Grinch Cupcakes Recipe
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
20 mins
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Cook Time
20 mins
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Total Time
40 mins
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Servings
24 cupcakes
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Calories
287 kcal
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Course
Dessert, Baked Goods
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Cuisine
American
Grinch Cupcakes Recipe
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We all know that the Grinch stole Christmas, but these Grinch cupcakes will steal your heart this holiday season!
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Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces white cake mix (1 box)
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 1 cup milk room temperature
- ½ cup salted butter melted (1 stick)
- Neon green food coloring
- 32 ounces white frosting (2 tubs)
- ¼-½ cup powdered sugar
- 48 yellow Reese’s Pieces
- Red food coloring
- 0.67 ounces black decorating icing (1 tube)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line two 12-count cupcake tins with white or green paper cupcake liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand whisk, beat the cake mix, large eggs, milk and melted butter together until well combined, about 2-3 minutes.
- Mix in some neon green food coloring, until you get a nice grinchy green color.
- Scoop the cupcake batter into the prepared muffin tins, filling each liner about ⅔ of the way full of batter.
- Bake for 19-23 minutes, or until the tops bounce back when tapped and a toothpick inserted into the middle of a cupcake comes out clean.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before decorating.
- To assemble your grinch cupcakes, stir green food coloring into one of the tubs of frosting until you get a color that matches the cupcakes.
- Place the green frosting and powdered sugar in a large mixing bowl and use a hand mixer to beat them together until combined and thick. The frosting should hold its shape when piped. If it starts to sag instead, add more powdered sugar.
- Scoop the frosting into a piping bag with a 2A Wilton piping tip and pipe a swirl of green frosting on each of the cupcakes. This will be the Grinch head so it shouldn’t be huge but you do want it to cover the cupcake and be large enough for the eyes and a hat.
- Place two yellow Reese’s pieces on the bottom front of each of the green frosted cupcakes. These will be the eyes.
- Scoop about ¾ cup of white frosting into a piping bag with a #22 Wilton piping tip and set to the side for now.
- Add red food coloring to the rest of the white icing until you have a rich, Christmas red color.
- Place the red frosting in a piping bag with a #12 Wilton piping tip and use it to pipe Santa hats onto the top of each Grinch head, slightly back from the eyes. The hat should not cover the whole top and should leave room for the white piping around it.
- Use the white frosting to pipe around the hat and a dollop on the top.
- Use the black decorating icing to pipe on irises and eyebrows above the eyes. If needed, you can put the eyebrows on the white outline on the hat.
- Enjoy your Grinch cupcakes!
Notes
- Storage: Store Grinch cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1cupcake
Calories
287kcal
(14%)
Carbohydrates
43g
(14%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
12g
(18%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
35mg
(12%)
Sodium
241mg
(10%)
Potassium
55mg
(2%)
Fiber
0.2g
(1%)
Sugar
34g
(68%)
Vitamin A
168IU
(3%)
Calcium
59mg
(6%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 24cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 287 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cupcake | |
| Calories | 287kcal | 14% |
| Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 12g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 35mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 241mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.2g | 1% |
| Sugar | 34g | 68% |
| Vitamin A | 168IU | 3% |
| Calcium | 59mg | 6% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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