Super easy poop emoji cupcakes for your next party.
Have you ever tried making emoji cupcakes? Last year we shared some Halloween Frankenstein poop emoji cupcakes and today we have a similar easy emoji cupcakes recipe perfect for your next birthday party.
I am a fan of cupcake emoji ideas. They are super cute and I've seen them in the supermarket but making your own homemade emoji cupcakes is more fun and they will be super popular with the kids or adults when they are on display.
Enjoy this fun party treat! We sure did!

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💖 Why This Recipe Works
- Playful & Thematic: These cupcakes feature fun emoji faces, adding a playful touch to your party.
- Simple to Make: With basic ingredients like vanilla cupcakes, butter, powdered sugar, and fondant, they're easy to prepare.
- Customizable: Use different colors and expressions to create a variety of emoji faces, tailoring them to your party theme.
🥚Ingredients Needed to Make Emoji Cupcakes
- 12 vanilla cupcakes, baked and cooled down
- 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened
- 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3-4 tablespoon milk
- Teal gel food colouring
- Pink gel food colouring
- Yellow gel food colouring
- 2-3 oz. white fondant
- 1 oz. black fondant

Yields: One dozen decorated cupcakes
For the complete list of ingredients with measurements and instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
🌈 Substitutions and Variations
- Frosting Flavors: Incorporate various frosting flavors such as chocolate, strawberry, or lemon to add diversity and cater to different taste preferences.
- Alternative Toppings: If fondant isn't preferred, consider using colored icing or edible markers to create the emoji faces, simplifying the decorating process.
- Cupcake Base Options: Experiment with different cupcake bases like chocolate, red velvet, or carrot cake to offer a variety of flavors alongside the themed decorations.
🔪How to Make Emoji Cupcakes
Begin by shaping your fondant shapes.
Roll out 24 spheres out of the white fondant, about ⅓ of an inch in size.
Flatten each sphere into a small oval.

Take small pieces of the black fondant and form even smaller ovals - these will act as the cupcake’s “pupils.”
Press each black fondant pupil onto one white oval.

Roll out the remainder of the white fondant until it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.
Use the bottom of a large Wilton icing tip to cut out 6 circles.
Use a paring knife to cut the circles in half - these will act as the cupcakes’ smile.
In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat together butter, sugar and milk.
Start the speed of the electric mixer on slow and gradually increase to high.

Once the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream is ready.
Divide the buttercream into 3 bowls.
Tint each bowl of buttercream with its respective colour: teal, pink and yellow.

Scoop the buttercream, one spoonful at a time and alternating colours, into a piping bag (with Wilton tip #12 attached) - this will help give it its “tie dye” look.

Frost each cupcake generously, into a “poop emoji” shape.
Assemble each cupcake with fondant eyes and smile.

Serve and enjoy!

👩🍳 Expert Tips
- Bake and cool vanilla cupcakes.
- Make buttercream, tint it yellow, pink, and teal.
- Pipe buttercream onto cupcakes, then add fondant eyes, pupils, and smiles to create emoji faces.
💭 FAQs
Keep them in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days. If you've added perishable decorations, refrigerate them but let them come to room temperature before serving for the best taste and texture.
Absolutely! Grab some vanilla cupcakes from your local bakery or store, and focus on the fun part—decorating them into poop emoji masterpieces!
No worries! You can use liquid food coloring, but gel provides more vibrant colors without altering the icing's consistency. Adjust the quantity as needed to achieve your desired shades
While the design is playful and humorous, some may find the poop emoji theme a bit cheeky. Consider your audience and the context of the event before serving.
💖 Serving Suggestions
These are my favorite treats to serve alongside emoji birthday party cupcakes:
- Emoji Fruit Skewers: Create fun fruit skewers with pineapple, grapes, and melon shaped into little emojis for a colorful, healthy treat.
- Meme-Inspired Cookies: Make sugar cookies and decorate them with funny meme faces using icing, creating a sweet and humorous treat.
- Mini Donut Faces: Decorate mini donuts with colorful icing and candy eyes to match the emoji theme for an easy, fun snack.
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Poop Emoji Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 12 vanilla cupcakes baked and cooled down
- 3 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 3-4 tablespoon milk
- Teal gel food colouring
- Pink gel food colouring
- Yellow gel food colouring
- 2-3 oz. white fondant
- 1 oz. black fondant
Instructions
- Begin by shaping your fondant shapes.
- Roll out 24 spheres out of the white fondant, about ⅓ of an inch in size.
- Flatten each sphere into a small oval.
- Take small pieces of the black fondant and form even smaller ovals – these will act as the cupcake’s “pupils.”
- Press each black fondant pupil onto one white oval.
- Roll out the remainder of the white fondant until it’s about ¼ of an inch thick.
- Use the bottom of a large Wilton icing tip to cut out 6 circles.
- Use a paring knife to cut the circles in half – these will act as the cupcakes’ smile.
- In a large bowl and using an electric mixer, beat together butter, sugar and milk.
- Start the speed of the electric mixer on slow and gradually increase to high.
- Once the ingredients are well-combined and form semi-stiff peaks, the buttercream is ready.
- Divide the buttercream into 3 bowls.
- Tint each bowl of buttercream with its respective colour: teal, pink and yellow.
- Scoop the buttercream, one spoonful at a time and alternating colours, into a piping bag (with Wilton tip #12 attached) – this will help give it its “tie dye” look.Frost each cupcake generously, into a “poop emoji” shape.
- Assemble each cupcake with fondant eyes and smile.
- Serve and enjoy
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