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Home » Recipes » Dessert » Cupcakes » Pot of Gold Cupcakes

Pot of Gold Cupcakes

By: Rebecca  |  Published: March 7, 2015  |  Updated: November 13, 2019  |   View Our Affiliate Disclosure Policy

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These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! They’re simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

I’ve been dreaming of putting together these cupcakes since I picked up a bag of gold candy pearls in August. Yup, that’s right, I’ve been thinking about St. Patrick’s Day since August. It’s funny because we’re already a week into March and this is my first (and may be my only) St. Patrick’s Day post.

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

The last couple of weeks have been a crazy whirlwind. Between having company, being involved in the largest pile up in Maine history (don’t worry, we’re okay), and all of the fun posts from last week, I haven’t even caught up on last week’s episode of Once Upon A Time. This weekend had a pretty full agenda too, but if I didn’t do them today, I wouldn’t get a chance to and I wasn’t waiting another year. No way!

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

So I’m going to let you in on a little secret, because I believe that honesty is the best policy.

I cheated!

Yup, you read that right, I totally cheated. You see, I’ve shared chocolate cupcakes time and time again, and I use the same base recipe. We’re all aware that you can make green frosting with a little bit for food coloring. Since it was really the decorating of the cupcakes I cared about, why try to squeeze in making cupcakes on an already hectic weekend. So I bought the green frosted cupcakes from the bakery. Hello, $6.00 is less than I would have spent on ingredients and I don’t have to do any dishes!

That’s what I call WINNING!

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

Anyone here watch Black-ish? Did you see the episode where Andre takes over Rainbow’s wifely duties for a while? He has to make cupcakes for one of the kids classes and decides to just buy them at the store and all the mom’s think he’s the best. While,that kind of inspired me, work smarter not harder right?

I’m so happy with how these turned out! They’re pretty stinkin’ adorable. It’s always nice to see something come to life just how you imagined it!

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

I know a lot of you have busy schedules just like me, and while you want to make cute stuff for your kids, you don’t always have a lot of time. These cupcakes are perfect for those with a tight timeline. You can still have fun decorating and create some impressive cupcakes, but someone gets to do a lot of the heavy lifting for you!

I’ll drink to that, am I right?

But if you are in a baking mood, I’ve included the recipe for my well loved chocolate cupcakes and a simple buttercream below! I hope you enjoyed these super fun cupcakes and if you’re looking for more great St. Patrick’s Day recipes, check out my Irish potato Candy or some of these fun recipes from my friends!

  • Rainbow Donuts from The First Year
  • Pot of Gold Cupcakes from Baking a Moment (I different take than mine)
  • Lucky Charms French Toast from Tastes of Lizzy T
  • Irish Apple Cake from The Kitchen McCabe
  • Bailey’s Chocolate Mousse from Lemon Tree Dwelling

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick's Day! They're simple enough to make and absolutely adorable!

Pot of Gold Cupcakes

Rebecca Hubbell
4.84 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 30 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 50 mins
Course Dessert
Servings 24 cupcakes

Ingredients
  

Cupcakes:

  • 1 Box Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
  • 3.9 oz. Package Jell-O Instant Chocolate Pudding
  • 4 Eggs
  • 1 cup Sour Cream
  • ¾ cup Vegetable Oil
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
  • ¼ tsp Sea Salt
  • 1½ cup Mini Chocolate Chips

Buttercream:

  • 1 cup 2 sticks Unsalted Butter (room temp)
  • 4 cups Confectioners' Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 3-4 tbsp Heavy Cream
  • 3-5 drops Kelly Green Gel Coloring

Pot of Gold:

  • 24 Peanut Butter Cups
  • 1/4 cup Peanut Butter
  • 1 cup Celebration Gold Candy Pearls
  • 24 Airheads Extremes Rainbow Strips

Instructions
 

Cupcakes:

  • Preheat oven to 375 F.
  • Line cupcake pan.
  • Combine all ingredients in a stand mixer and beat until combined.
  • Fill cupcake liners ½ – ¾ full.
  • Reduce heat to 350 F.
  • Bake for 18-22 minutes until toothpick comes clean.
  • Remove from oven and move cupcakes to cooling racks to finish cooling.

Buttercream:

  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on low speed for about three minutes, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl.
  • While whipping on low speed, add in vanilla, heavy cream, and gel coloring and turn the speed up to medium high to whip for 1-2 minutes.
  • Pipe on

Pot of Gold:

  • See picture guide below.
  • Using the back of a small spoon, even spread a tiny bit of peanut butter on the peanut butter cup.
  • Stick the candy pearls to it, as you stack, gently touch each pearl to some peanut butter before adding it to secured it to the others.
  • Press peanut butter cup into the cupcake frosting.
  • Take Airheads Extremes and stick each end into the frosting to make the rainbow.
  • You can use a toothpick to help support it.
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I love sharing mouthwatering and fun recipes with all of you! My recipes are inspired by classic comfort food, the places I travel, and pop culture! I have a serious sweet tooth and love a good cocktail and pancakes and bacon are definitely my weakness! So stick around a discover something delicious!

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  1. Katherine says

    March 22, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    5 stars
    I made a version of these for a farewell party for a manager. Everyone loved them and my daughter loved helping me make them!

    Reply
    • Katherine says

      March 22, 2018 at 8:28 pm

      5 stars
      I wanted to post pictures but wasn’t sure where.

      Reply
      • Rebecca Hubbell says

        March 23, 2018 at 10:55 am

        So glad you enjoyed them, you can share them on Instagram and tag #sugarandsoul or if you have a Pinterest account you can upload the photo to this pin 🙂 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/132152570294572138/

  2. Lizzy Rodriguez says

    March 6, 2018 at 6:36 pm

    5 stars
    Any suggestions on what to substitute the peanut butter with? I’m planning to make them for my daughter’s baseball team but a few are allergic to peanuts.

    Reply
    • Rebecca Hubbell says

      March 6, 2018 at 7:42 pm

      Hi Lizzy, For the peanut butter itself, you can simply swap that out for any frosting. As for the peanut butter cups, that could be a little trickier. I know Trader Joe’s used to sell Cookie Butter cups and those would work, if not I think you could just use another chocolate candy with a similar shape. If you were feeling ambitious, you could also make chocolate cups at home with mini cupcake liners and pans and make either a cookie butter, sun butter, or ganache filling of your own.

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      • Lizzy Rodriguez says

        March 7, 2018 at 5:30 am

        Thank you

  3. Anny says

    March 22, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    These are soooo adorable, what a great idea 🙂

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