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Super Simple Shark Cupcakes to Celebrate Shark Week

Shark Week returns on Discovery on July 26th. There’s nothing more fun than whipping up shark-themed snacks to enjoy while watching sharks in action. Let’s make some shark cupcakes together.

shark cupcakes made with chocolate cupcakes, buttercream frosting and topped with blue and red sprinkles and a gummy shark

These shark cupcakes are the perfect addition to Shark Week viewing or an ocean-themed party.

Related: Make an ocean-themed grazing board

Shark cupcakes

I will share options below for baking your own cupcakes from scratch or using store-bought cupcakes.

Ingredients

  • Store-bought cupcakes with white frosting (waves)
  • Sprinkles – blue (ocean)
  • Sprinkles – red (shark attack)
  • Gummy sharks
  • Silicone cupcake liners (optional)

use store bought cupcakes, blue and red sprinkles and gummy sharks to make shark cupcakes

If you would rather make cupcakes from scratch, use our recipes below:

Instructions

Step 1

Pour the blue sprinkles into a shallow dish and roll just the edges of the frosting in the blue sprinkles.

the edges of cupcakes being rolled in sprinkles

Step 2

Oh no, there’s been a shark attack. Time to add a few red sprinkles onto the top of the cupcake.

blue sprinkles around the edge of a cupcake and red sprinkles on top

Step 3

Top your cupcake with a gummy shark and enjoy!

cupcakes decorated in blue and red sprinkles and topped with a gummy shark for shark week

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