Next week is officially….SHARK WEEK! ! We will be glued to the Discovery Channel next week, and are launching Shark Week on a sweet note with these super cute & Easy Shark Week Party Cupcakes! Psst: Click here for the full 2023 schedule featuring Jason Momoa!

Make some cupcakes, grab some shark inspired party decorations, make a batch of Buffalo Chicken Dip and let’s do this!

Why We LOVE Shark Week

A glimpse inside our daily life: The hubs always breaks out his Greg “The Shark” Norman golf shirts this week…. 🙂

By the way, if you are heading down to Florida for a COVID-relief vacation (or shark week!) make sure to head over & check out my Florida Turnpike Restroom Review. 🙂 (Yes, I did this!)

How To Make Easy Shark Week Party Cupcakes

Now, you can take the “I’m-gonna-make-all-this-from scratch” approach, OR you can save your cookin’ energy for Thanksgiving. Or for eating lunch out with friends. As a tailgater, I appreciate simplicity when the overall result can be dang good & dang easy. Here is what you will need:

• 1 box of white cake mix
• Any ingredients listed on said box to make cupcakes
• 1 tub of white commercial cake icing
• Blue gel food coloring
• Cupcake liners
• Oreo cookies cut in half

• Mix up your batter, then pour into prepared cupcake liners.
• Drop a teensy bit of blue gel food coloring into each cupcake pod. Swirl the coloring into batter with a toothpick.
• THEN, bake & frost with your commercial white icing. You just put a little more of the food coloring directly into the icing – SO EASY.
• Break apart 12 Oreos to yield 24 fins. Place those fins right on top….you’re done!
  

Look how moist and delicious they are for your Shark Party! 🙂 I drizzled a little sugar on top just for good measure.

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In true tailgate fashion, we placed the cupcakes in an aluminum tin for easy party transport.

Last year, we even kicked of Shark Week at the Shark Capital of the World – New Smyrna. Lucky for us, it was during wine walk weekend!

Last year, thanks to my new friend cancer, we stayed home and celebrated with cupcakes &  Southern Fried Shrimp.   If you don’t have access to fresh shrimp, my recipe for Southern Fried Shrimp will solve your problem.

Enjoy watching Shark Week – tag your shark week creations #totallytailgates on Instagram….I’d love to see them!

xoxo, Heather

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Easy Shark Week Cupcakes

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Servings 24

Ingredients

  

• 1 box white cake mix
• 1 blue gel food coloring
• 1 tub commercial white frosting
• 12 Oreo cookies Cut in half

Instructions

 

• Prepare cake mix as directed for cupcakes. Line cupcake tin with liners. Pour batter into each cupcake liner. Using a toothpick, drop a small amount of food coloring into the batter. Use a toothpick to swirl the coloring into the cupcake batter.
• Bake as directed on box. While they cook, put a few drops of the same blue coloring into the tub of icing. Mix well. Let cupcakes cook when finished baking, then frost. Top each with a half of an oreo cookie to the cupcake resembles a shark fin.