St Patrick's Day Cupcakes

Celebrate with these lucky St Patrick's Day Cupcakes! Perfect for parties or sharing a bit of luck with friends, these cupcakes will brighten anyone’s day!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cupcakes, st patricks

Total Time: 2

Servings:

Calories: 716kcal

Equipment

Mixing Bowls

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
1 package Instant Chocolate Pudding 3.9 oz package
4 Eggs
1 cup Sour Cream
¾ cup Vegetable Oil
½ cup Milk
1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
¼ tsp Salt

Frosting:

2 sticks Unsalted Butter room temp
4 cups Confectioners' Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Mint extract
3-4 tbsp Heavy Cream
3-5 drops Kelly Green Gel Coloring

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Instructions

Directions:

Preheat oven to 355 F.
Line cupcake pan with green or shamrock cupcake liners.
Combine all ingredients in a stand mixer.
On medium speed, beat until well combined.
Fill cupcake liners ¾ full.
Bake for 18 minutes until toothpick comes clean.
Remove from oven and set to the side to cool.

Frosting:

In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add your butter and sugar.
Let it beat on low speed for about three minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.
While whipping on low speed, add in vanilla, mint. and heavy cream.
Lastly add your gel coloring beat on medium high for 1-2 minutes.
Pipe on your cupcakes using a star frosting tip

Decorating:

Press Rolo into the cupcake frosting.
Take Airheads Extremes and stick each end into the frosting to make the rainbow.
Place a the royal icing on top of the Rolo and some on the side.
Add your decorative gold sequins

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