St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
Delicious cupcakes, topped with buttercream, rainbow candy and a chocolate pot of gold! These are perfect for your St. Patrick's Day party!
Serving24 Servings
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 1 ¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
Frosting:
- 1 cup butter, (softened)
- 4 ½ 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: 327 kcal · Carbohydrates: 48 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 46 mg · Sodium: 243 mg · Potassium: 36 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 39 g · Vitamin A: 322 IU · Vitamin C: 2 mg · Calcium: 56 mg · Iron: 1 mg