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With Summer time coming up really soon these are sure to be a huge hit! These cupcakes don’t taste like watermelon but they do look like a Watermelon. These cupcakes are actually made with white cake mix, food coloring and chocolate chips so they taste delicious. You may want to make these with the kiddos (they have a blast making their own). We also like to make these for BBQ’s, bake sales, etc. Enjoy!

Watermelon Colored Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS:

Cake:

• 1 box White Cake Mix + box ingredients
• 3/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
• Red and Yellow Food Coloring

Frosting:

• 1 cup softened Butter
• 3 cup Powdered Sugar
• 3 tbsp Milk
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• Green Food Coloring 

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven and line muffin tins with paper liners.
2. Prepare batter according to box directions.
3. Add just a touch of yellow color and enough red to achieve watermelon pinkish color.
4. Fold in chocolate chips until distributed. 
5. Fill liners 2/3 full and bake according to box directions for cupcakes.
6. Allow to cool completely.
7. Whip butter and vanilla for until fluffy.
8. Gradually add powdered sugar.
9. Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
10. Transfer to piping bag with round tip and frost each cupcake. 

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Calling all you Key Lime fans out there! This key lime cupcake recipe tastes like sweet limes with a creamy, lime frosting. This is a fun recipe to make for a bake sale, with the kids, etc. Enjoy!

Key Lime Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS:

Cake:

• 1 box White Cake Mix
• +box ingredients
• 1/2 cup Lime Juice

Frosting:

• 1 cup Butter
• 6 cup Powdered Sugar
• 6 tbsp Lime Juice
• 2 tsp Lime Zest
• 1 drop Green Food Coloring 

DIRECTIONS:

1. Make batter according to box EXCEPT replace 1/2 cup of water with 1/2 cup lime juice.
2. Fill liners about 1/2 full.
3. Bake 16-18 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean. 
4. Allow to cool completely on wire rack.
5. Cream butter in a large bowl.
6. Add lime juice and food coloring. 
7. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time and beat until incorporated.
8. Add lime zest and whip until distributed. 
9. Transfer to piping bag to frost cupcakes. 

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These Cherry Vanilla cupcakes are a hot recipe around here! My kiddos love this recipe and I love making it as an afternoon snack or for a Birthday party. These turn out so pretty and taste delicious. If you are a fan of cherries and vanilla then I definitely recommend trying these. Enjoy!

Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes

Ingredients: 

• 1/2 cup butter (room temp)
• 2 egg whites (room temp)
• 2 eggs (room temp)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp almond extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Set up your cupcake pan with liners
3. Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
4. In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
5. Now add sugar, vanilla, and almond extract to the butter and beat until combined.
6. Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
7. Alternate, the flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together
8. Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter
9. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
10. Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting

Cherry Frosting:

1. 2 sticks butter (room temp)
2. 4-5 cups Powder sugar
3. 4 tbsp Maraschino cherry juice
4. 1/4 tsp almond extract
5. In large mixing bowl, beat butter on high speed until stiff and fluffy.
6. Add 3 cups of sugar, one at a time.
7. Scrape the sides to get all of the sugar.
8. Now add the cherry juice and almond extract.
9. In addition add the last cup of sugar.
10. Beat until smooth

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I love S’mores and I love any recipe that has anything to do with S’more. I mean who doesn’t love chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers all together?! These cupcakes would be fun for a summer night, sleepover, to take camping or just for fun. You could also make these and put them in bags then gift them to neighbors and friends with some s’more supplies. Enjoy!

S’mores Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 2 C Sugar
• 1 3/4th C All-Purpose Flour
• 3/4 C Cocoa
• 1 1/2 t Baking Soda
• 1 1/2 tea Baking Powder
• 2 Eggs room temp.
• 1 1/2 tea Salt
• 1 C Milk
• 1/2 C Vegetable Oil
• 1/2 C small Marshmallows
• 1/2 bag of Graham Crackers 

Directions

1. Heat your oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with cupcake liners
2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Add your eggs, milk, and oil. Beat with a mixer for 2 minutes. Set aside.
3. Break Graham crackers in half and place in ziplock bag. Pound with cookie roller until finely crushed.
4. Scoop 1 Tablespoon of graham cracker into cupcake tin and then scoop chocolate cake batter onto graham cracker. Push in 3 small marshmallows in center.  
5. Bake for 20 minutes.
6. Let cupcakes cool. Once cooled, put on wire rack.

Frosting Ingredients

• 1 C Sweet Cream Butter
• 2/3 C Cocoa
• 3 C powdered sugar
• 1/3 C milk
• 1 TBSP Marshmallow extract 

Directions for frosting:

1. Place softened butter in mixing bowl and add in the cocoa and powder sugar. Mix on low until combined. Scrap sides and add in the extract.
2. Add in heavy cream and scrap down the sides.
3. Garnish with graham cracker crumbs, marshmallows and a hershey.