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HERSHEY'S Easter Basket Cupcakes Recipe

hersheys easter basket cupcakes recipe

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
22 Min.
Prep:
15 Min.
Skill Level:
Beginner
Yields:
33 cupcakes

Where creativity meets Easter cupcakes. Allow your imagination to run wild with this HERSHEY'S Easter Basket Cupcakes Recipe. Try them today!

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
15 minutes
Bake Time
22 minutes

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups
    sugar (500 mL)
  • 1 3/4 cups
    all-purpose flour (425 mL)
  • 3/4 cup
    HERSHEY'S Cocoa (175 mL)
  • 1 1/2 tsps
    baking powder (7 mL)
  • 1 1/2 tsps
    baking soda (7 mL)
  • 1 tsp
    salt (5 mL)
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1 cup
    milk (250 mL)
  • 1/2 cup
    vegetable oil (125 mL)
  • 2 tsps
    vanilla extract (10 mL)
  • 1 cup
    boiling water (250 mL)
  • 1 can
    creamy vanilla ready-to-spread frosting (16 oz.) (500 g)
  • 3 3/4 cups
    sweetened coconut flakes, tinted* (925 mL)
  • 33
    TWIZZLERS Twists Strawberry Candy
  • Nest Decorations:
  • 3 packages
    HERSHEY'S EGGIES Milk Chocolate Candy Coated Eggs (660 g)
  • Assorted HERSHEY'S Easter Candies (JOLLY RANCHER Jolly Beans, WHOPPERS ROBIN EGGS Candy)

Key Ingredients

HERSHEY'S COCOA Natural Cocoa, 652g can - Front of Package
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TWIZZLERS Twists Strawberry Candy, 454g bag - Front of Package
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HERSHEY'S EGGIES Milk Chocolate Candy Coated Eggs, 900g bag - Front of Package
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Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven Oven
muffin tin Muffin Tin
paper baking cups Paper Baking Cups
measuring cups Measuring Cups
mixing bowl Mixing Bowl
mixer Mixer
1

Heat oven to 350°F (180° C). Line muffin cups (2-1/2" - 6 cm in diameter) with paper bake cups.

2

Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.

3

Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.

4

To make Easter baskets, frost each cupcake with vanilla frosting. Immediately make "nest" on top of each cupcake with tinted coconut; place HERSHEY'S EGGIES Candy and other assorted HERSHEY'S Easter Candies (JOLLY RANCHER Jolly Beans, WHOPPERS ROBIN EGGS Candy) in nests.

Tip

* To tint coconut, combine several drops green food colouring with 3/4 tsp (4 mL) water; add to 1-1/2 cups (375 mL) coconut. Stir until evenly tinted. Repeat using blue, pink or yellow food colouring.

5

For handle, insert wooden pick in each end of strawberry twists; press down into each side of each cupcake, bending to form handle.**

Tip

** Adults should supervise children when preparing this recipe. Remove wooden picks before serving.

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