Earth Day Cupcakes

Celebrate and raise awareness for Earth Day, in a delicious way by making and sharing these colorful blue and green Earth Day Cupcakes.

Course Cupcakes

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 179kcal

Author Michelle Ordever

1 15.25oz box of chocolate cake mix + ingredients listed on box to make it
Can of blue frosting
Can of green frosting
24 pretzel sticks
24 large heart-shaped sprinkles
2 oz 55g white chocolate, melted with green oil based food coloring or green candy melt wafers

To make the cupcakes, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 (or according to box instructions). Line cupcake pans with 24 cupcake liners and set them aside.
Using an electric handheld or stand mixer, place the cake mix and the ingredients listed on the box to make it into a large bowl and mix until combined and smooth.
Use an ice cream scoop to divide the cupcake batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about 3/4 full.
Bake for 20 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Leave to cool in the pan for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely before decorating. Bake cupcakes per recipe and cool completely.
Meanwhile, line a tray with some parchment or wax paper, and lay the pretzel sticks a few inches/centimeters apart.
Melt the white chocolate and mix with the green coloring (or melt the candy melts) and transfer to a squeeze bottle or piping bag with the tip snipped off.
Pipe green chocolate leaves over the pretzel sticks to create little seedlings. Place in refrigerator to set.
Fill a piping bag fitted with a large round tip such as Wilton #1A, with one half blue frosting and the other half green frosting. Squeeze a little out onto a plate to ensure the colors blend.
Pipe swirls of two-tone frosting onto each cooked and cooled cupcake.
Place a heart-shaped sprinkle onto the front center of the frosting.
Press the pretzel plant leaves into the frosting.
Enjoy and Happy Earth Day!