Blow Pop cupcakes with bubble gum marshmallow buttercream and a strawberry marshmallow inside, plus recipe link

Yes, Blow Pops, the lollipop with bubble gum in the middle, can be paired with cupcakes, and marhsmallows! Get the recipe for bubble gum marshmallow buttercream (!!) and instructions at Cookies and Cups.



and the inside:

Spiced Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel buttercream plus recipe link

Here's what Jessie Oleson of Cakespy writes about these cupcakes by Lori Falce for caramel lovers (get the recipe too from Cakespy):

"Surprise! There's a cayenne kick hiding in these fudgy brownie cupcakes smothered in a delightful caramel and whipped cream frosting"

Bursting with blueberry pancake cupcakes and recipe link

Look at the blueberries bursting out of this cupcake! Wow. Get the recipe at Your Cup of Cake.

Strawberry salsa jalapeño cupcake plus recipe link!

Yes, this is a cupcake using strawberry salsa and a jalapeño pepper to recreate a Cupcake Wars winning cupcake, and it's raw and vegan! It's by Shannonmarie at one of my favorite food blogs, Rawdorable, who has the recipe for you. I'm a big fan of spicy foods in general and jalapeños in particular, so I'm excited about this one.

A twist on the Easter cupcake: chow mein noodle twigs for bird's nest cupcakes

Here's a twist for your next cupcake topper: chow mein noodles used as twigs as part of bird's nest cupcakes! These Easter (or spring) cupcakes are by Better Homes & Gardens, who tell you how to make them. Via Lilsugar.

Funfetti cupcakes and recipe link!

Get the recipe for these these funfetti cupcakes at The Whimsical Cupcake!

Extreme cupcake cuteness: Bird's nest lemon Easter cupcakes with chicks hatching out of them!

These cupcakes deserve some sort of prize for internet cuteness! They're bird's nest lemon cupcakes with chicks hatching out of Easter eggs, and you can find out how to make them, including recipe and instructions, over at The Southern Institute, in a post by Jenn from Rook No. 17. Via Craftzine. Love love love. Happy baking and decorating; I don't see how you could make these and not smile.



From the post:

Atop a tender mini lemon cupcake(with coconut cream cheese icing)sits a nest of toasted coconut,gently cradling a tiny speckled chocolate egg.

4 Cupcake Wars inspired raw vegan cupcake recipes: green tea vanilla, sweet pepper, corn and sage, lavender and orange, cacao spice

Yes, Shannonmarie at Rawdorable is at it again, this time taking inspiration from Cupcake Wars winner Stephanie Sparkle and her vegan baking fame, and turning Stephanie's cupcakes into raw vegan cupcakes. She's also got the recipes for these four lovely cupcakes for you all in this post and an interview with Stephanie!


the raw cupcake quartet


green tea topped vanilla cupcake


sweet potato, corn and sage cupcake


lavender and orange cupcake


cacao spice cupcake

Cupcake flavored jelly beans now for sale alongside cupcake gumballs

Like jelly beans? Now you can get yours in cupcake flavor from cupcake merchandise master Archie McPhee! We've shared lots of jelly bean cupcakes over the years, and were clued in to the cupcake gumballs, but this is something new. Wonder how they taste?





Unrelated to Archie McPhee, but for the bubblegum fans, below are bubblegum cupcakes by blogger Created by Diane, who has the recipe for bubblegum frosting!

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Irish cocktail whiskey chocolate ganache cupcakes in jars for St. Patrick's Day

Blogger ever clever mom made Irish cocktail cupcakes in jars for St. Patrick's Day! She's got the recipe and writes:

Serving the cupcakes up in jars means the frosting can be creamier and I added a lot more of that whiskey chocolate ganache this way. I love the way they turned out in the glass with the frosting on top... almost like little pints of Guinness.

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.

5 green velvet St. Patrick's Day cupcakes plus green velvet cake pops

St. Patrick's Day is this Saturday, March 17th, and there are so many shamrocks we almost can't keep up. Here are 5 green velvet cupcakes to get you in the holiday spirit.


by Patty's Cakes of Fullerton, California


by Real Mom Kitchen


by A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe


by Snappy Gourmet - these green velvet cupcakes have cream cheese frosting and are dipped in candy melts! Click through for the recipe and instructions.


Green velvet cupcakes topped with green macarons by The Boogie Blog


by Jeanne Benedict

And last but not least, green velvet cake pops by custom cupcake baker Amanda Cupcake in Waupaca, Wisconsin, via Flickr. Stay tuned: we have an interview with her coming up!

Beautiful St. Patrick's Day shamrock cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and recipe link

These beautiful St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are above and beyond your typical shamrock! They're made with Bailey's Irish Cream/Frangelico/Creme de Cacao buttercream and blogger Pink Martinis and Pearls has the recipe and cupcake decorating tips. Happy, boozy cupcake making!







From the post:

These friends play together beautifully and are three of the five ingredients in the espresso martinis that I love.

Bailey’s is creamy goodness. Frangelico is hazelnut-flavored liqueur and Crème de Cacao has a light chocolate flavor.

For the cupcakes, I substituted the liquid ingredients in the batter with two espresso martinis. Texturally, the recipe works but the intensity of the alcohol needs some refining but what I came up with for the icing is absolute perfection and I’d like to share the Irish love with you and how to decorate the shamrock cupcakes.

Peanut butter chocolate chip cupcakes plus recipe link

Blogger Food Snots has the recipe for these peanut butter chocolate chip cupcakes and writes:

You have to like peanut butter, obviously, cause there is a ton of peanut butter that goes into these cakes. But basically, this is a super moist peanut butter cupcake, with chocolate chips, and peanut butter frosting. I added the additional drizzled chocolate on top cause I felt like these cupcakes needed just a bit more chocolate.

How to bake a LEGO® inside your cupcake for Double LEGO® Cupcakes!

Blogger S'tasty was inspired by toys and found a way to create these awesome Double LEGO® cupcakes that are so full of coolness I don't even know what to say. There's detailed instructions there on how to do your own. Oh, and the LEGO® pieces on top are made of chocolate and totally edible! S'tasty also has the recipe. We've seen hearts inside cupcakes, shamrocks inside cupcakes, what's next? I am always going to be enamored of anyone who can pull this off. Via Craftzine.


chocolate LEGO®s on top!


LEGO® shapes inside!

From the S'tasty post:

It all started with a brown piece of LEGO®. To me it looked like a shiny cube of delicious milk chocolate. Wouldn’t it be great if it actually was chocolate? The cream coloured pieces could be sweet white chocolate and the glossy black pieces a rich dark chocolate. If only that were possible, I thought. Well, with the help of some magic blue stuff, I made my chocolate LEGO® dream come true. It was pretty simple to make them too.

However, once I had made my sweet chocolate specimens, they seemed a little small and insignificant. What I really needed was a vehicle to carry my chocolate LEGO® and lift them up for the world to see. So, I decided on a simple vanilla cupcake and some creamy vanilla icing as a platform for my glorious chocolate LEGO®. The problem was though, the vanilla cupcake idea seemed a little lame and boring. LEGO® is so fun and colourful, so I figured the cupcakes should be bright and vivid too. I saw this great idea, on a blog on Valentine’s Day, where the blogger made a cupcake with a red cake heart concealed inside. So I borrowed this idea, but modified it a bit. I placed a colourful LEGO® cake piece inside my cupcakes. Now, I really had a cupcake worthy of my chocolate LEGO® and all my LEGO® dreams were complete. I really have to stop imagining everything can be made into food….what next!

Cake mix win: Cadbury creme egg in the middle cupcakes, plus Oreo cookies and cream, Andes Mint and chocolate potato chip cupcakes

Below are four outrageous, awesome cupcakes, all from one blog post by Love From the Oven and one mix, Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix. There's also mayonnaise involved. I hate mayonnaise but even I am willing to try it in my cupcakes if it will yield these! Visit Love From the Oven for more photos, recipes and instructions on making all four of these cupcakes: Cadbury Creme Egg, Oreo cookies, and cream Andes Mint chocolate, and chocolate potato chip! Kudos to Love From the Oven for making all these fun cupcakes (cue the words "frozen Cadbury creme egg") from such a basic set of ingredients.












Did you know March 14th is National Potato Chip Day? It is! We'll be blogging lots more potato chip cupcakes. And yes, i spend a lot of time studying the list of American food holidays! Speaking of which, why isn't there a Cadbury Creme Egg day??

The Lorax Truffula Tree vegan dark chocolate cupcakes with cotton candy on top, plus recipe link

Find out how to make these dark chocolate vegan cupcakes with cotton candy on top, styled in homage to Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, at Meet The Shannons (via Babble).

The Help: Caramel Cake

Do you ever read a book or watch a movie that has some sort of delicious looking dessert and just imagine how it would taste if it was real? Well the blog Domestic Fits created a cupcake version of Minny's famous Caramel Cake as raved about in this year's IT Book, The Help.

Originally she crafted a full size Caramel Cake but for the cupcake version she had to tweak the recipe a bit. In looking over the recipe I found it very simple to follow and will definitely have to try it out. Check out the recipe for yourself here!

Smiling strawberry ladybug cupcakes with peppermint patties, plus recipe link

What cute cupcakes! It's amazing how the little smile on the ladybugs makes a huge difference. And strawberry plus peppermint patty? Count me in. Get the recipe at Tutus and Tea Parties, in a guest post by Pamela of Pamela's Heavenly Treats.

Chocolate swirl cheesecake cupcakes plus recipe link

These chocolate swirl cheesecake cupcakes are by blogger Elsa Cooks, who has the recipe and writes, "The flavor is delicious. The chocolate is mild and the cheesecake is very creamy."