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Tie Dye Easter Cupcakes
One of my kids favorite things to do for Easter is dye Easter eggs. It is an absolute hot mess but they love it so it pretty much is a free for all! Some things I just have to let go and let them do it. Carving pumpkins, gingerbread houses, and easter eggs are those free for all messy activities.
I thought that there was nothing more fitting then tie dye cupcakes for a treat while dying eggs. This recipe uses simple ingredients but are super fun!
Make a a box of white cake mix according to the directions on back and then take about a cup of the mix and put it in a bowl and do that in 4 bowls. Add drops of the food coloring you want to use and mix it.
Take 1 color and using an cookie dough scoop add the first color
Then the second color
Followed by the third color
And then top with the final color
Take a knife and lightly swirl each cupcake making sure not to mix too much
Bake in the oven for 19-22 minutes (same as the cupcake info on the back of the white cake mix)
Let cupcakes cool and then top with frosting.
And the birds nest with Gimbal’s Jelly Beans inside of them
You can make a little bird face using food coloring
Or paint a little decoration on some of the Gimbal’s jelly beans to look more like bird eggs
Slice in half or dig in and enjoy!
Tie Dye Easter Cupcakes
Ingredients
- White Cake Mix
- 4 colors of easter color food coloring
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 lb powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 3 1/2 cups chow mein noodles
- Gimbal's Jelly Beans
Instructions
- In a small saucepan melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir continually until all melted. Add in the chow mein noodles and stir.
- In a small muffin tin that has been lightly greased with butter make little birds nests.
- Place in freezer for 30 minutes. Then take out and pop out with a knife. Top with Gimbal's Jelly beans.
- Make a a box of white cake mix according to the directions on back and then take about a cup of the mix and put it in a bowl and do that in 4 bowls.
- Add drops of the food coloring you want to use and mix it.
- Take 1 color and using an cookie dough scoop add the first color, Then the second color, Followed by the third color, And then top with the final color.
- Take a knife and lightly swirl each cupcake making sure not to mix too much.
- Bake in the oven for 19-22 minutes (same as the cupcake info on the back of the white cake mix)
- Let cupcakes cool and then top with frosting.
- Add the birds nest with Gimbal's Jelly Beans inside of them.
- You can make a little bird face using food coloring or paint a little decoration on some of the Gimbal jelly beans to look more like bird eggs. Slice in half or dig in and enjoy!
Tie Dye Easter Cupcakes
White Cake Mix (ingredients on back of cake mix)
4 colors of easter color food coloring
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb powdered sugar
Mix ingredients all together and add milk a little at a time if needed!
Birds Nest
1/3 cup butter
2 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
3 1/2 cups chow mein noodles
In a small saucepan melt butter. Add marshmallows and stir continually until all melted. Add in the chow mein noodles and stir. In a small muffin tin that has been lightly greased with butter make little birds nests. Place in freezer for 30 minutes. Then take out and pop out with a knife. Top with Gimbal’s Jelly beans
Make a a box of white cake mix according to the directions on back and then take about a cup of the mix and put it in a bowl and do that in 4 bowls. Add drops of the food coloring you want to use and mix it. Take 1 color and using an cookie dough scoop add the first color, Then the second color, Followed by the third color, And then top with the final color. Take a knife and lightly swirl each cupcake making sure not to mix too much. Bake in the oven for 19-22 minutes (same as the cupcake info on the back of the white cake mix) Let cupcakes cool and then top with frosting. And the birds nest with Gimbal’s Jelly Beans inside of them. You can make a little bird face using food coloring or paint a little decoration on some of the Gimbal jelly beans to look more like bird eggs. Slice in half or dig in and enjoy!
