Carlee's Celebrate Spring Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
• 72 mini chocolate candy-coated easter eggs

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
• place chocolate cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl. beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.
• fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes.
• allow cupcakes to cool thoroughly.
• beat the 2 packages of pudding mix with milk in a bowl using an electric mixer until thickened, about 2 minutes.
• beat thawed whipped topping into pudding mixture to make a creamy filling.
• spoon about 1 1/2 cup chocolate pudding filling into a pastry bag fitted with a large piping tip.
• press the piping tip into the center of each cupcake and fill cupcake with about 1 1/2 tablespoon of pudding mixture.
• spoon a heaping tablespoon of remaining pudding mixture about 1 1/2 inches across into the center of each cupcake to make a nest. press chocolate sprinkles into edges of the nests; place 3 mini chocolate eggs into each nest.