Kick off the Olympics with our Olympic Torch Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes, an edible Olympic torch! Brownie batter bakes up inside ice cream cones and is topped with frosting “flames”. So much fun and so delicious!

Let the Olympic games begin!
The lighting of the flame is the ceremonial kick-off to the Olympics and dates back to the games of ancient Greece.
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Olympic Torch Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
As the athletes are passing the torch you can serve an edible torch of cupcake cones and enjoy a delicious treat.
Olympic Torch Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes is an easy cupcake cones recipe for chocolate filled cones.
A boxed brownie mix bakes up into chocolate filled cones and a homemade frosting is tinted with the colors of the Olympic torch.
Cake sparkles in yellow, orange and red light up the “flames” and make them flicker.
I added a thin orange ribbon to finish off the cupcake cones for a finishing touch. Just be sure to remove the ribbon before eating!
If you want to make the ice cream cones totally edible you can use fondant or fruit by the foot in place of the ribbon.
Everyone will definitely agree that a brownie cupcake cones recipe is a fun and delicious way to celebrate the Olympics!
The Olympic flame represents peace, unity and friendship and is kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games.
The first modern day Olympics to have the Olympic flame was in 1928 but the Olympic Torch Relay didn't begin until 1936.
Now you can bake some brownies in ice cream cones and decorate with an Olympic "flame" of frosting!
When you gather round to watch this symbolic ceremony be sure to pass the Olympic Torch Brownie Cupcake Cones!
You'll have so much fun making our Olympic Ring Cookies too!
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How to make ice cream cone cupcakes
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
Stand ice cream cones up in cupcake tin and pour brownie batter into the cones and bake
Tint your homemade frosting with gel color and frost the tops of the brownies with a thin layer of tinted frosting
Line the inside of a pastry bag fitted with a tip with the gel food colors
Transfer the remaining frosting to the pastry bag
Pipe the icing “flames’ on the tops of the brownies then sprinkle with cake sparkles
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Be sure the cones are standing up straight and level in the cupcake pan
- Stir mini chocolate chips into the brownie batter before baking
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the brownie batter before baking
- Fill mini cones with the brownie batter for a bite size treat
Substitutions
- Substitute canned vanilla frosting for the homemade frosting
- Substitute canned white frosting for the homemade frosting
- You can substitute fruit by the foot or fondant in place of the ribbon and your ice cream cone cupcakes will be totally edible
Variations
- Turn the torch cupcake cones into Go Team USA Cones!
- Frost the tops of the brownies with the frosting and dip in red, white and blue sprinkles
Ingredients
Ingredients for Olympic torch cupcakes:
- flat bottom wafer ice cream cones
- brownie mix
- oil
- eggs
- water
- butter
- confectioners' sugar
- milk
- yellow gel food color
- orange gel food color
- red gel food color
- yellow cake sparkles
- orange cake sparkles
- red cake sparkles
Equipment Needed
- pastry bag
- open star decorating tip
- small paintbrushes
- orange ribbon, optional
Olympic Torch Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
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Ingredients
- 16 flat bottom wafer ice cream cones , 3-inches high
- 1 box (18.4 ounces) 13 x 9 Family Size Brownie Mix
- 2/3 cup oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter , at room temperature
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 3 Tbs. milk
- yellow gel food color
- orange gel food color
- red gel food color
- yellow cake sparkles
- orange cake sparkles
- red cake sparkles
- orange ribbon , optional decoration
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Arrange cones in muffin tins.
- In bowl combine brownie mix, oil, eggs and water according to package directions. Amounts of oil, eggs and water may differ from above based on the brand of brownie mix you use.
- For easy pouring, transfer brownie batter to glass measuring cup and divide batter evenly between cones, about 3 Tbs. batter per cone. Do not overfill or batter will overflow when baking!
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pans. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
- With mixer on medium-high beat butter until fluffy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar and milk and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in yellow gel color to desired color for "flames" and frost tops of brownies with a thin layer of frosting.
- Attach open star decorating tip to pastry bag. Using paint brushes, brush a line of each gel color inside pastry bag and then transfer remaining yellow frosting into pastry bag.
- Pipe "flames" on top of cones, pulling up each time you pipe frosting.
- Sprinkle with yellow, orange and red cake sparkles.
- Decorate with ribbon, if desired, attaching with a dab of frosting. Remove ribbon before eating!
Notes
- Be sure the cones are standing up straight and level in the cupcake pan
- Stir mini chocolate chips into the brownie batter before baking
- Sprinkle chocolate chips on top of the brownie batter before baking
- Fill mini cones with the brownie batter for a bite size treat
- Substitute canned vanilla frosting for the homemade frosting
- Substitute canned white frosting for the homemade frosting
- Turn the torch cupcake cones into Go Team USA Cones!
- Frost the tops of the brownies with the frosting and dip in red, white and blue sprinkles
Nutrition
The Relay starts with the Olympic flame being lit at the ancient site of Olympia by women wearing ancient-style robes and actually using the sun and a curved mirror to start the fire!
The Olympic Torch is then passed from runner to runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city and stays lit until the Games end.
The Olympic Torch relay represents a continuation from the ancient Olympic Games to the modern Olympics.
This year 12,000 people will be a part of the Rio 2016 Torch Relay in over 300 cities in 27 states across Brazil taking over 95 days. Wow! The Olympic flame which will be ignited by the sun in Olympia, Greece, represents peace, unity and friendship and is kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games.
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