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.  If it's too hard they get frustrated and walk away.  Then mom gets stuck finishing and it's not really a family activity anymore.  :)

You can play around with what type of cake mix you want.  We did one gluten free and one regular because we were going to a party.  This recipe is for just one cake mix. 

Ingredients:

1 box of your favorite yellow cake 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.  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 suprise inside the cupcake.  A few adults thought they were pretty delicious too.  ;)

Enjoy!