These St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes are so easy to make and both kids and adults LOVE them!
My oldest son has a birthday in March and he thinks that St. Patrick’s Day is the coolest day ever because it is so close to his birthday and he gets to wear his favorite color in excess. 🙂
I am helping at his school party this year and wanted to make a cute St. Patrick’s Day treat for all the kids. Not only are these cupcakes so cute, but they are delicious!
Ingredients for St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes:
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
How to make St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes:
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.
Looking for more St. Patrick’s Day recipes? Try these!
- Green Mac and Cheese (without food coloring!
- Pistachio Fruit Dip
- Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies
- Thin Mint Cookie Truffles
- Thin Mint Poke Cake
- Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe
- Rainbow Fruit Kabobs with Fluffy Marshmallow Dip Recipe
- Copycat McDonald’s Shamrock Shake Recipe
St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
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.
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