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The clock ’til countdown is ticking, but there’s still some time left before the new year arrives. Try this last-minute recipe for New Year’s Eve ball drop cupcakes from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen. They look pretty pro, but are actually quite simple to make.

Recipe: How to Make Ball Drop Cupcakes for New Year's Eve - The Clothes Maiden

You Will Need:

  • silver gumballs
  • silver sprinkles
  • lollipop sticks
  • black gel food colouring
  • donut holes
  • melted chocolate (NOT baking chocolate, but any kind of chocolate will do)
  • frosted cupcakes

How to Make Them:

Here’s the short and skinny: Colour the lollipop stick with the black food colouring. Stick a silver gumball on the top. Dip the donut holes in melted chocolate and coat with silver sprinkles. Refrigerate. Once set, slide through the bottom of the lollipop stick. Adhere with melted chocolate. Highlight donut hole with yellow frosting and insert ball drop in already-made (and frosted) cupcake.

Amelia Graham

For more details, make sure to check out the full instructions over on Confessions of a Cookbook Queen’s site.