It's almost time for Easter! Change up your Easter dessert table with this super fun Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe!
Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe
When the Easter holiday rolls around each year, my mother, my sisters and I get excited about what we are each going to bring as our contribution to the Easter Dinner potluck.
You see, our family is SO large that there is NO WAY one single person can provide a meal for any holiday gathering! We usually have at least 20 people in attendance, and that is only IF not all of the cousins come with their partners and children.
Otherwise, we are looking at up to 30+ people…and my parents, who always host holiday gatherings, only have a kitchen table to seat 8. They set up a folding banquet table, people sit on the sofa and chairs, and some sit outside on the extra banquet tables.
You’d think we were having a big family reunion each time we get together to celebrate something! I guess it is like a family reunion, in a way!
Making plenty of desserts is an absolute MUST when it comes to our family functions...there are a lot of us and we all love to eat - and eat dessert!
This Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe is perfect for Easter, as it serves lots of people!
Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 Box Cake Mix
- Butter Cream Frosting
- Yellow Sugar Sprinkles
- Chocolate Chips
Easy Butter Cream Frosting Recipe Ingredients:
- 5 tablespoons salted butter
- 5 tablespoons shortening
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Directions:
Beat butter and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color. Beat the vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add sugar, one cup at a time, beating on medium speed until fully incorporated. Add milk, one tablespoon at a time, beating on high until fully incorporated and you have frosting.
Cupcake Directions:
Prepare Cupcakes according to box cake mix instructions
Using Buttercream frosting recipe dye your frosting with yellow food coloring until you reach the desired color. Save a small amount and dye that a bright orange.
Frost entire cupcake with yellow frosting, and dip into yellow sugar sprinkles.
Add chocolate chips to make the eyes. You can also add a dab of white frosting to make the eyeball detail.
Using a rosette-frosting tip make “chick wings” on the sides and then sprinkle a small amount of the yellow sugar sprinkles on top. Then use a small amount of your orange frosting to make a beak and feet for your chick.
Isn't this Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe just the cutest thing you have ever seen? I love how easy they are to make too! I bet the kids would just love to get involved with the dipping into the sugar sprinkles and adding the little chocolate chip eyes.
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Easter Chick Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Box Cake Mix
- Butter Cream Frosting
- Yellow Sugar Sprinkles
- Chocolate Chips
- 5 tablespoons salted butter
- 5 tablespoons shortening
- ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Beat butter and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.
- Beat the vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add sugar, one cup at a time, beating on medium speed until fully incorporated.
- Add milk, one tablespoon at a time, beating on high until fully incorporated and you have frosting.
- Cupcake Directions:
- Prepare Cupcakes according to box cake mix instructions
- Using Buttercream frosting recipe dye your frosting with yellow food coloring until you reach the desired color.
- Save a small amount and dye that a bright orange.
- Frost entire cupcake with yellow frosting, and dip into yellow sugar sprinkles.
- Add chocolate chips to make the eyes.
- You can also add a dab of white frosting to make the eyeball detail.
- Using a rosette-frosting tip make “chick wings” on the sides and then sprinkle a small amount of the yellow sugar sprinkles on top.
- Then use a small amount of your orange frosting to make a beak and feet for your chick.
Do you love the Easter holiday? If you are looking for more fun Easter recipes, check these out! I love sharing Easter recipes on The Rebel Chick!
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If you are a fan of light, sweet cookies, this Easter Shortbread Cookies Recipe is just PERFECT for you! These cookies are really easy to make and you can use whatever food coloring you like to change the style of the cookies. So the recipe is really suitable for any occasion.
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