Stop everything and check out these rainbow hi hat cupcakes

These are some of the coolest cupcakes I've ever seen! They're by blogger Craftstorming, who has the recipe and writes: "Below the white chocolate shell is a fluffy rainbow of marshmallow icing and hidden below that is a pot of ‘gold’ caramel. Continuing with all things Irish the dark chocolate cupcakes contain whiskey." Wow!! Via Flickr.





and what they look like on the outside:

Gold coins and rainbow St. Patrick's Day cupcakes

Beautiful shiny and pretty and colorful cupcakes by Bits of Splendor, where you can get the cake mix recipe! Hint: lots of food coloring is involved.

Hidden gold inside St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, a must see

You won't have to search far for the gold in these St. Patrick's Day rainbow cupcakes, just bite in! They're by blogger Confessions of a Cookbook Queen, who has instructions on making your own.

How to make St. Patrick's Day very bright rainbow cupcakes with buttercream shamrocks: video, plus Cadbury Creme egg, Glee and Beatles cupcakes

This is a detailed 12-minute video about how to make very bright rainbow cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day, by blogger Jennifer Johns of Cupcakes, Cookies and Cardio (what a great name!). She also has her own business, JJ's Custom Cakery, so if you don't want to make them, you can order your own in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada by contacting jenn at jjscustomcakery.com or 778-517-1415. You can see more photos on Facebook. (They also showed us how to make the popular Valentine's Day heart cutout cupcakes in a video)



This is how bright they are, at least when made by JJ's Custom Cakery (and you, presumably, if you use the right amount of food coloring):





More about JJ's Custom Cakery:

JJ’s Custom Cakery is the East Kootenay’s newest and most professional bakery. We are a home based business, offering clients all over the Kootenay’s the tastiest and most beautiful cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other baked goods. JJ’s started in March 2011, and has loved serving the East Kootenay’s since! We bake out of a health certified kitchen so you can be assured that your cake was made in the hands of a Food Safe baker, and in an inspected environment.

While I'm posting about them, here are a few other cupcakes, Easter cupcakes (including a Cadbury Creme egg cupcake!), a cupcake bouquet that would be great for Mother's Day, more rainbows, hi hat cupcakes because I can never resist them, and the same goes for the Glee and Beatles cupcakes, all from their Facebook page.

Pretty rainbow cupcake plus recipe link

Want to know how to make these rainbow cupcakes, for St. Patrick's Day or otherwise? Head on over to food blog The Curvy Carrot for the recipe! She writes:

As far as the cake goes, use your favorite white cake recipe, divide the batter into several small bowls, and color each bowl with your desired food coloring gels. I decided to try a white cake recipe from King Arthur for this recipe, but, in all honesty, I will most likely go back to my favorite from Baking Illustrated (see the recipe here) because I like the spongy texture (and the more potent almond flavor.) better. And for the frosting? I was running low on vanilla extract, so I threw in some butter flavoring instead. Holy moly. If you want a buttery buttercream (and who doesn’t, really?), try this if you happen to have some on hand. It’ll knock your socks off.

Amazing rainbow cake pops inside and out and recipe link

Talk about colorful and over the top and awesome! Blogger Munchkin Munchies is determined to cheer you up with these extra bright, bold and fun rainbow cake pops, and has the recipe. So fun! There are candy melts and marshmallows involved, too, along with (obviously) food coloring, and she promises that they taste as good as they look.

Mini rainbow cupcakes on top of rainbow cupcakes

Blogger Crazy for Crust has gone crazy for rainbow cupcakes! She tells you how to put your food coloring to good use with these adorable mini cupcakes plus big cupcakes plus a cake!