Peep's Nest Easter Cupcakes

5 from 11 votes

These cute and easy cupcakes are perfect for Easter or a springtime baby shower!

Prep Time25

Total Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cake, chocolate, cupcakes, Easter, party food

Servings: cupcakes

Calories: 276kcal

Author: Shelley

Tint frosting green with food coloring and place into a pastry bag fitted with tip 233.
16 oz white frosting, green food coloring
Pipe grass onto each cupcake.
24 cupcakes
Note: Store-bought frosting will work fine for this. It's not quite as thick/dense as it should be to pipe beautiful grass, but the grass will look fine. Use short, 90 degree pipe and pull technique to create the most realistic grass.
Edible Easter grass is usually folded in half in the bag. Take three strands and tear in half--tearing where it's folded.
1 oz edible Easter grass
Line up all six strands and roll them into a small circle, just a little larger than a quarter. Some of the pieces will break and that's okay.
Place onto the top of a cupcake.
To make the Peep cupcake, place a Peep on top of the nest and add 2 M&M candies.
15 marshmallow Peeps, ½ cup Cadbury Mini Eggs
To make the Bird Nest cupcake, place 3 candy eggs on the nest in the center.
Repeat until you have all of your cupcakes frosted!

For the green frosting, Wilton leaf green gel was used.

Nutrition facts are based on similar ingredients when exact information isn't available.