Peep Surprise Cupcakes

These are a super easy and fun baking treat to do with your children. My girls were able to help with pretty much every aspect of the baking and decorating which is important.


Ingredients:
1 box of your favorite yellow cake mix (King Arthur's Yellow GF Mix)
water/vegetable oil and eggs called for on the box
bag of peanut butter m&m candy & sprinkles if desired 1 container white frosting
green food coloring
24 PEEPS® brand marshmallow chicks

 
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place paper baking cup in regular sized muffin tin. Make cake batter as directed on box. Divide batter evenly among muffin tins, about 2/3 full. Bake as directed on box for cupcakes, 5 minutes less for GF. Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove from tins and cool completely.
Using a small kitchen knife, scoop out center of each cupcake, about 1 inch deep. Fill each with 1 candy egg and sprinkles.  Spoon frosting into a bowl. Stir in enough green food coloring until you have the desired green color. Frost cupcakes and top with a marshmallow peep. All the kids that ate these loved them. Especially the surprise inside the cupcake. A few adults thought they were pretty delicious too!