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Simple Garden Carrot Cupcakes – Chocolate Pudding Filled

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dirt and carrot cupcakes

I’m jumping for joy because we’re on Spring break this week. Although, we had snow yesterday…boo! It’s cold today, but I just know that warmer weather is around the corner. Or at least – it better be! Or else, Mother Nature is fired!!!

To celebrate spring, here are some super simple and fun Carrot Cupcakes! Well, more like carrot garden cupcakes….topped with yummy Oreo dirt and filled with yummy chocolate pudding!

We totally have Spring and Easter on our minds. I just posted these fun Easter Peeps S’Mores the other day! They were a big hit! Okay, now on to this glorious cupcake recipe…the printable is down towards the bottom if you want to print it out and put in your recipe box!

Garden Carrot Cupcakes
(Yield 24 cupcakes)

 

dirt and carrot cupcakes

INGREDIENTS
CAKE:
1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
3 Eggs
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil

PUDDING:
1 box Instant Chocolate Pudding
2 cups Milk

ICING:
1 cup Butter softened
1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
5 cup Powdered Sugar
4 tbsp Milk

DECORATIONS:
24 Oreos (or 1 bage Mini Oreos) crushed
72 Orange Mike & Ikes
1 package Edible Easter Grass

DIRECTIONS
Make cupcakes according to box directions.
Make Pudding according to box directions.
Cut a small square in the top of each cupcake and remove a chunk from the middle of the cupcake.
Place pudding in zippered bag and clip corner to pipe.

dirt and carrot cupcakes
Pipe pudding into the middle of each cupcake.
Place the top of the “plug” back on each hole.
Cream butter and cocoa together until smooth.
Add in powdered sugar.
Add milk in slowly until frosting reaches right consistency.
Frost each cupcake.
Dust frosting with crushed Oreos.
Cut easter grass into 1″ lengths (these are the grees at the end of the carrots).

dirt and carrot cupcakes
Take a toothpick or skewer and make a hole in the end of each piece of candy and insert some of the greens in each.
Stick several carrots down into the top of each cupcake.
Enjoy!!!

Simple Garden Carrot Cupcakes – Pudding Filled
Author: Jenni
Ingredients
  • CAKE:
  • 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
  • PUDDING:
  • 1 box Instant Chocolate Pudding
  • 2 cups Milk
  • ICING:
  • 1 cup Butter softened
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
  • 5 cup Powdered Sugar
  • 4 tbsp Milk
  • DECORATIONS:
  • 24 Oreos (or 1 bage MIni Oreos) crushed
  • 72 Orange Mike & Ikes
  • 1 package Edible Easter Grass
Instructions
  1. DIRECTIONS
  2. Make cupcakes according to box directions.
  3. Make Pudding according to box directions.
  4. Cut a small square in the top of each cupcake and remove a chunk from the middle of the cupcake.
  5. Place pudding in zippered bag and clip corner to pipe.
  6. Pipe pudding into the middle of each cupcake.
  7. Place the top of the “plug” back on each hole.
  8. Cream butter and cocoa together until smooth.
  9. Add in powdered sugar.
  10. Add milk in slowly until frosting reaches right consistency.
  11. Frost each cupcake.
  12. Dust frosting with crushed Oreos.
  13. Cut easter grass into 1″ lengths (these are the grees at the end of the carrots).
  14. Take a toothpick or skewer and make a hole in the end of each piece of candy and insert som eof the greens in each.
  15. Stick several carrots down into the top of each cupcake.
  16. Enjoy!!!

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Comments

  8. Looks like fun! I’ve already got a few ideas for the edible grass, but this is another great one! Thanks for sharing in the All Things Thursday link party.

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  9. This is one of the best carrot cake recipes! and i love how this looks!!
    I am gonna do this for my kids !!

    Thanks for linking up at all things thursdays link up

    Reply

  14. Hi, Jenni! Saw these featured at I Gotta Create! Congrats- they really are too cute! 🙂 I’m a new follower on Twitter, Google+ and Facebook! 🙂 I love the concept of your blog, and I look forward to visiting again!

    Reply

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