Baby Shark Cupcakes

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When you are on the lookout for foods that inspire you to sing silly songs, these Baby Shark Cupcakes should be at the top of your list. These cupcakes are the perfect treat for shark-themed parties (for adults and kids alike).

Or whip up a batch to serve to your friends when you all get together for Shark Week. And you know that if you surprise your kids with Baby Shark Cupcakes when they get home from school, you’ll be the hero of your family!

The cool thing with these cupcakes is that it is all about the decoration. You can make cupcakes from scratch or from a box – your choice. (Heck, I suppose you could even buy cupcakes and re-do the icing if you wanted. I won’t tell!)

You just need to make your icing pretty – in shades of blue and purple and white to mimic the colors of the ocean.

Add some fish sprinkles to remind your Baby Shark that “fish are friends, not food”, and then tuck in a little shark fin that you make with some black fondant.

So cute and so much easier than making a baby shark birthday cake!

Baby Shark Themed Party Ideas

Personally, I’d love to see someone put together a shark-themed pool party for adults. Set up a screen outdoors to watch the Jaws movies while everyone floats in the swimming pool.

Maybe barbecue some shark steaks on the grill and serve some Shark Bite Shots to go with them. And these Baby Shark Cupcakes, of course. Doesn’t that sound like fun?

And of course, it would be a real hoot to throw a Baby Shark themed baby shower. Just think of how much fun you’ll have coming up with baby names while playing pin the fin on the shark? 

You can find so many cute decorations that are shark themed for birthday, summer, or shark week parties, and of course, these  adorable invitations are an absolute must.

Baby Shark Cupcakes should be at the top of your list for shark-themed parties (for adults and kids alike). Whip up a batch to serve to your friends when you all get together for Shark Week.

If you’re planning a shark theme party, we think you’ll also like these recipes too:

The Bloody Shark Bite Cocktail

Day at the Beach Jello Cups

Blue Shark Attack Cocktail

Ocean Blue Lemonade Popsicles

Summer Sand Pudding

Frozen Shark Attack

And if you’re hosting poolside, don’t forget to protect your skin and hair at the pool.

Baby Shark Cupcakes

The great thing about this recipe is that you can make these super fun cupcakes with very little effort. You can make the cupcakes from your favorite recipe or from a box (no judging here).

Or you can even pick up some cupcakes at the supermarket’s bakery with vanilla frosting and scrape off the icing to give them a quick decorating job.

Because it’s the decorating that makes these cupcakes so much fun. You may even find yourself singing a bit of doo doo doo… No one will know how easy it is.

Ingredients you need to make these Shark Fin Cupcakes for Shark Week

• 12 cupcakes from your favorite recipe or boxed mix (plus the ingredients required)
• 2 to 3 cups vanilla frosting in three colors: blue/aqua, purple, and white (We used Pillsbury Funfetti Frosting)
• Fish sprinkles (Used from Pillsbury Funfetti Frosting in Bright Aqua)
• Black fondant

You will also need these decorating tools:

• Large open star tip
• Piping bags

How to make and decorate Baby Shark Cupcakes

1. Make cupcakes according to the instructions.
2. Add about ½ cup each color frosting to its own piping bag. Snip the end off the piping bags. Prepare a fourth piping bag with the open star tip. Slide the three other piping bags into the fourth and twist the open ends to force the frosting down into the tip.  
3. Pipe frosting over cupcake in a circular direction working from the inside of the cupcake towards the outer circle and back to the middle to create a peak.  
4. Roll fondant flat and cut into triangles. Press one triangle into each cupcake at the peak of the frosting.  
5. Decorate with sprinkles.  

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This post was originally published on June 10,2019 and was updated on June 4, 2021.