Make the batter for your favorite cupcakes. Add a few drops of black food coloring to the batter.
1 box chocolate cake mix, 1 cup water, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, black food coloring, 3 eggs
Bake the cupcakes according to the recipe instructions and allow to cool once baked.
Use a cupcake corer or just a knife and spoon to cut out the center middle of your cupcakes. Set aside the piece you cut out. Don’t cut all the way through to the bottom.
Add a spoon full of yellow Reese’s Pieces into each of the cupcakes then place the cut out piece back on top.
yellow Reese's pieces
Split the frosting into three bowls and use food coloring to turn them into red, blue, and yellow frosting. One color frosting per bowl.
vanilla frosting, red, blue, and yellow food coloring
Place a piping tip into a large piping bag or into a gallon size ziploc bag (with one of the corners cut out for the tip).
Spoon the frosting into a large piping bag or a gallon size ziploc bag, alternating each color as you go.
Pipe frosting on top of each of the black cupcakes. Alternating the frosting colors ends up mixing the colors slightly and gives you a nice rainbow look for the frosting.
Your pot of gold St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes are done! Enjoy at room temperature for the best St. Patrick’s Day treat!