Celebrate your favorite soldier with these easy Army Camo Cupcakes! Perfect for military parties, Army birthdays, or welcome-home events—simple, fun, and delicious.
Easy Army Camo Cupcakes
A few years ago, I made some Red, White, and Blue Cupcakes for the 4th of July that my kids loved. They were colorful, swirly, and super simple to pull together.
When my son Ethan requested an Army-themed birthday party, I decided to use the same technique to make Camo Cupcakes—and let’s just say, he thought I was the coolest mom ever.
If you’re trying to win your own Mom of the Year award, this is a great place to start!
How to Make Army Camo Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box)
- 1 box white cake mix (plus ingredients listed on the box)
- Green food coloring
Instructions
- Prepare both cake mixes in separate bowls, following the directions on each box.
- In a third bowl, combine about ⅓ of the chocolate batter and ⅓ of the white batter. Add several drops of green food coloring and mix until you get that classic camo-green color.
- Line your cupcake pan with paper liners.
- Spoon one heaping spoonful of each color (chocolate, white, and green) into each liner, alternating colors for a marbled effect.
- Bake according to the directions on your cake mix boxes.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
Decorating Your Camo Cupcakes
You can keep these cupcakes simple or go all out with themed decorations. Try topping them with your favorite homemade or store-bought frosting. You can also place a few mini plastic army men on top of each cupcake—they look adorable… I mean, tough!
More Fun Cupcake Ideas
Once you start making themed cupcakes, it’s hard to stop. Here are a few other festive cupcake ideas to try next:
- Easy Graduation Cupcakes
- Witch Hat Cupcakes
- Candy Corn Cupcakes
- New Year’s Eve Countdown Cupcakes
- Christmas Santa Hat Cupcakes
These Army Camo Cupcakes are the perfect mix of fun, flavor, and creativity—ideal for anyone who wants to celebrate a special soldier or throw a military-themed party. Simple ingredients, easy steps, and a big “wow” factor—what more could you ask for?
Army Camo Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix, + ingredients on the back of the box
- 1 box of white cake mix, + ingredients on the back of the box
- green food coloring
Instructions
- Mix your chocolate cake mix and your white cake mix in 2 separate bowls according to the package directions.
- Combine 1/3 of the chocolate cake batter and 1/3 of the white cake batter in a 3rd bowl, then add several drops of green food coloring and mix well ’til you get the army green color you are looking for.
- Spoon 1 heaping spoonful of each mixture into your cupcake liners.
- Bake cupcakes according to package directions.
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So fun! Thanks for sharing your recipe with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Thanks for another excellent post.
This is perfect for a party. I can’t agree more. I just want to take it off my screen and taste it. Looks so tasty
Anyway that I could use this recipe but instead of making cupcakes, do a 9X13 sheet cake?
I would think you could use the same method, but you will need to make sure you use only half the batter of each box of cake mix, unless you plan to make 2 cakes. Good luck!
These turned out so super cute! They look like something that my boys would have LOVED when they were little.
Thanks Stephanie!
So this idea totally saved me!! So simple!! I am having a military themed baby shower and the girl who was making the cupcakes couldn’t do it for me! This is amazing!
I’m going to make these for my son’s birthday. I was just wondering how many cupcakes you got from this recipe. They look so cute!!
I can’t remember exactly how many cupcakes I got, but it was just about true to the recipe on the box- if each box says you will get 24 cupcakes, I got 48 total from using 2 boxes. Hope that helps!
These are a great idea! I wanted to let you know they are one of my featured posts on my blog today, come check it out!! http://cupsbykim.blogspot.com/2012/03/sweet-simple-sunday-1.html
Thanks for sharing!!
Kim
Awesome idea! And totally doable for a not-so-patient baker like me. ; )
These are awesome!!!! Perfect for a boy’s party! Love this idea, I’ll have to remember it! I always seem to have a much harder time coming up with “cute” ideas for boy’s parties!
Wow, what a great idea! I’m destined to have boys when we have kids so I’ll definitely have to pin this so I remember!
what a great idea! I have a friend who is throwing a welcome home party for her brother who is in the military… these would be perfect!