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    Meals » Recipes » Desserts

    Summer Beach Party Cupcakes

    This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure for more information. Published: Jun 29, 2018 by Dee

    Summer Beach Party Cupcakes are made with teddy bear graham crackers and candy for an easy summer dessert that's perfect for pool parties or holidays!

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    summer beach party cupcakes with teddy grahams umbrellas candy

    These super cute teddy bear cupcakes are so easy to make. In fact, this is one of the easiest cupcake recipes ever!

    Just use your favorite cake mix to make the cupcakes, frost them and decorate with graham cracker crumbs, Teddy Graham crackers and assorted candies. That's it!

    This was actually my oldest daughter's idea. She saw similar summer cupcakes at a friend's party, and she wanted to make some for the family.

    So even though these cupcakes would be the perfect easy dessert for a pool party, you don't need to wait for a party to make them! My kids definitely didn't!

    How to make summer beach party cupcakes

    All you do is make a batch of cupcakes. You can use a cake mix or make them from scratch. Then, it's time to decorate!

    You'll need to frost the cupcakes with storebought frosting or homemade. If you want to make the frosting look like water, you can use blue food coloring to tint it.

    For a beach scene, roll the frosted cupcakes in crushed graham crackers. Then, top with teddy bear graham crackers and candy.

    make summer beach party cupcakes with graham cracker sand

    How to decorate summer beach party cupcakes

    Here's what we used:

    • Teddy grahams
    • Airheads xtremes candy for the blankets
    • Lifesavers gummies for the floats
    • Paper umbrellas

     

    summer beach party cupcakes materials needed

    You could also do a surf scene. And, My son even made a shark attack scene on one cupcake, but we won't talk about that here!

    summer beach party cupcakes with surfing teddy

    My favorite is the teddy bear chilling out under the umbrella. It's my favorite way to relax!

    summer beach party cupcakes with teddy bear on candy blanket and umbrella

    Looking for more easy summer desserts?

    • Easy flip flop cookies
    • Patriotic pretzel sticks
    • Red, white and blue candy bark
    • Red, white and blue poke cake

    Recipe for Summer Beach Party Cupcakes

    summer beach party cupcakes with teddy grahams umbrellas candy

    Summer Beach Party Cupcakes

    Published by Dee
    Summer Beach Party Cupcakes are made with teddy bear graham crackers and candy for an easy summer dessert that's perfect for pool parties or holidays!
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 12 mins
    cooling and decorating 1 hr
    Total Time 17 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 24
    Calories 200 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 box yellow cake mix and ingredients listed on box
    • 1 can vanilla frosting
    • crushed graham crackers
    • blue food coloring
    • teddy graham crackers
    • assorted candy
    • mini paper umbrellas

    Instructions
     

    • Make the cupcakes according to directions on box, or use your favorite recipe
    • Allow to cool completely then add thin layer of frosting, and roll in crushed graham crackers. Or, use blue food coloring to tint some frosting to resemble water
    • Decorate with teddy bear crackers, candy and umbrellas

    Nutrition information is estimated. Please do your own calculation to fit special diets.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 200kcal
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    I hope you enjoy making these easy summer beach party cupcakes as much as we did!

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    1. Dian Brockett says

      May 30, 2022 at 8:00 am

      Thank you for sharing this idea! It's so refreshing to find an easy recipe to do with young children that actually looks as good as the original author's picture! Made these cupcakes yesterday with a 5 year old and purchased everything at Dollar Tree including the umbrellas, bears,, and candies mentioneded! Used the 12 cupcake confetti mix from there, too!5 stars

      Reply
    2. Rhonda says

      May 23, 2022 at 10:21 am

      What towel that bear laying on is it candy

      Reply
      • Dee says

        May 23, 2022 at 1:58 pm

        Yes. They are Air Heads candy strips cut to fit.

    3. Donna Bilo says

      July 10, 2020 at 10:28 am

      How do you get the teddy bear to stay on the gummy blanket?

      Reply
      • Dee says

        July 10, 2020 at 1:39 pm

        We just used a dab of frosting.

    4. Miz Helen says

      July 09, 2018 at 11:00 am

      These are the most adorable cupcakes ever! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
      Miz Helen5 stars

      Reply
    5. Krista says

      July 01, 2018 at 8:36 pm

      These are so fun! Perfect for a beach party!

      Reply
    6. Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says

      June 30, 2018 at 10:16 pm

      These sound delicious! Dangerously good...5 stars

      Reply
    7. Demeter says

      June 30, 2018 at 6:59 am

      This adorable cupcake is motivation enough to throw together a party! Love the little beach towel for the bear!! Great job!

      Reply
      • Dee says

        June 30, 2018 at 11:38 am

        Thank you! We had a great time with these cupcakes. 🙂

    8. Katerina @ diethood .com says

      June 30, 2018 at 5:57 am

      These are super, suuuper cute!! I can't wait to make them with my kids!!5 stars

      Reply
      • Dee says

        June 30, 2018 at 11:39 am

        Thanks, Katerina. It's definitely a fun summer recipe/craft! 🙂

    9. I Heart Naptime says

      June 29, 2018 at 3:11 pm

      These are so fun!

      Reply
    10. Meghan says

      June 29, 2018 at 8:19 am

      GAH these are so much fun and such a simple way to decorate! Love it!

      Reply
      • Dee says

        June 30, 2018 at 11:34 am

        Thanks, Meghan! My kids had a great time with them! 🙂

    11. eat good 4 life says

      June 29, 2018 at 8:12 am

      Oh wow, these are awesome. So fun and such a great treat for the kids.

      Reply
      • Dee says

        June 30, 2018 at 11:33 am

        Thanks! We had a blast making them. 🙂

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