Before I begin, I must say that I did not come up with this idea myself. Browsing another blog I follow (fabulesslyfrugal.html) I came across this super cute cupcake. And with Easter almost over, I guess you can just keep this in mind for next year maybe. Or I guess it could be a Spring cupcake.
Since I had some (cheap) cake mix and frosting I had picked up at Fred Meyer a couple of weeks ago and coconut already in the cupboard all I needed was the Robin's eggs for the top. And luckily, the blog posted a deal at Albertson's on the eggs. So I printed off my coupon and got a bag for $.69!
These were the eggs I used, but you could probably use any other type of candy eggs. I liked the fact that they were speckled. These also come in mini eggs, but they didn't have them.
The directions are pretty simple: bake cupcakes and frost. To tint the coconut I just put it in a zip lock bag and added food coloring. Shake until all coconut is colored. I ended up having to use blue and yellow food coloring because I was out of green. But I think it gave it an even deeper green color doing it that way. I then put the eggs on the frosting and covered the rest of the frosting with the coconut. Putting the eggs on first worked better because they stuck to the frosting better than the coconut.
And here is the final product!
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