Cooking Corner: Watermelon Cupcakes

I love cupcakes!  I could eat one every day and never get tired of it.  Awhile back I saw a recipe for watermelon cupcakes and thought it was interesting.  I'm not a huge watermelon fan but I decided to try them.  They are actually really good!  They are the perfect summer treat.  I wish I made them sooner!  If you make these tweet me a picture @jerica_89.

What You'll Need:

Cupcakes:

1 Box of White Cake Mix + Ingredients Called For On The Package

1 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips

1 Package of Watermelon Jello

Red and Yellow Food Coloring

Frosting:

1 Cup Butter, Softened

3 Cups Powdered Sugar

3 Tablespoons Whole Milk

2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract

Green Food Coloring

Directions:

For Cupcakes:

Preheat oven and line a cupcake pan with paper liners.
Prepare batter according to package directions. Stir in jello mix. Stir in red food coloring. Stir in a little yellow food coloring until you reach your desired shade of pink.
Fold in chocolate chips.
Fill cupcake liners ~2/3 of the way full and bake according to package directions.

For Frosting:

Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla.
Gradually add powdered sugar a little at a time. Add milk as needed.
Stir in green food coloring until you reach your desired shade.

Spread or pipe frosting onto cupcakes.

Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top.

xo,

Jerica