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Nest Easter Cupcakes

By A Cultivated Nest Team

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I love Easter, and love making Easter treats! But sometimes after cooking up a big Easter brunch, I just don’t have the energy to spend an hour or more making a dessert completely from scratch. Which is why I always keep a cake mix or two in my pantry. While we most of the desserts we eat I make from scratch, sometimes you just need the convenience of an inexpensive boxed mix! To help make your Easter less stressful, take a look at how a boxed cake mix can give you the base for these pretty Nest Easter Cupcakes!

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links to Amazon and/or Etsy, which means that I may earn a small commission from some of the links in this post. Please see our Disclosure Page for more information.

While I used peanut M&Ms in this nest Easter cupcake recipe, if you want to make this safe for someone with a peanut allergy, feel free to use a different type of M&M, or a totally different kind of candy egg!

Nest Easter Cupcakes

Ingredients

White cake mix (calls for oil, eggs, and water)
Vanilla frosting
2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
Green food coloring
Easter peanut M&M’s eggs

Directions

1. Preheat your oven to 350° and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideasNest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas2. In a large mixing bowl whisk together your cake mix, oil, eggs, and water.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas3. Fill your cupcake liners three quarters the way up with your cake batter and bake for 15 minutes.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas4. Let your cupcakes cool and frost with your vanilla frosting.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas5. Using a small mixing bowl, mix together your coconut flakes with a few drops of green food coloring until your coconut is green.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas6. Turn your frosted cupcakes upside down and dip into your green coconut.

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas7. Dip the bottom of 3 peanut M&M into your frosting and stick onto the center of each coconut covered cupcake.

Then your nest Easter cupcakes are finished! Aren’t they cute with the little “eggs” and coconut grass? Why wait for Easter, feel free to have these just as fun spring desserts!

What’s your favorite Easter dessert?

Nest Easter Cupcakes- If you want a quick, simple, but beautiful dessert to serve this Easter, you need to make these adorable nest Easter cupcakes! | easy recipe, quick recipe, boxed mix baking, Easter dessert, spring treat, eggs, grass, cupcake decorating ideas

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Nest Easter Cupcakes

  • Author: A Cultivated Nest
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Ingredients

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  • White cake mix (calls for oil, eggs, and water)
  • Vanilla frosting
  • 2 cups sweetened coconut flakes
  • Green food coloring
  • Easter peanut M&M’s

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350° and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
  2. In a large mixing bowl whisk together your cake mix, oil, eggs, and water.
  3. Fill your cupcake liners three quarters the way up with your cake batter and bake for 15 minutes.
  4. Let your cupcakes cool and frost with your vanilla frosting.
  5. Using a small mixing bowl, mix together your coconut flakes with a few drops of green food coloring until your coconut is green.
  6. Turn your frosted cupcakes upside down and dip into your green coconut.
  7. Dip the bottom of 3 peanut M&M into your frosting and stick onto the center of each coconut covered cupcake.

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Comments

  1. Lori Hanrehan says

    March 14, 2017 at 5:49 pm

    Love these bright and cheerful cupcakes!

  2. Shirley Wood says

    March 14, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    Cupcakes are always fun and I think these look delicious too. Pretty food is always a pleasure to eat. #merrymonday

  3. Pauline Molinari says

    March 14, 2017 at 9:45 pm

    I adore these cute and colorful cupcakes! Thanks so much for sharing your yummy recipe on the Monday Funday Party!

  4. Aly ~ Cooking In Stilettos says

    March 21, 2017 at 4:39 am

    I LOVE this recipe! Thank you so much for sharing your delicious recipe at the Delicious Dishes Recipe Party! I pinned this recipe along with a bunch of other yummy recipes from your site!

  5. Emily says

    March 21, 2017 at 8:22 am

    The green coconut is such a great idea, these are adorable!

  6. Heidi says

    March 27, 2017 at 1:22 pm

    Reminds me of cupcakes we made as kids with colored coconut. So cute! Thanks for sharing at Funtastic Friday!

  7. Erin - Suburban Simplicity says

    March 29, 2017 at 12:19 am

    Very cute cupcakes!! You’re my feature this week at Welcome Home Wednesdays! Congrats! See you tomorrow!

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