How to Decorate Panda Cupcakes

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Panda Cupcakes

I have come out of "cupcake baking retirement" in order to join in the fun with the Cupcake Club on Squidoo and make these Panda Cupcakes!

I don't believe I have made cupcakes since my adult children were in elementary school. Back then, I became quite a pro cupcake baker. I was one of the few mothers willing to take on the task of baking cupcakes for their class parties. I always enjoyed the gratitude of my children. It was really nice to hear my daughter or son say "my mom made those." Statements like that alone, were enough of an enticement to spend a few hours in the kitchen.

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It was even more fun when my children joined me in decorating. No greater artists ever lived :)

Let me warn you at the beginning, I never do anything strictly by the instructions. I have made a few changes to the original decorating directions in the book. For instance, the book said to use white cupcakes for the body, I used chocolate. Feel free to use this as a guide and make the changes that appeal to you and your family.




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My Surprise

My daughter called me while I was baking the cupcakes and ask me what I was doing. When I told her I was making panda cupcakes, she decided to join me.

We laughed until we cried several times while making these cupcakes for this article.

Some of the photos are of the cupcakes I decorated and some of the cupcakes in the pictures were the panda cupcakes my daughter decorated.
Panda cupcakes

Panda Cupcakes 

Where to begin

Since this article is about decorating the cupcakes, we are going to start with the cupcakes already baked, cooled and ready for decorating.

One note about cooking your cupcakes, remember the miniature cupcakes for the face only require about 8 min. to bake. Use a toothpick to determine exact length of baking time. When a toothpick poked in the center of the cupcake comes out clean, the cupcake is ready.

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Ingredients Needed to Decorate Panda Cupcakes

  • Large Cupcakes (White or Chocolate ~ We used chocolate)
  • White Miniature Cupcakes
  • Chocolate Frosting
  • White Frosting
  • Black Frosting (We used a small tube of Black Gel)
  • Oreo Cookies
  • Oreo Cereal or Chocolate Cheerios Cereal
  • Miniature Chocolate Chips
  • Miniature Marshmallows


  • We used regular chocolate chips for some of the noses
  • Green Foliage optional
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    Step by Step Instructions ~ Decorating the Panda Cupcakes Head and Face

    Step 1: For each panda, cut 2 Oreo cookies in half. These will be used for the arms and legs.

    Step 2: Attach the flat side of one marshmallow to each miniature cupcake with a dollop of white frosting approximately 2/3 of the way down from the top of the "face".

    Step 3: Ice the entire miniature cupcake with white frosting. This will be the head of the panda.

    Step 4: Paint on eyes and mouth with black frosting. Place an inverted miniature chocolate chip at the top of each eye patch.

    Step 5: Finish the nose with either black frosting or inverted chocolate chips.

    Step 6: Apply the ears using 2 chocolate cheerios per panda.

    Step by Step Photos for Decorating Panda Cupcakes Face

    Decorating the Body of the Panda Cupcakes

    Step 7: Scrape the white filling out of one Oreo cookie for each bear.

    Step 8: Place the black cookies in a zip-lock bag and finely crush them. (We used a rolling pin)

    Step 9: Ice the large cupcakes with chocolate frosting.

    Step 10: Dip each large chocolate cupcake in the crushed cookie crumbs.

    Step by Step Photos of Decorating the Body of the Panda Cupcakes

    Assemble the Panda Cupcakes

    Step 11: Attach the head to the body. We used a toothpick in each one.

    Step 12: Attach the arms with a dollop of chocolate frosting.

    Step 13: Paint on claws with white frosting. (We used a toothpick to apply frosting)

    Step 14: Set the feet at the base of the cupcake. (Feet are not attached)

    Step by Step Photos ~ Finishing the Panda Cupcakes

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