This Pot of Gold Cupcake with candy cupcake toppers made to look like a rainbow and an adorable pot of gold is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day. Shortcuts like boxed cake and easy cupcake toppers make this a great last-minute quick dessert for your party or St. Patrick’s Day treat.

Pot of Gold Cupcakes

If you are looking for St. Patrick’s Day treats, you might want to try some of my other fun and easy treats for the kids, like – Over the Rainbow Chocolate Covered Strawberries, my Rainbow Jell-O Poke Cake, or a fun Shamrock Shake Recipe (McDonald’s Copy-Cat}

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What I love about these cupcakes…

They are super easy to make – anyone can make and decorate these
shortcuts are key to these cupcakes – a Reese’s is turned into a pot of gold, a store-bought cake mix is perfectly fine, and the candy is even used for the rainbow piece
you don’t have to be great at piping frosting – you can use a grass tip (so fun!) or a star tip like I did to easily make grass
if you don’t care about making a grass effect, then just spread the frosting on. Nobody will care because you have a pot of gold and a rainbow sitting on top – so cute!

Are you ready to make these sweet treats? Let’s make sure you have everything you’ll need…

Ingredients:

boxed cake plus ingredients listed on the back of the box to make cupcakes
cupcake liners – I used green for St. Patrick’s Day and to go with the grass
frosting – hopefully, you can find some green colored icing like Funfetti or color white frosting green with food coloring
Mini Reese’s chocolate candy
chocolate frosting
Gold Sprinkles – you can buy candy gold coin sprinkles, cupcake gems, or gold non-perils
rainbow candy

Additional Equipment you might need:

piping bags with a star or grass tip
cupcake baking pans
mixing bowls
silicone mixing spoons or another mixer like a wooden spoon or whisk
measuring spoons
measuring cups

How do you make Pot of Gold Cupcakes?

(more specific details are in the printable recipe card below)

preheat your oven
mix the cake batter in a large bowl – using the directions on the box
place liners in the muffin cups
pour batter about 2/3 of the way up and bake
allow to cool completely – you can use a wire rack or just put cupcakes on a protected surface and let cool for about 10-15 minutes
using the grass tip and a piping bag to decorate cupcakes with green frosting

Spread chocolate frosting onto Reese’s and sprinkle the gold sprinkles on top of the chocolate frosting

place your decorations on the cupcake by adding the pot of gold and rainbow

Pot of Gold Cupcakes for St. Patrick's Day

Tips and Tricks for this cupcake

if anyone has a peanut allergy, substitute a Rolo for the miniature Reese’s cup
use a grass or star tip with your piping bag for a grass look
find premade green frosting – if you can. If not, just mix a little bit of green food coloring with white vanilla or cream cheese frosting – or homemade buttercream frosting
use cupcake liners for easy cleanup
another idea for grass is to color coconut flakes green by simply shaking them with green food coloring in a zip-tight bag until they are the color green
there are several rainbow candies to choose from – Airheads makes an extreme sour rainbow candy belt, they also make little rainbow bites (like the ones in the photo), Sweet Tarts makes rainbow ropes and there is even rainbow licorice – to name a few

How Do I Store Cupcakes?

Typically, cupcakes can sit overnight on the counter, but beyond that, they should be placed in an airtight container and left at room temperature.

How Long Will Cupcakes Last?

Cupcakes stored in an airtight container at room temperature should be fresh for at least three days.

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