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Grasshopper Cupcakes

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  • Prep 35 min
  • Total 2 hr 0 min
  • Ingredients 8
  • Servings 24
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If you're a fan of the minty, chocolately flavors of grasshopper cake, you'll love these adorable Grasshopper Cupcakes! Rich devil's food cupcakes are topped with minty frosting and crème de menthe chocolate candies to create an ultra-dreamy treat that can't be beat for St. Patrick's Day celebrations.
Updated Aug 10, 2023
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Ingredients

  • 1 box devil's food cake mix with pudding in the mix
  • 1 1/3 cups water
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 container (12 oz) fluffy white whipped ready-to-spread frosting
  • 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 4 drops green food color
  • 24 thin rectangular crème de menthe chocolate candies, unwrapped, each cut in half crosswise

Steps

  • 1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Make cake mix into cupcakes as directed on box using water, oil and eggs. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • 2
    In small bowl, reserve 1/2 cup frosting for garnish. Into remaining frosting, stir peppermint extract and food color until well blended. Frost cupcakes with green frosting.
  • 3
    Spoon 1 teaspoon reserved white frosting onto center of each frosted cupcake. Decorate each with 2 candy pieces, standing on edge.

Tips from the Pillsbury Kitchens

  • tip 1
    If desired, you can garnish these grasshopper cakes with candy-coated chocolate candies instead of candy mints.

Nutrition Information

220 Calories, 11g Total Fat, 2g Protein, 29g Total Carbohydrate, 21g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
Calories
220
Calories from Fat
100
Total Fat
11g
18%
Saturated Fat
3g
15%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
30mg
9%
Sodium
190mg
8%
Potassium
85mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
29g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
21g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
6%
6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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