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Pinata Cupcakes Recipe
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Pinata Cupcakes Recipe
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Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
32
minutes
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Total Time
52
minutes
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Course
Appetizer, Dessert
Cuisine
American
Servings
5
Calories
309
kcal
Ingredients
1x
2x
3x
box
chocolate cake mix
3
cups
sweetened shredded coconut
Yellow, red and blue food coloring
1/2
cup
mini candy-coated chocolates
0.5
cup
cup Nerds
0.5
rainbow nonpareil sprinkles
3
cups
vanilla frosting
Instructions
Bake 24 cupcakes according to the box instructions. Let cool completely.
Pour 1 cup of the shredded coconut into a bowl.
Add 3 teaspoons of yellow food coloring and whisk with a hand mixer on low until coconut is bright yellow.
Set aside
Add 1 cup shredded coconut to another bowl. Add 3 teaspoons of yellow food coloring and 1 1/2 teaspoons red food coloring then turn the mixer on low.
Mix until the coconut is a uniform reddish orange. Set that one too aside
In a separate bowl, add the remaining 1 cup coconut.
Turn the mixer on low and add 6 to 8 drops of blue food coloring.
Mix until the coconut is a uniform bright blue. Transfer to a third bowl.
Mix together the chocolate candies, fruit candies, and nonpareils in a medium bowl.
Set aside.
Using a 1/2-inch round cutter, cut out a well in each cupcake.
Then use a small spoon to scoop out the wells.
Fill each cupcake well about 2 teaspoons with the mixed candy.
Cover the holes with the cut-out tops of the cupcakes.
Frost the cupcakes with the vanilla frosting.
Press some of the blue coconuts onto the outer third of the top of each cupcake to form a stripe.
Then press some of the yellow coconuts in the center third and finally the orange coconut in the final third.
You should have 3 equal stripes on the top of each cupcake.
SOURCE: MY RECIPE JOINT
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Notes
It’s Pinata Cupcakes! It’s colorful and sweet. The kids love it.
Nutrition
Calories:
309
kcal
Keyword
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