Salted Caramel Cupcake Recipe
The Academy Awards. The Oscars. The biggest night in Hollywood. The royalty of the big screen will strut their stuff on the red carpet. From there, they sit pensive in their seats, waiting for their category’s turn.
A Red Carpet Worthy Snack
Will they win or lose? Sounds thrilling doesn’t it? If you ask my husband, he will say not at all! For me and my girls, we look forward to this night for weeks. I love to see the beautiful dresses, the jewels, who is dating who and of course, who will win the big prize.
Salted Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes
All this anticipation can build up an appetite! That is why I always make something fun to eat while we watch. This year, at my daughter’s request, I am making her favorite Oscar Night Snack. My Salted Caramel Cupcake Recipe. Honestly, this Oscar Night Snack is as adorable as it is delicious.
An Oscar Night Snack They Will Love
Sometimes I will make these cupcakes with real popcorn instead of the marshmallows. Because Caitlin has braces now, she cannot eat popcorn. My solution for my Salted Caramel Cupcake Recipe is to use the mini marshmallows. They go great with my Instant Pot Asian Chicken Wing Recipe!
Popcorn That Isn’t Popcorn?
This way she can eat “popcorn” without hurting her braces. Genius, right? This year, Caitlin has a Robotics Meeting before the Oscars. I thought it would be fun to make a big batch of this Salted Caramel Cupcake Recipe for all the kids. They were a big hit. I think they deserve an award, don’t you?!
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix
- 4 cups mini marshmallows
- 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup caramel sauce, plus 3/4 cup
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
Instructions
- Prepare cake mix according to directions. Line muffin tin with liners or spray with oil. Fill 2/3 full. Bake according to directions. Allow to cool.
- To make your frosting: Using your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter in on medium-high speed until fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Reduce speed to low, add 1 cup of powdered sugar, and mix for an additional 1 minute. Add remaining powdered sugar and beat for one more minute. If your frosting is too thin, add powdered sugar 2 tablespoons at a time until desired consistency. Add 1/2 cup caramel sauce and salt. Beat on low to combine, and then increase to medium-high and beat for another 2 minutes. Pipe onto cupcakes.
- Add marshmallows to a medium bowl. Add 1/2 cup caramel sauce. Coat thoroughly. Add mini marshmallows to look like popcorn. Drizzle with remaining caramel sauce.

Do you make watching the Oscars an event? What is your favorite part of watching them?

AH! Those look so good. I love cupcakes, especially when they’ve got a nice drizzly thing going on like that. Om nom nom.
BOOM! I’ll be making these for sure. I love cupcakes. I love caramel corn. I love marshmallows. Seems like a no brainer to me.
Whoa! These look amazing!!! I definitely need to Pin this for later.
Even though I won’t be watching the Oscars, I can still enjoy these cupcakes. They look delicious!
You have all of my favorite ingredients here! And they also look absolutely delicious!
We love the award we all like to think we know who will when but we also love to see the movies we haven’t even heard of that are getting awards. Will have to try this, this year with our awards food!
I am always glued to the tv to watch the awards! These cupcakes would be the perfect snack – mmmmmm!
That’s really lovely! Can imagine this being a hit with the kids! I love the way you decorated it as well.
These cupcakes are not only cute, but look very delicious. Definitely going to make them for my oscar party.
These are so cute. They are definitely perfect for an Oscar’s party. Sounds like they taste yummy too.
Oh these are just the best! The cupcake wrappers you found were so perfect for this. It looks just like caramel corn!
Oh look at that caramel! This looks so yummy. I need to make a few batches of this. This will go fast, for sure.
Wow these look insanely delicious! I am so making these!
These look so adorable and delicious! I would love to try making them!
You had me at salted caramel. These look super yummy, i NEED to make these! I love watching the Oscars, and my favorite part is the snacks i have while watching lol!
My sister is going to go bananas for these. Popcorn and caramel are two of her favorites. The illusion of the popcorn shape is so much fun. The color of the paper cups you chose is really pretty. We will be sure to munch on these while checking off our ballots!
That caramel I am sure will hit the spot! Cannot wait for Sunday so I can indulge, Thanks for the recipe.
Awwww, these are so cute! And they look so delicious! I am definitely making these!
That is so cute. The girls can make these and will love it. Thank you for a cute and simple snack idea.
that looks very sweet cupcake! im very interested how it taste!! i like it
This is ahh-mazing! I love salted caramel! This must be on my must try list!
this looks really sweet!! i like the idea! im sure kids will love this too!
These cupcakes are just adorable! I want to make these and have them for Oscar Night. We love cupcakes at our house!
Salted Caramel sounds delicious!
These cupcakes really stand out!
I don’t think I ever heard of such a cupcake ever before.
Oh my! What a wonderful combination! I have to make this one!
Oh my gosh, I think these are the cutest cupcakes EVER! I love them!
Oh goodness. These cupcakes look so mouth watering! I have to admit though, They do look like popcorn. What a unique recipe idea!
I am always looking for new snack ideas. This looks so delicious and easy to make. I am sure it will be a big hit.
Oh my marshmallows! These look DEVILISH! LOVE! I would have never thought to put this together. Glad I caught it here though, fam is gonna think I’m a genius! LMAO!
These look great. I love how you made them. I’d love to make some of these for a movie night.
Wow! I am impressed. These cupcakes sound amazing. I love caramel too.
yum this is looks delicious, I didn’t think the combination would work but these look fantastic and would be fun to serve to family and friends ty as always for fun recipe
I love a cute festive dessert. This is adorable and a good idea for an Oscar Party.
These look great.. my boya would enjoy these as well.
I do watch the Oscars, my favorite part is the fashions. I don’t go to the movies much. This recipe is a winner, I love sweet and salty together. Oh yeah!
Oh my gosh! I am craving for cakes/cupcakes at the moment and this just looks like something I wanna sink my teeth into.
Yummy cupcakes! I would love to snack on these while watching the Oscars tonight.
Wow, these look like a sure winner to me. You have some really awesome cupcake recipes and ideas on your blog.
They look yummy, but I think they’re way to sugary for my tastes!
These look so delicious. I know my family would love them. I will make the upcoming weekend.
Looks like a fun recipe and a special way to celebrate awards shows. I don’t like marshmallows so I would go back to the popcorn. It would make an interesting looking treat.
I would love to make and try Salted Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes! It would be a very big hit at my house. 🙂
These look so good. I love Caramel. I would love to try these.
These look so fun and tasty, too. And not too much work, I’d love to try these for a kids get together!
I watch the Oscars (and all the award shows) mainly to see the gowns! But who needs an excuse to make these, they look great for anytime, yum!
These look like they are so tasty! The only problem would be I would want to eat them all myself.
These look adorable!! Cannot wait to make them! I am sure they will be a huge hit!
These look delicious, they’re cute too. I love salted caramel, will have to give this a try.
Uh,I may or may not have just licked my monitor.Those look so amazing! I love salted caramel anything so I know these will be a fave.Definitely making these babies!
These look really pretty, especially with the red wrappers. I like that you added caramel to the frosting, as well as drizzling it over the top, I’ve never tried doing that before!
we are going to have movie night with the girls. I am going to have them make these. They will love it. Then I get to sit thru Disney movies again for ump-teenth time.
We made these for movie night. The girls had a blast doing them. We used marshmallows too. It was messy with the caramel sauce. Just have washcloths ready when they use their hands for the marshmallows.
These are such a treat for the kids. They request them when they visit. Thank you for making memories for us.