Not only do these watermelon cupcakes look like little melons, they taste like watermelon too! These little cuties use a box mix cupcake and then get topped with a watermelon frosting and mini chocolate chip “seeds!”
Watermelon Cupcakes
Ingredients
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Cake:
- 1 box White Cake Mix
- Green Food Coloring
Frosting:
- 3 c Confectioners’ Sugar
- 1/4 c Butter
- 2–3 tbsp Watermelon Flavored Drink (or 1/2 tsp Powdered Watermelon Flavored Kool-Aid Mix)
- Red Food Coloring
Garnish:
- Mini Chocolate Chips, for garnish
Instructions
Cake:
- Make the cake according to the directions on the back of the box. Add green food coloring to the batter and mix to combine.
- Pour the dyed batter into bright green cupcake liners and bake as directed by the box. Then remove from heat when a toothpick inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean and allow them to cool completely.
Frosting:
- Combine the confectioners’ sugar, butter, watermelon flavoring, and a few drops of red food coloring together in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer to combine. (You can adjust the consistency by either adding more liquid to thin or more sugar to thicken the frosting.)
- Scrape the frosting into a piping bag fitted with a star tip and pipe the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes.
Garnish:
- Decorate with mini chocolate chips.
Notes
I used the Simply brand Watermelon Juice Drink for my watermelon flavoring.
Thanks to the First Year Blog for the recipe!
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