St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes Recipe
Delicious cupcakes, topped with buttercream, candy rainbows and chocolate pots of gold!
Servings: 24
Calories: 327kcal
Equipment
- Cupcake Baking Tin
- Cupcake Liners
- Mixing Bowl
- Piping Bag or Sandwich Bag
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 1¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Frosting:
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 4½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 drops green food coloring
Topping:
- 12 AirHeads Extreme Rainbow candy
- 3 cups mini marshmallows
- 24 rolo candies
- gold sprinkles
Instructions
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes by combining the cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs. Bake cupcakes for 14-19 minutes and let cool.
- To make the frosting, beat butter until creamy.
- Add powdered sugar, vanilla, heavy cream and salt and mix together with a hand mixer until well combined.
- Add green food coloring until desired color is reached.
- Spread or pipe frosting on top of each cupcake.
- Cut each AirHeads Extreme candy in half and place on top of each cupcake to create an arch.
- Place two mini marshmallows on each end of the rainbow.
- To make the pot of gold, pipe a small amount of frosting onto the wide end of each Rolo, then press into gold sprinkles until all the frosting is covered. Place on the cupcake.
Notes
- You can find the air heads at Amazon or Walmart.
Nutrition
Calories: 327kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 243mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 322IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1mg