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 two 12-cup cupcake tins or line with paper liners.

Step 2

Combine cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared cups, filling each ⅔ full.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely.

Step 4

Beat milk and pudding mix together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until thick, about 2 minutes; beat in whipped topping.

Step 5

Fit a pastry bag with a coupler and a large piping tip. Drop piping bag into a tall glass and fold edges down around the glass. Spoon about 1 ½ cups pudding mixture into the bag; gather edges and twist together. Set aside remaining pudding mixture.

Step 6

Press piping tip into center of each cupcake; fill each with about 1 ½ tablespoons pudding mixture.

Step 7

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