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St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Cupcakes

Bring the luck of the Irish to your kitchen with these festive St. Patrick’s Day Rainbow Cupcakes. Rich, moist chocolate cupcakes made with HERSHEY’S Cocoa are topped with fluffy green frosting “grass,” colorful SOUR STRIPS Rainbow Candy arches and a perfect ROLO® Candy “pot of gold.” Fun to decorate and easy enough for all ages, these whimsical cupcakes are a magical St. Patrick’s Day treat for classroom celebrations, parties or family baking days.

Continue the shamrock-worthy shenanigans by making our recipes for Irish Chocolate Mint Dessert or Minty Irish Chocolate Cream Pie. You can’t go wrong with a bit of green!

Ingredients & Directions

Prep:
1 Hr. 30 Min.
Bake:
15 Min.
Total:

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups
    granulated sugar
  • 1-3/4 cups
    all-purpose flour
  • 1-1/2 tsps
    baking powder
  • 1-1/2 tsps
    baking soda
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 cup
    buttermilk
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 cup
    boiling water
  • 1/2 cup
    vegetable oil
  • 2 tsps
    vanilla extract
  • 2 cans
    vanilla frosting
  • green food color
  • 15-30 pieces
    SOUR STRIPS Rainbow Candy
READY TO MAKE THIS?
You'll Need 
Oven
Muffin tin
Paper baking cups
Mixing bowl
Measuring cups & spoons

Directions

lined muffin tin
mixing dry ingredients
mix in wet ingredients
batter poured into muffin tin
cupcakes taken out of oven
cupcakes cooling on wire rack
icing colored with green food coloring
icing piped onto cupcakes
sour strip rainbos added onto cupcakes
icing clouds added to cupcakes
rolo added to cupcakes
completed cupcake