Valentine’s Day and Red Velvet is so last week…. now we’re on to GREEN treats for St. Patricks day starting with these Chocolate Pistachio Cupcakes. They’re mostly chocolate with a hint of pistachio, so if you’re afraid… don’t be! The crushed pistachios on top give some great green color as well as add a nice salty crunch to the cake.
Love the liners? Greaseproof liners are what you need if you still want the colors to pop when they come out of the oven. I got these from Sweets & Treats.
The Story:
Good women are like pistachios.
Sometimes a little tough to open up, but well worth the effort.
Chocolate Pistachio Cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Pistachio Cake:
- 1 box devil's food cake mix
- 1 pkg. instant pistachio pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 2/3 C. oil
- 1/2 C. sour cream
- 3/4 C. milk or buttermilk
Chocolate Buttercream:
- 1 C. butter softened
- 1/2 C. unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 C. milk or sour cream
- 3-4 C. powdered sugar
Crushed Pistachios
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
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2. Sift cake mix into a a small bowl and set aside.
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3. In a large bowl, combine pudding mix, eggs, oil, sour cream and milk until smooth.
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4. Stir in cake mix.
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5. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 16-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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6. Let cool.
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7. Chocolate Buttercream: Beat butter for 2 minutes. Add cocoa powder, vanilla extract and milk and beat again. Slowly add in powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
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8. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with crushed pistachios!
Pistachios are my favorite 🙂 Seriously. I need these pretty much stat. Gorgeous photos… as always!!! :*)
Hi if you hate shelling pistachios you can buy them fresh already shelled.
I just made these cupcakes for a co-worker’s birthday and they received RAVE reviews. I went out on a limb to try something new but something I knew the co-worker had mentioned she would like to see in a cupcake and man did they deliver! Thank you for sharing!