What’s one of the most exciting things kids look forward to the most? Picking out a birthday cake or cupcakes and planning their themed birthday that happens just once each year.
If your kids are anything like mine, they start planning for their birthday party 6 months, 9 months, and even as early as the day AFTER their birthday. Birthdays are important, guys.. I mean, forget about summer break, spring break, even fall break… we can’t possibly ever miss their birthday party.
While cake and party options can range from a sheet cake at Costco to a fully decorated one at Walmart, perhaps even a custom fondant cake made in your own kitchen, my youngest son naturally asks for Iron Man cupcakes.
Because Iron Man is totally, like, seriously like “so savage” (as my boys would say!) Forget rainbow sprinkled cupcakes or a simple party cake, it must be Iron Man and it must be in the right colors – or he totally won’t be cool.
These Iron Man Cupcakes are so stinkin’ easy anyone could put them together – they make the perfect themed birthday party idea or, after school “it’s summer break!” party idea. Perhaps you have kids gathering at your house for a summer celebration – where there are kids, there is Iron Man.
Supplies needed (affiliate links):
- Marvel Avengers Silicone Mold
- Disposable Piping Bags
- 12 ct Cupcake Tin
- Open Star Piping Tip
- Yellow Candy Melts
- Gel Food Coloring
- White Cupcake Liners
Start by preheating your oven and lining your cupcake tin with white cupcake liners. Mix up your cake mix, add in the red food gel coloring and stir to combine. Fill each liner 2/3 full and bake for 18-20 minutes. Allow those cupcakes to cool.
While they are cooling, pour the candy melts into a microwave safe dish, and heat in 30 second increments until melted. Spoon them into the Iron Man mold, and then allow to set in the fridge for 20 minutes.
Remove from the fridge and pop the heads out of the mold – repeat until you have 16 Iron Man heads.
Add your red food coloring to the white frosting and stir to combine – then attach the frosting tip to the disposable piping bag and fill with red frosting. Squeeze the frosting from the bag and onto the top of the cupcake – place an Iron Man candy on top. Repeat until you are done – then get ready to present the cupcakes to your kiddo.
*It helps to pick up two Iron Man molds so you can make more heads quickly – you can use them later on to make Iron Man soaps for your kids, too!
These Iron Man Cupcakes are perfect for any themed birthday or celebration!
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix, any brand
- 1 1/4 C. water
- 1/2 C. vegetable oil
- 4 egg whites
- Cupcake liners
- Red gel food coloring
- White frosting, any brand
- 12 oz package of Wilton yellow candy melts
- Wilton 1M star frosting tip
- Disposable piping bag
- Avengers silicone mold (I suggest purchasing 2 in order to cut down on the candy making time)
- 12 count muffin tin
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and place the cupcake liners into the muffin wells.
- Combine the cake mix, water, vegetable oil and egg whites mixing well.
- Add in the several drops of the red gel food coloring and stir to combine.
- Fill each cupcake well about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Insert a toothpick into the cupcakes around 18 minutes. If it comes out clean the cupcakes are done.
- Remove the cupcakes from the oven and let cool.
- Pour the Wilton yellow candy melts into a microwave safe dish.
- Heat in 30 second increments, stirring occasionally until melted.
- Carefully spoon the melted chocolate into the Iron Man section of the mold.
- Place in the fridge to set about 20 minutes.
- Remove from the fridge and gently pop the fists out of the silicone mold. Repeat this process until you have 16 Iron Man heads total (you might want to purchase 2 molds for this purpose).
- Add a few drops of red food coloring to the white frosting and stir to combine.
- Attach the star frosting tip to the disposable piping bag and fill with red frosting.
- Gently squeeze the frosting from the bag and onto the top of the cupcake in a circular motion.
- Place an Iron Man candy on top.
- Repeat with all cupcakes.
