Bake up some St. Patrick's Day luck with these festive Shamrock Mint Cupcakes! Fudgy chocolate cake mix cupcakes meet zippy peppermint frosting and sweet, adorable gumdrop shamrocks to create an ultra-tasty chocolate mint cupcake that's perfect for your St. Patrick's Day festivities. Don't forget to wear green!
Shamrock Mint Cupcakes
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 50 min
- Ingredients 6
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- 1 cup creme de menthe or mint baking chips (from 10-oz bag)
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 container (12 oz) fluffy white whipped frosting
- 24 large green gumdrops
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds; beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in baking chips. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
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Step2Bake 21 to 26 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pan; cool completely, about 45 minutes.
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Step3Stir peppermint extract into frosting until well blended; spread on cupcakes. To garnish each cupcake, cut 1 gumdrop into 4 slices. Place 3 rounds on cupcake to make shamrock leaves; press remaining round into thin strip and place below leaves for stem.
Nutrition
280
Calories
12g
Total Fat
2g
Protein
42g
Total Carbohydrate
29g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 280
- Calories from Fat
- 110
- Total Fat
- 12g
- 18%
- Saturated Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 17%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 9%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 8%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 42g
- 14%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 29g
- Protein
- 2g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 4%
- 4%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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