Apple Shaped Cupcakes

These cute apple shaped cupcakes are great for teacher appreciation ideas, back to school nights, or a first day of school treat.

apple shaped cupcakes for teacher appreciation day

With school back in session I made these cute cupcakes that look like apples for our after school snack. We have this tradition that every day for the first week of school I make a SPECIAL treat and the kids and I sit around the table and talk about their day. Of course I try to do this everyday after school but I seem to get more info out of them the first week. They are SO excited to tell me about their new teacher, the new friends they made, who they say by at lunch, and what they did at recess. It’s a tradition I look forward to every year.

So when I think of BACK TO SCHOOL I think of the amazing teachers out there who will be making a difference in a child’s life, buying hundreds of dollars of school supplies (ha!), our annual shopping trip to buy new clothes, and the few hours of freedom that awaits me. Back to the teachers…when I think of teachers I immediately think of apples. So apple shaped cupcake is what I’m making for them today.

Here’s what you need for your apple shaped cupcakes:

Prepare white cupcakes according to the directions and then add red food coloring to the batter until it becomes a true red color. Pour the batter into shiny green foil liners.

Once the cupcakes cool frosted them with red frosting and sprinkles.