Candy Corn Cupcakes Recipe

My contribution to the kids Halloween party this year were these Candy Corn cupcakes. My kids loved helping me make them and they were seriously so easy to whip up.

Prep Time15

Cook Time18

Total Time33

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cupcake recipe, cupcakes, halloween, halloween treat

Servings:

Calories: 77kcal

Equipment

Cupcake Liners
cupcake tin
Mixing Bowl (3)

Ingredients

16.25 ounces white cake mix (we used Betty Crocker)
1 ¼ cups water (as called for on package)
⅓ cup vegetable oil (as called for on package)
3 eggs (as called for on package)
yellow and red food coloring
2 cups buttercream frosting
24 candy corns for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees (or temperature called for on cake mix package) F.
Line muffin tins with 24 cupcake liners.
Prepare cake batter as directed on package. Your ingredients may vary slightly depending on what brand of cake mix your purchased.
Divide batter equally into three small bowls.
Leave the first bowl white. In the second bowl, add about 12 yellow drops of food coloring to make a yellow batter (more or less depending on how bright you want it). In the third bowl, add 15 drops yellow drops and 5 red drops of food coloring to make an orange batter (more or less depending on how bright you want it).
In each cupcake liner, place a teaspoon of yellow batter (try to make it as even as possible between all the cupcakes). Spread the batter to the edges of the liner as much as possible. Once you have finished with all the yellow batter, repeat with the orange batter. Once again, spread the orange batter to the edges of the liner so that you can't see the yellow batter. When you are finished with the orange batter, repeat with the white batter. Spread the white batter to the edges of the liner so that none of the orange batter is showing.
Cook cupcakes according to directions on package. When they are finished cooking, remove from oven and let cool.
Prepare frosting and add food coloring as desired (I added about 5 drops of yellow food coloring for my light yellow frosting).
Pipe frosting onto cupcakes and top with a candy corn.

Notes

Nutritional information does not include baked cake, food coloring or buttercream frosting

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