Surprise Easter Cupcakes

The surprise is a chocolate egg baked inside the cupcake! Yum! These cupcakes are so pretty, especially when you ice them with pastel colors for Easter or Spring. I got this from an old Woman's World magazine. Show more

Ready In: 32 mins

Serves: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 (18 ounce) package  yellow cake mix
  • 3  eggs
  • 13 cup  oil, for the cake mix
  • 24  paper baking cups
  • 24  vanilla wafers
  • 24  small  solid  chocolate eggs, unwrapped
  • 2 (16 ounce) cans  vanilla frosting (or your own)
  •  food coloring
  •  sugar crystals or   candy sprinkles
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Directions

  1. Preheat oven according to cake mix package.
  2. Line cupcake pans with cupcake liners.
  3. Place 1 vanilla wafer in bottom of each.
  4. Prepare cake mix according to box.
  5. Fill cups halfway with batter.
  6. Place chocolate egg in center of each cup.
  7. Top with remaining batter.
  8. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden.
  9. Cool, completely.
  10. Tint frosting with food coloring as desired.
  11. Frost cupcakes and decorate with sugar or sprinkles.
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