Carlee's Celebrate Spring Cupcakes

Carlee's celebrate spring cupcakes recipe features creamy chocolate centers and a cute little bird's nest on top filled with mini chocolate eggs.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 50 mins
• Calories: 211 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
• 72 mini chocolate candy-coated Easter eggs
• 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
• 1.25 cups water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.

Step 2

Place cake mix, water, oil, and eggs in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cupcakes comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes. Let cupcakes cool completely.

Step 4

Beat pudding mix with milk in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick, about 2 minutes.

Step 5

Beat whipped topping into pudding mixture to make filling.

Step 6

Spoon about 1 1/2 cups pudding mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large piping tip.

Step 7

Press the piping tip into center of each cupcake and fill with about 1 1/2 tablespoon of pudding mixture.

Step 8

Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon of remaining pudding mixture on top of each cupcake; swirl to make a nest. Press chocolate sprinkles around edges of nests; place 3 chocolate eggs into each nest.