This maybe one of the most fun and cute cupcakes I’ve ever made.

And more importantly SIMPLE.

I got RAVE reviews from these last year and really all it took was some green food coloring.This year I’m hoping to find some pink bunny PEEPS. I’m sure they will really pop on the green coconut ‘Easter grass’.

You Need:

Box cake mix of choice

Frosting of choice – used chocolate in this picture because that’s what I had..but strawberry or white would be better.

Bag of sweetened coconut

Ziplock bag

Green food color

Bunny or Chick PEEPS

And Then You:

Back and frost cupcakes according to directions

Put coconut in a zip lock bag and squeeze in food coloring. (You’ll need to add a few drops of water to get the food coloring to cover the white coconut completely.)

Zip back and massage with your fingers until all coconut is covered

Place your snazzy green coconut on top of your frosted cupcake and then top with PEEP of choice.

Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy!

I’ve mentioned before that I’m a huge fan of Betty Crocker and all her peeps that put together their fabulous user-friendly website and apps. Every single recipe I made for our family’s big holiday pot luck last year were all in one neat place on my iPad.

Since finding the website and the app I must have used/tweaked at least 50 Betty recipes. Easy, simple ingredients = real mom recipes that taste good and are family friendly.

So imagine my surprise when I opened my email box yesterday and found this AWESOME free Betty Crocker Top 25 Deserts Downloaded Cookbook!!!!!

Not the best timing as I am still in the throes of losing the last of the baby weight…but my willpower goes out the window when Key Lime Cupcakes are in my face. And when I make the boy those ice cream cone cakes with tons of frosting my cool mommy cred it going to triple.

Betty also cleverly solves the problem of making a cupcake birthday cake when you don’t have a cupcake stand. Perfect for me because I just don’t have the space for lots of extra kitchen fun stuff like that. Seriously…my cabinet space is limited and the crockpot and rice steamer take precedent over a frilly cupcake stand. Sadly.

You can download the recipe book here…go do it. NOW! Your fam will love you:)