adorable Little Fishy Cupcakes are easy and fun and will be a hit with the kids and you just need frosting and some M&M’s to make them.

Laurie and I really set the bar high when we gave Allison’s preschool teacher the Crayon Candy Dish. She still gushes about it when we see her, so when we were talking about bringing cupcakes to Allison’s class for her birthday we wanted to make sure we didn’t disappoint.  Laurie and I were knee-deep in planning the Frozen birthday party extravaganza, so I wanted to do something cute and easy.  These fish cupcakes fit the bill.  All the kids (and the teachers) loved them.

Make a Batch of Cupcakes

Step 1: Make a batch of cupcakes.  You can use a cake box mix, we have all the instructions you’ll need to make them taste just like homemade right here. Or you can make them from scratch with our yummy Homemade Vanilla Cupcakes recipe.  We used vanilla cupcakes but Chocolate Cupcakes would taste great too.

Make the Frosting

Step 2: The key to these delicious cupcakes is our Best Buttercream Frosting recipe.   It is light and creamy and buttery and super delicious! You will find the recipe and directions here.  One batch of frosting will be enough to frost 18 cupcakes. 

Grab Your M&M’s

Step 3:  Next, separate the M&M’s by color.  This was from a large bag of M&M’s. You’ll need about 15 M&M’s for the scales for each cupcake and 2 reds for the fish lips.

Color the Frosting

Step 4:  Now it is time to tint the frosting. We like the Wilton Color Right Food Coloring.  It is concentrated and you can get a bright color without having to use too much food coloring. We split the frosting into four equal parts, added food coloring, and made yellow, blue, green, and pink frosting.  

Blue:  2 drops of blue food coloring
Green: 3 drops of yellow food coloring and 1 drop of green food coloring
Yellow: 3 drops of yellow food coloring and 1 drop of orange food coloring
Pink: 2 drops of pink food coloring

How to Create a Little Fishy Cupcakes

Step 5:  Use a knife or an offset spatula to frost the cupcake.
Step 6: Start with a row of “fish scales” in the middle of the cupcake.  Our cupcakes had enough room for 6 yellow M&M’s. Continue adding rows until you fill up half of the cupcake with M&M fish scales.
Step 7:  We used Wilton Candy Eyes for the fisheye but you could also use a mini marshmallow and a dot of black icing.
Step 8:  Finally, add two red M&M’s for the fish lips. 

Color Options

Step 9:  So cute and so very easy to make! And so many color options.  We also made some Rainbow Fish Cupcakes by using two colors of M&M’s for the scales instead of one – same technique but a much different look. That’s it!  It’s really very easy to make these Little Fishy Cupcakes.  This is our favorite kind of project … small time investment but high impact!!!

Other Cupcakes Recipes You Will Love

• Minnie Mouse Cupcakes
• Elmo Cupcakes
• Peppa Pig Cupcakes
• Cookie Monster Cupcakes

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