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It's almost Easter! Make these fun Easter Basket Cupcakes recipe!

Easter Basket Cupcakes

Delicious yellow cupcakes with M&M’s® Easter Sundae frosted with green frosting and topped off with Starburst® Original Jellybeans "eggs" and an edible handle
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Prep Time: 35 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 1 dozen cupcakes
Author: Hezzi-D

Ingredients

For the cupcakes:

  • 1 1/3 c. flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 4 Tablespoons butter softened
  • 1/4 c. Greek yogurt plain or vanilla
  • 3/4 c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1/3 c. milk
  • 3/4 c. M&M’s® Easter Sundae

For the frosting:

  • 12 Tablespoons butter softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 Tablespoons milk
  • 3 c. powdered sugar
  • green food coloring

For the edible handle:

  • 4 c. water
  • 1/4 c. sugar
  • brown food coloring
  • 1 oz. spaghetti broken in half

For decorating:

  • 1 c. Starburst® Original Jellybeans

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin tin with 12 cupcakes liners. Set aside.
  • IN a medium bowl combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl cream together the butter, Greek yogurt, and sugar. Add in the eggs and mix until well combined. Stir in the vanilla.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix well. Stir in the milk.
  • Gently fold in the M&M’s® Easter Sundae.
  • Divide the batter between the 12 muffin cups, filling them each 3/4 of the way full.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack.
  • To make the frosting put the butter in a bowl and mix on medium speed until whipped. Add in the vanilla and milk and mix on medium speed for 1 minute.
  • Add the powdered sugar a half cup at a time until desired consistency is reached. Stir in the green food coloring.
  • Put the frosting in a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes to make it look like grass. I used a star tip and it gave the frosting a lot of dimension.
  • To make the edible handles place the water, sugar, and brown food coloring in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat. Add in the spaghetti and cook for 3-4 minutes or until the spaghetti just begins to bend. Do not fully cook it!
  • Immediately take the strands out and shape them into a semi-circle. If they keep breaking put them in the pot for an additional minute. Allow them to cool on a baking sheet.
  • To decorate the cupcakes put about 10 jellybeans on top of the cupcakes.
  • Take a toothpick and poke a whole in the top of the cupcake on two opposite sides. Pick up the cooled spaghetti and stick one end into each toothpick hole to make the edible handle.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

A Hezzi-D Original Recipe