Cute as a button themed baby shower ideas! Chocolate button party favors, coconut cupcakes with buttercream and edible buttons. Perfect for celebrating baby! This post contains affiliate links.
If you like this baby shower idea, you'll love our April Showers baby shower complete with umbrella diaper cake!
My friends and I recently hosted a cute as a button themed baby shower for our friend Rachael. It turned out so darling and was super simple to plan. We had games and activities, but I was in charge of the dessert and handouts. I kept it simple by combining them into one element: chocolate buttons!
I made a giant batch of molded buttons using a chocolate mold. They take a bit of time, what with waiting for each batch to set up, but they really are easy to make! Chocolate molds are such a simple way to take any dessert up a notch. Check out Ruby's beach themed birthday cake with chocolate turtles and crabs and our lemonade cupcakes with white chocolate popsicle toppers!
How To Make Cute as a Button Chocolate Buttons
- Chocolate mold: the chocolate molds that I used are no longer available, but this silicone chocolate button mold would work perfectly. Silicone is easier to work with and washes up nicely.
- Melting chocolates: I like the Wilton and Ghirardelli brands and used brown, turquoise and white.
- Disposable candy piping bags: these can be used in the microwave to melt chocolate in. Easy.
Step 1: Fill disposable candy piping bag ½ way with melting chocolates. Melt for 30 seconds in the microwave. Work chocolate bag with your fingers to press and mix melting chocolate. Microwave for an additional 10 seconds at a time, if necessary.
Step 2: Place chocolate molds on a baking sheet.
Step 3: Cut the tip off of the piping bag using a pair of scissors and fill each button hole with melted chocolate.
Step 4: Gently lift the baking sheet and tap it against the counter to even out the chocolate and remove air bubbles.
Step 5: Refrigerate until hardened.
I printed out a design that I made on my computer along with the baby's birth info. I cut out each tag, folded it in half and stapled it across the baggie just like a bag of buttons that you would find in a craft store. The perfect party favor!
Cute as a Button Baby Shower Coconut Cupcakes
I served our cute as a button chocolate candies on homemade coconut cupcakes. You can add coconut flavoring to a boxed cake mix and it is delicious, but these homemade cupcakes are my favorite. A slightly adapted version of one that I found in Martha Stewart's cupcake cookbook.
Coconut Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Deliciously moist coconut cupcakes with rich and creamy buttercream icing. Perfect for a baby shower. Add chocolate candy buttons for a "Cute as a Button" baby shower theme!
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Servings: 22 cupcakes
Calories: 331kcal
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup packed sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 ½ sticks butter
- 1 ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs plus 2 large egg whites
- 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
Buttercream Frosting
- 1 cup butter
- 1 lb. powdered sugar sifted
- 2 Tbsp. milk or water
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Put coconut flakes into a food processor and pulse until finely shredded. Wisk into dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl, cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, and beat.
- Reduce speed to low. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with coconut milk and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each ⅔ full.
- Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks.
Frosting
- Place ingredients into a mixing bowl and beat. Scrape sides, then continue beating until smooth.
- Frost cupcakes.
Notes
Cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days, or freeze for one month.
Nutrition
Calories: 331kcal
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This post is a refresh of a post originally shared in 2010.
Alison says
Hey Brandy~
So i have been looking at A LOT of baby shower ideas but I just keep thinking about yours. I LOVE it!! I am wondering if you would be a guest author for Baby Week and feature this shower?? What do you think? If you shoot me an e-mail at [email protected], then I will send you all the info. THANKS Brandy. I have been looking for a guest to share a fun baby shower idea!
Alison says
What an adorable shower!!! I love it!! We are having "Baby Week" over at Oopsey Daisy, and I've been searching for cute shower ideas. LOVE this one. We're having a "baby stuff" linky party and I hope you'll link this up! So much fun!
http://oopsey-daisy.blogspot.com/2010/05/baby-week-and-link-party_05.html
Michelle says
love the cute as a button favors! I'd love to feature it on my blog, with your permission, of course! 🙂
Michelle
http://www.everydaycelebrating.com
Steph @ somewhatsimple says
I am featuring these on my sidebar all day today (Saturday!) They are so cute!
Tiff @ Making The World Cuter says
LOVE the buttons and those cupcakes sound so dang yummy!
🙂
-Tiff
fawnda says
Very very cute! Those buttone are just the cutest thing ever! : )
Lori says
Totally cute and my mouth is watering. My daughter loves cupcakes. going to book mark and make...
Thanks for joining Get your Craft on Thurs. Please join me next week for another great party.
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Lori
Jen says
Wow wow wow. I am so in love with those little buttons. I need to make them!!
jenjen says
That is seriously cute! I love the color of the frosting, and those button candies are adorable!!
Thanks for linking this up. I love it!
XOXO
Jen
The Persimmon Perch says
Love that idea! Thanks for sharing with Made it Monday! Jules
kirstin & jordan says
these are fantastic! I threw a 'cute as a button' baby shower a couple years ago and those favors would've been a perfect accent! maybe I'll throw another one... 🙂
we have a friday fun find party- if you're interested, we'd love it if you'd link up tomorrow!
Kathleen says
So cute, and I love the color combination! Great job!
Kathleen
http:://www.firefliesandfamily.blogspot.com
Jess says
I absolutely love those cupcakes. The buttons are soooo adorable!
Stephanie says
They were yummy and cute! I forgot that I had the buttons in my purse and found them today...still yummy!! 🙂
Grace @ Ruby Moon Designs says
These are so cute! I love the cupcakes and the favors. I am trying to figure out what to do right now for my own baby shower...you have given me some good ideas!
Blessings, Grace