Football Cupcakes

These Football Cupcakes are the ultimate game-day treat, combining moist, delicious cake with festive decorations to celebrate your favorite sport. You could customize these with your team colors cupcake liners.
If you love cupcakes, try my vanilla cupcakes, funfetti cupcakes and these lemon raspberry cupcakes next!

Easy Football Cupcakes Recipe

Many show up at game day events just for the food and this football cupcakes recipe will not disappoint!! Football and non football fans alike will love these delicious moist vanilla peanut butter cupcakes!!

Gridiron cupcakes are easy to make and you can change them up with your own football cupcake toppers and liners or just use our quick simple football lace icing theme.

Customize the color of the icing or laces to cheer on your favorite football team with their jersey colors!!

Football cupcakes on a white plate.

We love football season in our house and it is great to make game day snacks and appetizers to celebrate the big game making it more fun.

These are great for dessert for the Super Bowl with our air fryer Johnsonville brats, baked chicken meatballs, air fryer bbq chicken wings, and everyones favorite snack pigs in a blanket.

Ingredients

Ingredients for football cupcakes on a counter.
  • 13.25 oz box Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (or chocolate cake recipe of your choice, plus ingredients to make) 
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 cups chocolate frosting
  • ½ cup white frosting

Step by Step Instructions

Cake mix ingredients in glass bowl.
Cupcake batter in liner.

STEP ONE – Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and prepare the cake mix according to directions.

STEP TWO – Line a cupcake pan with liners (we used brown), and fill each one about half way.

STEP THREE – Bake for 14-18 minutes, or until done.

Chocolate frosting is piped on top of baked cupcakes.
White piping of stitching on top of football cupcakes.

STEP FOUR – Remove from the oven, and allow to cool completely for 1-2 hours.

STEP FIVE – Add chocolate frosting and 1M frosting tip to a pastry bag, and pipe the frosting in a back and forth motion, To resemble a football.

STEP SIX – Next add the white frosting and a small round frosting tip to a pastry bag and pipe the “laces” onto the cupcakes.

Finished football cupcakes on a white plate.

Storage and freezing instructions

Store football cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 to 3 days.

Freeze in a single layer in a freezer-safe dish for 3 months.

Thaw at room temperature before serving.

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Football cupcakes on a white plate.

Football Cupcakes


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  • Author: Sandra Flegg
  • Total Time: 1 hour 3 minutes
  • Yield: 12 cupcakes

Description

These Football Cupcakes are the ultimate game-day treat, combining moist, delicious cake with festive decorations to celebrate your favorite sport. You could customize these with your team colors cupcake liners.


Ingredients

13.25 oz box Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (or chocolate cake recipe of your choice, plus ingredients to make)

1 cup water

1 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

2 cups chocolate frosting

½ cup white frosting


Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and prepare the cake mix according to directions.
  2. Line a cupcake pan with liners (we used brown), and fill each one about half way.
  3. Bake for 14-18 minutes, or until done.
  4. Remove from the oven, and allow to cool completely for 1-2 hours.
  5. Add chocolate frosting and 1M frosting tip to a pastry bag, and pipe the frosting in a back and forth motion, to resemble a football.
  6. Next add the white frosting and a small round frosting tip to a pastry bag and pipe the “laces” onto the cupcakes.

Notes

Storage and freezing instructions:

Store football cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 to 3 days.

Freeze in a single layer in a freezer-safe dish for 3 months.

Thaw at room temperature before serving.

  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 18 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven Baked
  • Cuisine: American

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