Carrot in the Garden Easter Cupcakes

If you are needing a cupcake idea for Easter these Carrot in the Garden Easter Cupcakes will be perfect. With Easter just a couple of weeks away I know many of you are looking for Easter dessert and treat ideas for the holiday. This week I decided to make these Carrot in the Garden cupcakes for the kiddos lunchboxes. I like to make snacks and treats while they are at school and then hide them to pack in their lunch boxes. It’s always fun to surprise them with something unique.

Carrot in the Garden Easter Cupcakes

Cake mixes are always on sale and we usually have a coupon available to make for some cheap cake mixes. I find cake mixes very useful since I am packing 3-4 lunches per day. I am always needing a dessert to toss in. All of my  kids love cupcakes so they have become my “go to” dessert.  I like to doctor them up a bit since a plain cupcake can be tasty but not very fun, ha ha!

(Yield 24 cupcakes)
INGREDIENTS
CAKE:
1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
3 Eggs
1/2 cup Vegetable Oil
PUDDING:
1 box Instant Chocolate Pudding
2 cups Milk
ICING:
1 cup Butter softened
1/2 cup Cocoa Powder
5 cup Powdered Sugar
4 tbsp Milk
DECORATIONS:
24 Oreo Cookies (or 1 bag of Mini Oreos) crushed
72 Orange Mike & Ikes
1 package Edible Easter Grass

DIRECTIONS
Make cupcakes according to box directions.
Make Pudding according to box directions.
Cut a small square in the top of each cupcake and remove a chunk from the middle of the cupcake.
Place pudding in zippered bag and clip corner to pipe.
Pipe pudding into the middle of each cupcake.
Place the top of the “plug” back on each hole.
Cream butter and cocoa together until smooth.
Add in powdered sugar.
Add milk in slowly until frosting reaches right consistency.
Frost each cupcake.
Dust frosting with crushed Oreos.
Cut Easter grass into 1″ lengths (these are the greens at the end of the carrots).
Take a toothpick or skewer and make a hole in the end of each piece of candy and insert some of the greens in each.
Stick several carrots down into the top of each cupcake.

Are you following my Easter board on Pinterest? If not, start following. I have pinned some great Easter Ideas that may interest you when planning for your Easter Holiday. If you are looking for other great Easter Ideas be sure to check out the Easter Bunny Cake in a Jar, Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting, Easter/Spring Cake Cookies, PEEPS Cupcakes, Sheep Cupcakes, Homemade Butterfinger Eggs, PEEPS S’Mores, Easter Chick Deviled Eggs,  Nutter Butter Chicks, Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs Coconut Cream Eggs, Easter Egg Cake Bites PEEPS Pudding Cups and the Chocolate Covered Peeps that I have shared this past few weeks. I will be sharing some great recipes and DIY Crafts for all of your Easter Holiday needs in the next couple of weeks.