Cupcake Boxes

Cupcake Boxes are custom-printed paperboard cartons for bakeries, cake studios, and dessert caterers who need cupcakes to travel without smudged frosting or shifting. Built from sturdy SBS or kraft folding-carton stock, they print full-color in your brand.

A tall folding carton gives frosting headroom and keeps single cupcakes, halves, or full sets upright in transit, so a delivery arrives looking like the photo. Add a window and your customers see the decoration before they open the lid, which sells custom orders and event desserts on sight.

Materials & Specifications

Material: SBS white or kraft paperboard folding carton

Weight: 300-400gsm paperboard

Style: auto-bottom or straight-tuck with tall profile

Printing: full-color CMYK, inside and outside

Window: optional PET film window cutout

FSC option: FSC-certified paper available

Best Used For

Single, half-dozen, and full-dozen cupcake sets

Wedding, birthday, and event dessert delivery

Bakery counter and grab-and-go displays

Catered and corporate dessert orders

Printing & Finishing

Dress up your Cupcake Boxes with matte, gloss, or soft-touch velvet lamination, a PET window for a clear view of the frosting, and spot UV, foil, or emboss on your name. Print the inside panel so the box reads as branded the moment it opens.

Why Order from Teal

Teal is a US-based custom packaging supplier. These folding cartons carry a 50-unit minimum, so a studio can run a branded batch for a single event season. You get free design help, free US shipping, full-color CMYK printing, and an FSC paper option. Choose standard production from about 7 business days after proof approval or rush service (from about 4 to 7 business days after proof approval on qualified ready-to-print jobs), and the sample kit is $50, credited to your first order.

FAQ

What’s the minimum order quantity? The minimum is 50 units for these cupcake folding cartons; only specialty rigid boxes require 100+.

How long is production? Standard production runs from about 7 business days, with a rush option (from about 4 to 7 business days after proof approval on qualified ready-to-print jobs).

Can I get a sample? Yes. The sample kit is $50, credited to your first order.

Request a free quote and we’ll get back to you within 4 business hours.

Cavity Inserts and Case Stacking for Cupcake Boxes

Cupcake packaging is really two parts working together: the outer box and the cavity insert that stops frosting hitting the lid. Insert depth must be taken from your actual liner height, not a standard. Window film changes stacking behavior, since a filmed lid supports less weight, so cases should be stacked shallower than a plain lid allows.

Boxes ordered

Cavity, window and stacking guidance

50

Bakery trial of insert depth against your frosting height.

500

One cavity count shipped as a single case lot.

1,000

Cavity counts of four and six from one die family.

5,000

Windowed and plain lids split across cases.

10,000+

Multi-site bakery supply from about $0.44 per unit at volume.

Allow about 7 business days for in-house eligible cupcake box work, and up to about 12 weeks once a window film or board becomes specialty imported. Order early against the slower path. Order a sample kit for $50 to handle the board and window film yourself; that fee is credited to a first custom order.

Quote requests should carry cavity count, liner height, window size, case quantity and reorder cycle.

How to Order Cupcake Boxes

Ordering custom cupcake boxes is simple:

Submit a quote request with your dimensions, quantity, and design references

Receive quote guidance within one business day

Send your artwork or work with our design team (free dieline + 2 revision rounds)

Approve the digital proof and production begins

Standard production runs from about 7 business days after proof approval; complex or high-volume orders take longer