Pencil Cupcakes 

These delightful Pencil Cupcakes from Hello Yummy are a fun, creative back‑to‑school or teacher appreciation treat. Baked using a simple boxed cake mix, each cupcake is frosted with vanilla icing and topped with a wafer “pencil” decorated to resemble a real pencil—complete with chocolate lead and colorful sprinkles. Kids and adults alike will love the playful design, and they’re easy to assemble with pantry staples. Perfect for school parties or crafty baking sessions with the family, these cupcakes deliver big visual impact for minimal effort. 

Ingredients

• Cake mix (any flavor) plus mix ingredients per package
  
  

• Cupcake liners
  
  

• Vanilla or white frosting (store-bought or homemade)
  
  

• Rectangular wafer cookies (to resemble pencil body)
  
  

• Mini chocolate chips (for pencil lead)
  
  

• White cookie icing or melted white chocolate wafers (for pencil tip)
  
  

• Pink cookie icing or melted pink wafers (for eraser)
  
  

• Sprinkles (optional, e.g. pink sparkling sugar) 

Directions

1. Prepare cake batter according to package directions and pour into lined muffin tin.
   
   

2. Bake as instructed and allow cupcakes to cool completely.
   
   

3. Frost each cupcake with vanilla or white frosting using a swirl or star tip.
   
   

4. Trim wafer cookies to about two-thirds length and cut one end into a triangle to mimic a pencil point.
   
   

5. Pipe white icing onto the triangle, then affix a mini chocolate chip at the tip for graphite.
   
   

6. Pipe pink icing on the opposite end to simulate the eraser.
   
   

7. Place each decorative wafer pencil on top of a frosted cupcake. Add sprinkles if desired.
   
   

Nutrients

(per cupcake; estimated for standard boxed cake mix cupcakes with frosting and wafer decoration)
Calories: ~300 kcal
Fat: ~10 g  (Saturated Fat: ~3 g)
Carbohydrates: ~45 g (Sugars: ~28 g, Fiber: ~1 g)
Protein: ~3 g
Cholesterol: ~25 mg
Sodium: ~220 mg