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How to Amp Up Your Cupcakes with Lucky Cupcake Toppers (A Quick and Easy Tutorial)

A lucky cupcake topper can add some fun to a St. Patrick's Day party! Here's a quick and easy tutorial on how to add a lucky topper printable to your cupcakes!

Need a last cute last-minute idea for St. Patrick's Day?  

You can quickly make up a batch of cupcakes (or buy some) and add these cute toppers for a quick treat your family will love.

Only a few supplies are needed and they are so simple and easy to create that really anyone can do them.

More St. Patrick's Day Crafts:

To help celebrate this fun holiday, there are so many fun crafts you can make, and there are tutorials to show you how! Like this Stitch of Luck Door Hanger, these Treat Boxes for St. Patrick's Day, and 20 Lucky St. Patrick's Day Crafts for Kids.

Be sure to look around the blog for more fun craft tutorials!

Supplies You'll Need to Create this Project:

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Instructions:

Fill out the form above to receive the free printable, Lucky Cupcake Toppers.

Print using any home printer.

Cut the designs out using a 2-inch circle paper punch.

One sheet has 12 "Lucky as can be" phrases.

I had 24 cupcakes so I needed to print out 2 sheets.

Tape toothpicks onto the back of the circles and insert them into your cupcakes.

Yes, it is really that easy!

Now you have a fun and cute treat for your party, or just for you and your family! 

I just love how cute these turned out – and so easy!

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You can get an individual ice cream cupcake from Dairy Queen

Cake makes special days even more spectacular and fun. It’s even better when the treat is an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen, which is filled with creamy, cold deliciousness in each bite. Of course, you don’t have to wait for your birthday or a holiday. You can get a cake anytime from the chain store’s locations for any occasion. Or none!

What’s even more fun — getting one of those cakes all to yourself. Did you know that some locations make a sundae-sized version of its popular ice cream cake called a Dairy Queen cupcake?

One of the company’s stores in Ohio describes the $3.29 cupcake as “a decadent indulgence made just for one” in this Facebook post.

Don’t worry, you don’t need to memorize some secret phrase to order this delicious treat. It’s not part of a “secret menu” (but more on that later). Simply ask at the counter or drive-thru for a cupcake. In return, you’ll receive a small ice cream cake that’s decorated for the season.

DQ alters frostings, colors and sprinkles quite frequently so you might order one cupcake today at your usual DQ and get a completely different kind the next time you stop in. Here’s one from a different Ohio location that has blue frosting and sprinkles.

What is guaranteed to be the same every time you order — and this might be the most important part — is that crunchy goodness in the center of every DQ cake will be surrounded by creamy vanilla and that chocolate soft serve will always be included. And it’ll still be drizzled with that to-die-for fudge that we can never get enough of.

Since DQ restaurants are independent franchises, each owner decides the menu for that particular location. So there is a chance it’s not available at your local shop. But it’s definitely worth asking for next time you’re looking to treat yourself — or your loved ones. These sundae-sized cupcakes are meant for one person, so no need to feel guilty if you don’t feel like sharing.

Of course, you could get several so everyone gets their own cute little cupcake, as shown in this post.

Back to that DQ “secret menu” that we mentioned earlier. We hear it really is a thing, as long as you know how to custom-order your favorite ingredients to create new concoctions. Try a Butterbeer Blizzard, a Puppy Chow Blizzard or even a Sneaky Ninja Blizzard (it has a mystery ingredient that’s the employee’s choice). Who knew?

Cupcake Challenge for a cause at Keystone College

This Fat Tuesday tradition doubles as a fundraiser for cancer awareness.

LA PLUME, Pa. — Indulging in this particular Fat Tuesday tradition is guilt-free. When you buy cupcakes at Keystone College's annual Cupcake Challenge, you're also supporting a good cause. The proceeds benefit the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.

The idea stemmed from a class project at Keystone.

"It was an event planning class, and we were brainstorming some ideas of how to create an event that would allow community involvement and the students to orchestrate something," said Brenda Lidy, part of the school's hospitality and management program.

After losing her mother to pancreatic cancer, she reached out to the charity that the cupcake challenge has now supported for ten years.

It's a cause close to former Scranton mayor Jimmy Connors' heart.

"29 years ago, my sister Tina passed away from pancreatic cancer, so Susie helped get us involved. It's a joy to be here, and I always think of Tina when I'm at this event."

Here's how it works — $10 gets you six cupcakes to taste test. You vote for your favorite to win a prize. Judges will also pick winners for different categories, such as best taste and best table decor.

Bakers like Lauren Deily-Lynn and Kayla Occhipinti say it's a fun way to get their name out there.

Lauren owns Evil Sweets by LuLu, and Kayla owns The Gypsy Baker; both operate the businesses out of their homes. They can't tell us what types of cupcakes they'll be preparing for the challenge.

"I'm excited for my two flavors that nobody knows about. They're top secret," Lauren said.

"You have to come to find out!" Kayla said.

The cupcake challenge is taking place Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Evans Hall on the Keystone College campus.

You can buy tickets online or at the door. 

Check out WNEP's YouTube channel.

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