These easy St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes with green frosting and rainbow caramel are a fun and festive dessert that kids will love. Perfect for parties, classrooms or baking with kids.
If there’s one thing kids love about St. Patrick’s Day, it’s rainbows. 🌈In my house, holiday desserts don’t have to be fancy — they just have to be colorful, a little messy, and fun to help the kids decorate.
These Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes with Green Frosting and Rainbow Candy it’s a fun, festive dessert that looks adorable but couldn’t be simpler to make. The base starts with a chocolate cake mix (because in real life), and the cupcakes are topped with bright green frosting and colorful caramel stripes that create a little rainbow on each one.
They are ideal for:
And the best part? You don’t have to build anything from scratch.
Sometimes the easiest recipes are the ones kids remember the most.
Want to jump straight to the recipe? Scroll down to the recipe card for these Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes with Green Frosting and Rainbow Candy.
Because kids love these Lucky Cupcakes
These cupcakes are always a hit because they are:
✔ colorful
✔ sweet and chocolatey
✔ easy for kids to help decorate
✔ perfect for parties or school treats
THE mini cupcake size also makes them great for little hands.
Ingredients
You only need a few simple ingredients to make these fun St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes.
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 box Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
Milk (use in place of the water called for in the cake mix box)
Buy in store green frosting
Rainbow candies (for decoration)
Optional:
How to Make Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes
Preheat the oven according to the directions on the box of chocolate cake mix.
Prepare the cake batter.
In a large bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix and the instant chocolate pudding mix. Follow the cake mix directions, though use milk instead of water when mixing the batter.Fill a mini muffin tin.
Lightly grease a mini muffin tin or line with mini cupcake liners. Fill each cup approx 2/3 full with batter.Bake according to box directions.
Mini cupcakes usually bake faster than full-sized cupcakes, so start checking them 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.Let the cupcakes cool completely.
Sprinkle the cupcakes.
Once cooled, spread or pipe store-bought green frosting on top of each cupcake.Add the rainbow candy.
Cut the candy strips into small pieces and gently place them in the frosting to create a small rainbow bow on each cupcake.
this is – easy lucky cupcakes ready to serve.
Decorating St. Patrick’s Cupcakes with kids
This is the part that kids love the most.
Let them:
pipe or spread the green frosting
place the rainbow candy on top
add sprinkles or a “pot of gold” candy.
Holiday baking with kids doesn’t have to be perfect — sometimes the messiest cupcakes are the most fun.
Tips for the Best Cupcakes
A few little tricks make these cupcakes even better.
Use milk instead of water
This makes the chocolate cupcakes richer and tastier.
Add the pudding mix
Instant pudding makes cupcakes super soft and moist.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting
Otherwise the frosting will melt.
Fun variations
You can easily change them depending on what you have on hand.
Pot of golden cupcakes
Add yellow or gold candy to the end of the rainbow.
Sprinkle Cupcakes
Cover the frosting with green or gold sprinkles.
Full size cupcakes
You can make regular cupcakes instead of mini ones — just bake according to the cake mix directions.
St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes for Classroom Parties
These cupcakes are perfect for classroom parties because they are:
Mini cupcakes are often a great choice for school treats because they are the perfect kid-sized portion.
A simple holiday tradition
In my house, holiday desserts don’t have to be fancy – they just have to be colorful, a little messy, and fun to help the kids decorate.
These Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes with Green Frosting and Rainbow Candy it is exactly that.
A simple recipe, a little rainbow magic and a fun memory in the kitchen.
Easy St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes with Green Frosting and Rainbow Candy
Ingredients
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 box of instant chocolate pudding mix
Milk (use instead of the water listed on the cake mix box)
Store bought green frosting
Rainbow candies
Instructions
Preheat the oven according to the instructions on the chocolate cake box.
In a large bowl, combine the chocolate cake mix and the instant chocolate pudding mix.
Prepare batter following cake mix directions, but use milk instead of water for a richer taste.
Grease a mini muffin tin or line it with mini cupcake liners.
Fill each cup approx 2/3 full with batter.
Bake according to cake mix box directions. Mini cupcakes are usually baked 10-12 minutesor until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cupcakes cool completely.
Top each cupcake with store-bought green frosting.
Cut the candy strips into small pieces and place them in the frosting to create a rainbow shape on top of each cupcake.
Serve and enjoy your lucky cupcakes!
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