Carlee's Celebrate Spring Cupcakes
Description
Carlee's celebrate spring cupcakes recipe features creamy chocolate centers and a cute little bird's nest on top filled with mini chocolate eggs.
Ingredients
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1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
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1 1/4 cups water
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3 eggs
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1/3 cup vegetable oil
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2 cups milk
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2 (3 9/10 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
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2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
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1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
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72 mini chocolate candy-coated Easter eggs
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup cupcake tins or line with paper liners.
2
Combine cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared cups, filling each ⅔ full.
3
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely.
4
Beat milk and pudding mix together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick, about 2 minutes; beat in whipped topping.
5
Fit a pastry bag with a coupler and a large piping tip. Drop piping bag into a tall glass and fold edges down around the glass. Spoon about 1 ½ cups pudding mixture into the bag; gather edges and twist together. Set aside remaining pudding mixture.
6
Press piping tip into center of each cupcake; fill each with about 1 ½ tablespoons pudding mixture.
7
Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon remaining pudding mixture on top of each cupcake; swirl to make a nest. Press chocolate sprinkles around edges of nests; place 3 chocolate eggs in each nest.