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This mini cupcake Shamrock recipe gives you the perfect creative little treat and craft all mixed into one adorable, (and delicious!) package. Not only are these a blast to make, but they give you the chance to break out some serious creative flair, incorporating some of your favorite baking decorations for St. Patrick’s Day!
Adorable Mini Cupcake Shamrock Recipe
This easy St. Patrick’s Day baking recipe is perfect for bakers and crafters who love to add a bit of flair to everything they make. Here, we’re going to showcase some designs using sprinkles and other confectioner’s decorations. That being said, you should feel free to roll up your sleeves and raid your baking supplies for the perfect decorations to ring in the holiday!
Can You Really Have Enough Green on St Patty’s Day?
No, of course! These make a bite-sized snack that is perfectly ideal for a dessert, kid’s snack or sneaky holiday treat for any sweet tooth around! The combination of green frosting and soft cake texture is enough to encourage anyone to take a bite.
If you’re ready to make some for yourself but you don’t happen to have any green frosting on hand, try this out instead:
How to Make Vanilla Frosting Green
You can use any type of frosting you’d like, as long as it’s vanilla and white or at least off-white. After that, all you need is some green gel food coloring. This helps the color to spread nice and evenly, especially if you are using something like a stand mixer to combine it smoothly.
Note that you should have some separate food coloring on hand for the ingredients list, as this is just to replace green frosting if you haven’t got any!
Top With Candy, Sprinkles and More!
What makes these delicious cupcakes such a joy is how much of your own personality you can add to them! Whip them up just the way you like using a variety of different types of sprinkles, edible decorations and of course, candy!
The recipe we’ve got to share with you below uses rainbow candy strips to create iconic, not to mention adorable rainbows. Use this as inspiration to draw from any of your favorite sweet treats to further personalize your very own mini cupcake shamrock recipe! Why not try something like Lucky Charms for a familiar and clever touch?
Mini Cupcake Shamrock Recipe
This mini cupcake Shamrock recipe gives you the perfect creative little treat and craft all mixed into one adorable, (and delicious!) package. Not only are these a blast to make, but they give you the chance to break out some serious creative flair, incorporating some of your favorite baking decorations for St. Patrick’s Day!
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix + additional ingredients per instructions OR your favorite recipe
- Green food coloring
- Green vanilla frosting in piping bag
- Themed sprinkles
- Sour rainbow candy strips
Instructions
- Bake cupcakes per recipe in mini muffin tin, cool completely
- Pipe a small amount of frosting on cupcake
- Dip frosting side into sprinkles and gently roll until fully covered
- Arrange 3 frosted and sprinkled cupcakes in a shamrock shape on a small decorativeplate, you can secure them with a small amount of frosting on the bottom of eachcupcake
- Add the rainbow candy strip at the base for the stem and you’re all done
Ingredients:
- 1 box white cake mix + additional ingredients per instructions OR your favorite recipe
- Green food coloring
- Green vanilla frosting in piping bag
- Themed sprinkles
- Sour rainbow candy strips
Preparation Instructions:
- Bake cupcakes per recipe in mini muffin tin, cool completely
- Pipe a small amount of frosting on cupcake
- Dip frosting side into sprinkles and gently roll until fully covered
- Arrange 3 frosted and sprinkled cupcakes in a shamrock shape on a small decorative
plate, you can secure them with a small amount of frosting on the bottom of each
cupcake - Add the rainbow candy strip at the base for the stem and you’re all done
