Shamrock mint, pot o' gold, Lucky Charms and Guinness chocolate Irish whiskey ganache cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

You can get these special St. Patrick's Day cupcakes as well as their other special March flavors below are for sale at St. Louis, Missouri cupcakery and Cupcake Wars winner Jilly's Cupcake Bar. Photos via their Facebook page, where you can get details about what's in each of them. Visit jillyscupcakebar.com for more information.

5 Lucky Charms cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day plus recipe links and cereal history facts

With St. Patrick's Day coming up on March 17th, and being that Lucky Charms is one of my favorite cereals (though I tend to pick out the marshmallows and eat them first), here are 5 Lucky Charms cupcakes to get you in a celebratory mood.




Magically delicious sparkly gold flake and green velvet Lucky Charms cupcakes by Saucy's Sprinkles - click for recipe


by Cupcake Project made with homemade Lucky Charms - click for recipe


by blogger Mrs. Fox's Sweets. From the post:

The icing is homemade buttercream. The cupcakes are topped with a little green sugar and then, of course, the Lucky Charms! From reading the reviews on the Betty Crocker website, I already knew that the cereal will quickly go stale if not served immediately. I tried using meringue powder in the icing and a layer of green sugar on top of the icing to possibly help prevent this, but no luck. The cereal did stay crunchy for an hour or two, but after a couple hours the cereal and marshmallows did get soft. They still taste great, but it is just as easy to put a handful on Lucky Charms on top right before serving. They are definitely best with that nice crunch on the top!

Double rainbow cupcakes by Clutzy Cooking


Last but not least, the very awesome With Sprinkles on Top has a Lucky Charms cupcake recipe and news about where you can buy just the marshmallows (from a site called, appropriately enough, cerealmarshmallows.com, via CHOW) and fun facts about Lucky Charms gleaned from Wikipedia, including:

• The original cereal contained pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers.
• Blue diamonds were introduced in 1975, purple horseshoes in 1984, red balloons in 1989, rainbows in 1992, pots of gold in 1994, leprechaun hats in 1996, orange shooting stars in 1998 (other colors of shooting stars were added in 2011), and an hourglass in 2008.
• Older marshmallow shapes were gradually phased out; the pink heart is the only shape to survive since the beginning.
• Limited edition marshmallows were also added over the years — including a whale in 1986, pine trees in 1990, a red balloon with a gold star in 1991, and a sparkling rainbow in 2000.

Green Lucky Charms St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

In honor of St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) and all things green, blogger My Own Ideas baked these Lucky Charms cereal cupcakes that are green inside with "Lucky You" toppers, and tells you how to make your own! Via Edible Crafts.

Cereal cupcakes for breakfast: Cinnamon Toast Crunch cupcakes plus recipe link

Good morning! Like cereal? Blogger From Away, based in Portland, Maine, has made Cinnamon Toast Crunch cupcakes and has the recipe, which includes Cinnamon Toast Crunch buttercream! Here's a snippet of the recipe: "Crush approximately one cup of cereal using a rolling pin, and sift into a bowl. Repeat as needed, setting aside the bigger bits left in the sifter, until you have 1/3 of a cup of very fine Cinnamon Toast Crunch powder."

Froot Loops, flowers, chocolate-covered strawberry, wedding and champagne cupcakes by Cupcakes by the Beach!

Cupcakes by the Beach in Fort Walton Beach, Florida knows how to get creative with cupcakes. All via their Facebook page. Find out more at cupcakesbythebeach.com.

Sunflower cereal cupcakes and sunflower candy cupcake toppers to ease your stress

I don't know about you, but when I'm having a stressful day, like today (I leave for vacation in Honolulu tomorrow and there is a lot to do to get ready), I find that looking at cute, cheerful photos of cupcakes helps me relax a little, or at the very least, smile. These are extra adorable examples by Skip To My Lou - find out how to make the sunflower cupcakes here (cereal fans unite!) and the candy sunflower cupcake toppers here. You can also follow Skip To My Lou on Facebook.