Cadbury Easter cupcakes with a rich chocolate cupcake base filled with Cadbury eggs, creamy caramel frosting and a chocolate Easter egg candy on top. Perfect for any spring party!
Love Easter desserts? Try these Cadbury Easter cookies, egg nest cookies, bunny bait Easter chex mix or coconut macaroons, too!
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Chocolate Easter Cupcakes
This recipe is a fun twist on my chocolate cupcakes and is perfect for celebrating the Easter holiday. They are a chocolate dessert lover’s dream and taste incredible. Plus, that caramel buttercream on top is to die for!
Cadbury Easter cupcakes are perfect for your Easter dinner menu. My kids said these are their favorite chocolate cupcake from cake mix yet, and I agree! You can’t go wrong with chocolate and caramel Cadbury eggs!
How to Make Easter Cupcakes
There is so much goodness packed into these Easter cupcakes! The caramel frosting on top is so creamy and delicious and the actual cupcake itself is rich and perfect for chocolate lovers!
Scroll down for the printable recipe and video tutorial.
- Mix batter. Stir together cake mix, chocolate pudding and chocolate chips in a large bowl. Mix in eggs, oil and water. Then add sour cream and stir. Scoop the caramel out of the large Cadbury eggs and set aside in small bowl. Then chop up the chocolate from the eggs and stir into the batter.
- Fill. Pour batter into cupcake liners, about 3/4 full. Place a mini Cadbury egg in the center of each cupcake.
- Bake. Bake at 325°F for 20-23 minutes, until they spring back when touched or a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool completely on cooling rack.
Caramel Buttercream Frosting
To make the caramel frosting, melt the caramel in a microwave safe bowl. Then whip the butter in a large mixing bowl.
Next slowly add in 2 cups powdered sugar and mix. Then add vanilla, milk or cream, melted caramel and 1 more cup of powdered sugar. Add the last cup of powdered sugar and mix until combined.
Add more or less milk/cream to reach desired consistency. Then pipe the frosting on top of the each of the cupcakes.
Baking Tips
- Don’t overfill. Fill the cupcake liners about 2/3 of the way full (don’t fill them to the top or else they will overflow and have mushroom tops).
- Avoid sinking. Instead of folding the chocolate chips into the batter at the end, I like to mix the chocolate chips in with the cake mix and pudding mix. The flour from the cake mix helps make sure they don’t sink to the bottom.
- Frosting. The texture of the frosting should be thick and creamy. It needs to be firm in order to hold a point when you pipe it on. You could also use this caramel cream cheese frosting!
- Decorations. I like to add an additional mini Cadbury egg on top to make the cupcakes extra festive. You could also frost with a spatula, add toasted coconut and colored candy eggs on top instead.
Need more Easter dessert recipes? Try this carrot cake cookie recipe, lemon blueberry cupcakes or colorful Easter cake pops.
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Easter Cupcakes
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Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 15 ounce box devil’s food cake mix
- 3.4 ounce box chocolate pudding mix , dry
- ½ cup chocolate chips
- 4 eggs
- ¾ cup canola oil
- ¾ cup hot water
- 1 cup sour cream
- 24 mini Cadbury caramel eggs
- 4 large Cadbury caramel eggs
Caramel Buttercream Frosting:
- 2 sticks salted butter , softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 to 5 teaspoons cream , or milk
- 3 Tablespoons caramel , from large Cadbury eggs
Instructions
Cupcakes:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F.
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, chocolate pudding and chocolate chips. Stir until combined. Next mix in the eggs, canola oil and water. Finally mix in the sour cream.
- Then scoop the caramel out of the large Cadbury eggs and set aside. Chop up the chocolate from the eggs and stir into the batter.
- Pour batter into the cupcake liners (about 3/4 the way full). Then place a mini Cadbury egg in the center of the cupcake.
- Bake for 20-23 minutes or until they spring back when touched. Do not over cook. You can also test with a tooth pick to make sure the centers are cooked all the way through.
- Remove from oven and allow cupcakes to cool on a cooling rack.
Caramel Frosting:
- Melt the caramel in a microwave safe bowl.
- Whip butter in a large mixing bowl. Next slowly add in 2 cups powdered sugar and mix. Then add vanilla, milk/cream, melted caramel and 1 more cup of powdered sugar. Add last cup of powdered sugar and mix until combined. Add more or less milk/cream to reach desired consistency.
- Pipe frosting on cooled cupcakes, then top with mini Cadbury egg if desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Enjoy!
Categorized as: American, Cake + Cupcakes, Chocolate, Desserts, Easter, Kid-Friendly
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
Easter is just around the corner and I must thank you for this sweet recipe, it’ll be perfect for the yearly gathering as a delicious chocolaty dessert!
Cadbury eggs are totally my Easter guilty pleasure, so I knew I would be all about these cupcakes! They are fabulous!
These look so festive and delicious!! I love keeping chocolate in the holidays!
Oh, how I love cadbury eggs!! And, that frosting sounds amazing!! My kind of cupcake!
These cupcakes are the most delicious – i wish I had cadburys all the time!
me too!! so yummy!
These are perfect! The best!! I can’t wait to make them.
I love a reason to eat Cadbury Eggs. Can’t wait to make these!
I like the concept of coconut eggs.
i wish my mom could make them in home :(…
rather i should say indians can make these at home
These are just so pretty–and anything with a mini egg has my name on it :)
Great recipe! Now I have the perfect companion to my Cadbury eggs!
What wonderul cupcakes!!
This week I made lavender oil and pillowcase dresses..
http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-tuesday-lovely-lavender-spray.html
I just got through the first two books and agothulh they are not the BEST books Ive ever read, I do love them (:The story is enthralling and its easy to relate to the characters all of them.To LACE: don’t judge something you’ve never read .You sound dumb yourself hun.
SO cute!! I love this idea. You did a great job on these cupcakes :)
Love for you to share it at my Linky Party if you get a chance :) – “Made by ME” Wednesdays.
kill me now. drooling and longing to make this for my fam!
smiles.
michele
hehe they are so good! Thanks for visiting! xoxo
So cute! and I love cupcakes in those little nut cups!!
Thanks for linking up!
I featured your post in my wrap up!
Have a great weekend!
I know, I die over those little nut cups. Thanks so much for the feature!! xo