There’s something about crazy colorful desserts that is a big hit at my house…remember those Kool Aid cookies I made recently? Well let me tell you-these rainbow cupcakes hit it out of the park! Even my hubby loved them and may or may not have snuck some into his lunch to take to work today! (He’s not a huge sweets guy.)
They are soooo easy to make too. All I did was make a normal box of white cake mix and divide into six bowls. I used gel food coloring to dye the batter without affecting the taste.
Once I had all my colored batters (is that a real word?) ready I started adding them to the muffin pan. I started with purple and worked my way backwards through the rainbow adding a spoonful of batter in each color. (Forgive the dark kitchen pics!)
Once they cooked and cooled I used Vanilla Cool Whip frosting (I found it in the freezer section-so light and tasty!) but you could use any frosting you like…and topped it with rainbow sprinkles.
Easy and delicious and cute as a bonus!! I think they are perfect for St. Paddy’s Day, Springtime, Easter, or even just for a birthday party! When would you make them?
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Hi Melissa, I LOVE how bright, colorful and just plain cheerful these cupcakes look! This was a bright pick me up to start my day. What a great cupcake for Easter or Spring! Thanks for sharing and am pinning these! Have a happy Wednesday.
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Thanks so much Cindy! You have a happy Wednesday too!
Hello!!! These are THE CUTEST cupcakes for spring!! Pinning for sure. And probably not showing Katie, she’ll want to make them pronto. Love!
Janel from NellieBellie recently posted..33 kids activities for beating cabin fever
Thanks Janel! They were a lot easier to make than I thought and tasted great!
I just saw these over at Practically Functional and thought OMG how adorable and then click the link and come to your site … EVEN better!!!!!! LOVE, Love Love everything rainbow!
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OH my GOODNESS!!! these look delicious! These would be fun for a tie die party, too! YUMMY
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So pretty! My little girl would go crazy for these!
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Ok- How fun are these?! Yes please- these are like a party in your mouth!
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OMG!! They are so fun and cute!!! I can’t wait to make these!!
so so pretty! pinning this for our next kid party!
These are absolutely adorable! Perfect for spring!
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How fun are these?! I love the bright colors!
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So much fun!
Cutest cupcakes ever!
Pinned! Thanks for the sweet recipe! :*)
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How fun are these?!?!! Love them!
Erin @ Making Memories recently posted..German Chocolate Cheesecake
These are so pretty and look delicious.
Megan
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I agree these would be great for Easter. Or just for a fun springtime treat.
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YUM! These are so CUTE – like adorable!!! I love using cool whip for cupcakes. Light on the calories so I can eat more cupcakes
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Awww these cupcakes look so cute!!! Love those fun bright colors! Perfect for springtime!
Maria recently posted..Homemade Cheez-Its
Those are absolutely darling! My 5 year old and I will be making these this week!
I hope your little one loves them as much as mine did-they were a big hit!
These are amazing! I SO pinned them:)
Kelly recently posted..Jelly Bean Tartlets
Thanks Kelly! Aren’t they so cheerful?!
They look amazing, I can never get the colours as bright and vibrant! But I need to say, there is no such thing as St. Patty….It’s St. Patrick or St. Paddy, Patron Saint of Ireland, cause Patty is a girls name…
I used gel food coloring to get the colors bright-it really didn’t take much! And I changed it to St. Paddy’s-I didn’t know that! I just assumed Pat was short for Patrick so it would be Patty’s!
Thank you! Yeah for some reason Pat and Patrick goes to Paddy, it would make sense for it to be Patty! Crazy Irish logic! The Irish for Patrick is Padráig, so that could be where the dd is from!
What brand of gel colouring do you find the best?
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These are so cute! I would like to invite you to link up to Manic Monday – http://cupcake-n-bake.blogspot.com/2013/02/manic-monday-6.html
Have a great week!
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These cupcakes are so much fun! Pinned, shared on Facebook, and will be featuring tomorrow
That’s how much I love them!
Trish – Mom On Timeout recently posted..Rainbow JELL-O Cubes
Thanks so much Trish! They were pretty tasty and fun to make with my son!
Can you use regular liquid food coloring?
Where do you buy th gel food coloring you used?
I didn’t try regular food coloring, my grocery store only carries the gel kind. My only concern with using the liquid kind would be they sometimes alter the taste if you use a lot (I learned that the hard way!)
These cupcakes are GORGEOUS !!
I love colors in food, especially desserts
It’s fun and it catches the eye, and we do eat with our eyes first.
I LOVE these cupcakes
Thanks so much Winnie!!
These are so cute, they’d be perfect from Easter! New follower and can’t wait to see more creative ideas!
Sarah Lynn | Sarah Lynn’s Sweets recently posted..Healthy (and Easy) Peanut Butter Banana Ice Cream
The cupcakes look great! It takes TLC for them to look so good. I can’t even frost the cupcake well, let alone mixing different shades together. Awesome work.
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it was easier than it looks I promise!
How much food dye did you put?