St. Patrick’s Day is on Saturday this year … that may mean more parties! Do you have plans? Do they involve cupcakes? Here is an idea for you … Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow Cupcakes … they’re easy peasy 🙂
This what you will need …
- Cupcakes
- Frosting, coupler and decorating bag
- AmeriColor Leaf Green food coloring
- American Gold Disco Dust or try other edible gold dusts available in the cake decorating dept.
- Multi-strand or Grass Tip (Ateco #133 or Wilton #233)
- Mini marshmallows
- Toothpicks or small lollipop sticks or small pretzel sticks
- Air Heads Xtremes Belts (8-10 per package)
- Melted Dark Chocolate (oops, forgot in the photo)
- Flower Sprinkles – optional (oops, again)
Make the rainbows first. Make sure that your toothpicks/sticks are just a little taller than your cupcakes. I used one belt per rainbow … but I do think that 1/2 of a belt could be used …
Insert the stick into the marshmallow and dip it in the melted chocolate …
Then carefully and barely dip the end in the gold dust …
Lay the “pot of gold” on the end of the candy “rainbow” … the chocolate is still melty and will stick to the rainbow …
Continue until each rainbow has a “pot of gold” at each end …
Remember to measure your sticks before you start to make the rainbows … don’t be like me …
Now make the cupcakes … color the frosting green and fill the bag with some. Spread a thin coat of green frosting on the cupcakes …
This decorating tip is one of the best inventions! You can use it to make grass or fur quickly …
Adding “grass” to the cupcakes really helps dress it up … just hold the tip to the cupcake, squeeze and release as you pull away from the cupcake …
Add the rainbows …
Sprinkle some flowers … just to add a little color …
I told you that it would be easy peasy!
SWEET SIMPLE STUFF 
Very creative, but I did not expect anything less. They look a wee bit lovely and of course yummy.
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Thank you, thank you very much 🙂
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Those are so cute! And of course I have a little one looking over my shoulder right now who is insisting that we try these! 🙂
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Little ones usually think that we should make EVERY cupcake 😉
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Adorable. I just had to add them to my St. Patrick’s Day board on Pinterest.com!
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I am glad you liked them 🙂
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So cute!! I love how you made the little pots of gold : )
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You are so sweet 😉
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I made something similar last year for Sophia’s birthday and they were a huge hit – everyone thought it was like magic to get the candy rainbow on! I love these so much!
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I hope that you told everyone that you did perform magic!
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what a wonderful idea and so simple to make many thanks for sharing x
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You are welcome … and they are simple 😉
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Super cute! What a perfect treat for St. Patty’s Day!
Thanks for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
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Thank you for hosting 😉
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The airheads are pretty soft when you first get them. How long should they sit out so that they stiffen up enough to stay in an arch shape?
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It will take several hours to stiffen up … if the weather is humid, it will take longer 😉
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