Kids love these but they are hard to transport (my daughter likes them for her pre school snack). So I took a NEW Pizza box and cut holes in the top large enough for the ice cream cones. The spacing of the top of the box to the bottom of the box is the same length as the base of the cone, so it keeps the cupcakes in place, with no worries of them tipping or shifting during the trip!

Thank you Sarah! I make these for my kids birthdays, but hate the messy trip to school. I never make it there with them all upright. Great tip! I'm heading out for a pizza box now! My daughter is taking them tomorrow for her b-day:)

Another suggestion. You can put frosting in individual baggies for the kids to frost their own cupcakes. You but the tip off when you get to school and twist the top. They love it and you have no mess on the way to school!

Sarah, great idea. These are my daughters favorites. She always asks for them, and I always struggle with the transporting part.

Another way to transport them is in egg carton, just cut bottoms out and the cones will slide right in. They are close together but it avoids the mess and keeps them upright. Unfortunately I never got the chance to transport mine because they did not work. I will attempt it again though.

I used a foil roasting pan with holes cut out to transport... might be easier to get from a dollar type store chain than a pizza box too.

I went to our local ice cream store and asked if they had carriers for multiple cones. They did and gave me enough to transport my cupcakes. I did offer to purchase them but they gave them to me free of charge!

For transporting, I stretch Glad Press N Seal tightly across a large pan and cut holes out to snugly fit the ice cream cones. Fast, easy and they don't budge! Not sure if regular cling/saran wrap would work... it may be too thin and rip. Maybe if you put two layers of cling wrap, it would work. Either way, no need to buy anything since you probably already have these things at home.

I cut holes in the side of a large cereal box (alternating the hole placement so the box wasn't too weakened). Worked great!

Wrap the bottom of cones in tin foil and then place in cupcake pan. They won't tip over!

To transport my "cones" to school, I used the ice cream cone cardboard trays from McDonald's. I just went in and asked for a couple and they gave them to me without any problem.

Hi ladies the best way I found to transport these is get a box with lid on in use one of the cones to trace out on a piece of construction paper the size of the bottom of cone cut circle pattern and use this to trace out circles on top of the lid box keeping in mind to space out so cake cones don't touch each other use an exacto knife (be careful). It takes time to cut out circles but once the cones cakes r done and frosted u insert them into the pre-cut holes (remember that the rim of cones r bigger than the bottom so they should not fall through the box..he he). I found this to be an easy way to transport them and if u cover the box in foil and punch through holes before inserting cone cakes it will be easy to keep box clean for future use. Bye.

I use a pizza box for my little girl to party in her class. But I color over the pizza box. It makes her happy and people won't know that it was a pizza box. And also good for family parties!!!

I have made these cupcakes for years. I have flat piece of styrofoam & I put tooth picks in it. After I frost cupcakes I put each cupcake on the tooth picks & they are secured in place! You can even make designs!

C'mon people. Cut out the bottom of egg cartons.

Suggestion for transportation. Plastic rectangle basket - place cupcakes upright and fill in around with Cheerios or similar cereal up to the wide area. The kids will also eat the cereal

Transporting these things is such a mess. I love the pizza box idea. I use a piece of foam board (the ones your kids use for school project displays). Not oak tag, foam board. Just cut out holes for the cones. I use the same piece of foam board over and over.

Love this idea... got around the baking and transport issue by using an upturned foil BBQ tray on a biscuit tray with holes cut in the bottom... I fit 12 on each tray and they can be baked, iced and then transported in the tray. Prior to transporting I removed the ice cream cakes and covered the BBQ trays with some decorative crepe paper, re-punched the holes and popped the cones back in! No uneven cake, messed up icing or toppled over cones.

I took a metal baking pan (disposable) and covered it with waxed paper. I taped it down on all four sides so it was taut. Then I cut x's in it, just big enough for the bottom half of the cone to fit through. They hung on the paper...didn't touch the bottom of the pan. I frosted the right there and carried them to school in it. Seems to have worked pretty well!

Years ago, my friend bought me silicon trays that fit the ice cream cones. Great to cook in and transport. Don't know where she got them, but I'm sure you could google it!!

I made these many times when my kids were in elementary school. They loved them! As a matter of fact, I got the idea from my mom as she used to make them for me for birthday treats at school (over 35 years ago). I always had trouble transporting them until I figured out that small mini muffin baking pans fit them perfectly! You can bake them, decorate them and transport them all in the same pan. Have fun!!

The mini muffin tin works wonderfully. Thanks for the tip!

Hi! I love love to make these! I had found the best way to help the bottoms from burning is to put a "hat" on them by putting another cup cake line on top of the cone. Err.. And for the record! (dumb bunny me!) Stay away from large cones, they "almost fit" the big cup cake pans! Thank you for the foil pan idea!

Well ladies, I need your help then... mine came out TERRIBLE, because in the baking process, almost half of them spilled out and fell over.
I think I overfilled them... I think next time I'll fill them only to where the cone widens on the inside...
Anything else I did wrong?

Lisa B-

These are my daughters' perennial favorites...I've been making them for every birthday for a good 8 years now, and after much experimentation, here is what I've learned:

**Use a Betty Crocker Cake mix
**Fill and bake IMMEDIATELY to avoid the cone getting soggy
**Fill to the bottom of the big part of the cone (about 3/4 inch from top)
**Bake closer to 25 mins, until cake part is a little golden on top and a toothpick comes out clean
**If cones DO drip a little, frost the drips! Looks like real cones that way!

I LOVE the pizza box idea...I usually bake & decorate in a 10x15 lasagna pan, and move to cardboard boxes for the transport (canned veggie flats from the supermarket), but that doesn't always work so well!

Hope next time they come out better!

My grandmother use to make these for everyone when I was a little girl. Thanks so much for the recipe and the walk down memory lane :)!!!

I just made these yesterday for my cousins daughter and for my niece and nephews and I was wondering why it got soggy? Did I do something wrong? Other than that, it was soo good.

Hi Kehaulani,

Make sure to allow the cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack (at least 30 minutes) before wrapping them up. A high humidity environment can contribute to the problem by not allowing the cupcakes to evaporate the moisture as quickly as they cool - if they are left out too long, they can absorb moisture from the air.

Aloha!

-- CM

Use a mini vanilla wafer in the bottom of the flat bottom cone and start baking as soon as your done filling them.

I just saw these cupcakes at the Elementary school where I work. Thinking of using these at my daughter's grad party. It's an Alice in Wonderland theme. Transporting is not my problem - any ideas on how to display these?

I give you a 5 for this idea...Sounds great...Wonderful fun for a mom and her kids. Super way to eat a cupcake. Great Job! Great Idea!

For the Alice theme you could make them look like mushroom tops! :) Cute and think of the cheshire cat part of the movie.

These were a big hit at our 4th of July Block Party today! Thank you for all of the tips & reviews, I used a lot of them so it was much easier than it could have been!

Added ideas: Grape Jello for flavor & blue color, Strawberry Jello for flavor & Red Color.

I used confetti cake mix (R/W/B). Divided it in 3 parts, added 1 pkg Strawberry gelatin to 1/3 for red cupcakes, Grape gelatin to 1/3 for "blue." Filled ice cream cones to 2/3 full. Baked approximately 25 to 30 minutes sitting in the mini muffin/cupcake tins. Waited until completely cool to ice. The batter rises a little more with the gelatin in it.

I used a sheet of construction insulation 1 inch Styrofoam cut to 15 x 18 covered with foil. Iced each cupcake with the appropriate color, Red, White or Blue & as I iced each one, I set them up on the foil/Styrofoam with toothpicks broken in half with the pointed end into the Styrofoam and approx 1/2 to 2/3 inch sticking up into the cone. They were lined up designed as an American Flag with R/W/B stars & sprinkles across them. I kept the icing fairly flat and the cones just touching, not with the whole thing covered with icing like a sheet cake look.

Transported well, no bakeware to bring home, inexpensive, tasted great, easy to design with. The only negative I was a little concerned about was that it is Florida & the cones got soft outside, however, all of the 48 cones were gone at the end of the day, so I guess it was OK for the ones who ate them. Thanks again for a great idea!

Awesome for birthday party. So easy to transport!!!!! This is how we did it - took clear plastic cups, fill half way with m&ms, insert cone!!!!! Awesome :)

Thanks so much for this recipe and for all of the helpful tips that have been shared here!

Can you store or refrigerate the cupcake cones?

Bake cupcakes in muffin liners as usual, peel off the liner. Then just turn the cupcake upside down and stick it inside the wafer cone, its a perfect fit & you don't have to worry about the cone scorching. You can also fill the cone with candy like M&M's, jelly beans,candy corn, etc... Before you put the cupcake in for an extra surprise!