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)
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.
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).
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!!!
- CAKE:
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
- 3 Eggs
- ½ cup Vegetable Oil
- PUDDING:
- 1 box Instant Chocolate Pudding
- 2 cups Milk
- ICING:
- 1 cup Butter softened
- ½ 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- Stick several carrots down into the top of each cupcake.
- Enjoy!!!
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That is awesome, what an adorable idea, perfect for this time of the year!
You are so creative. And with those oreo bits I’m sure that’s one yummy cupcake!
I don’t know what I like more about this recipe – the pudding filling or the Oreos on top…or the carrots “growing” out of the top. Love it all!
SUPER cute! My kids would love these!
Kas
Hey! There are carrots growing out of your cupcakes…. I have never seen anything like this before…. So super adorable cute… I bet kids really “dig” these…..!!
These cupcakes would be terrific on my blog hop. Would you please come join the party? Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop
Thanks much!! 🙂
“hugs” Crystelle
Crystelle Boutique
Love this idea! Pinned it. Thanks for sharing!
This is such a cute idea. I never would have throught of Mike & Ikes!
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.
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
what a awesome little spring sweet treat! Loving it! Thanks for sharing on Pin Fest Friday!
Cathy
These are so adorable!
This totally cool post is being featured on my blog today as part of Tuesdays with a Twist blog hop! If you get a chance please stop by a grab a featured button: http://www.godsgrowinggarden.com/2014/04/time-to-link-up-tuesdays-with-twist_8.html
Thanks
Angie
These are adorable and very clever! I would love if you would link up to my “The Yuck Stops Here” link party. It is full of great recipes like yours and we would love to have you!
http://thefreshmancook.blogspot.com/2014/04/the-yuck-stops-here-linky-party.html
Thanks, Teri @ The Freshman Cook
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!
Featuring tomorrow at Bacon Time party!
Oh gooness, these are so cute! I love them! Pinning. 🙂
Thanks for linking up at Wordy Wednesday!
These are DARLING!!! My boys would love them! So cute, Jenni! Pinned!
These are so pretty and perfect for Easter. They look really yummy too! Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great weekend!!
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