St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

Name: St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 18 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix; 2/3 cup sugar; 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup miniature chocolate chip; 2 eggs, beaten; 1 1/2 cups milk; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup pre-made cream cheese frosting (Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Pillsbury, etc...); green colored crystal sugar or shamrock candy sprinkles (or both)

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 18 cupcakes

ingredients

1 ³⁄₄ cups all-purpose flour
1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant pistachio pudding mix
²⁄₃ cup sugar
2 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons baking powder
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
³⁄₄ cup miniature chocolate chip
2 eggs, beaten
1 ¹⁄₂ cups milk
¹⁄₂ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup pre-made cream cheese frosting (Betty Crocker, Duncan Hines, Pillsbury, etc...)
green colored crystal sugar or shamrock candy sprinkles (or both)

directions

In a mixing bowl, add the first 5 ingredients; stir to combine.
Add in the chocolate chips; stir to combine.
In another bowl, add the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; stir to combine.
Pour the liquid mixture into the dry mixture; stir until well mixed.
Fill paper-lined muffin cups 2/3 full.
Set oven at 375 degrees; bake for 18-20 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to finish cooling.
Frost with cream cheese frosting and decorate with colored sugar and sprinkles.

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Reviews

I made these at work, and they were a HUGE success. I made the recipe just as is, except I made my own cream cheese frosting instead of getting it out of a can. They were everything a cupcake should be: moist and flavorful with a delightfully chocolatey interior.

Susanna H.
These muffins were a huge success at my home as well as my daughter's daycare. I used mini muffin tins so they would be smaller for my crew and they were quickly eaten up. Thank you for the recipe.

iamdonuts
Delicious and perfect for St. Patrick's Day dinner. I didn't have any miniture chocolate chips so used regular size without any problems. Thanks for sharing!

ellie_
Awesome! Made a trial for our IRELAND International Food Festival for kids class and they were DELICIOUS!! I used two medium size muffin tins lined them with muffin paper, filled 2/3 of way and yielded 24 CUPCAKES. A tasty, and moist kid-friendly CUPCAKE!! THANKS NURSE DI for Sharing!!!

iLuv2cook 2
I made this for St. Patty's Day as well. Turned out great! My son loved them and my husband took some to work and they loved them! Only thing I did different is I didn't use any icing (too sweet)...they were perfect without any!

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