These Easter Funfetti Cupcakes are a sweet little surprise perfect for your holiday dessert table! Each cupcake is filled with Easter sprinkles for a fun pop of color inside, making them just as fun to bite into as they are to decorate. Whether you're baking with the kids or whipping up a batch for Sunday brunch, these cupcakes are a cheerful and easy treat that'll bring smiles all around.
Update 2025: The Pillsbury's Funfetti colored cake mixes are no longer available. You can still make the recipe by using gel food coloring to color white cake mix. Some of the colored frostings like the pink I used here are available at Walmart.
Years ago I saw these awesome bold aqua blue Funfetti Ooey Gooey Bars that Tonia of The Gunny Sack shared.
Easter Cupcake Ideas
If you love Cadbury Eggs you can try my Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes also. The kids will love them. For more colorful Easter dessert recipes check out 25 Incredible Easter Desserts.
Look how bright and sunny the yellow cake mix is. Lemon flavored yellow cupcakes make a perfect Easter dessert.
Easter Cupcakes Funfetti Surprise
I had a few different kinds of Easter sprinkles on hand, Once I had the Easter cupcakes made I decided it would be so much fun to fill them with some Easter sprinkles.
Warning! The Easter green sprinkles I used had tiny little hard candy Easter eggs in it. Towards the last few cupcakes, I filled I started removing the hard candy eggs from the green sprinkles. I was worried someone in my family would pick one up and take a big bite not expecting anything hard inside and chip a tooth.
I did tell everyone as they took a cupcake that they were filled with a surprise and might have some hard candies inside.
Next time I do this I will use plain sprinkles to be on the safe side. If you are serving these to guests it might be a good idea to add a little sign to your display warning they contain a hard candy surprise inside.
How to fill cupcakes with sprinkles
It is very easy to fill cupcakes. You don't need any special tools. A sharp knife and a steady hand are all you need.
Simply cut a circle out of the center, trim and fill with sprinkles or even strawberry or home made fruit filling if the sprinkles don't appeal to you.
I have step by step photos showing exactly how to remove the center of a cupcake and fill it on my How to Fill Cupcakes with Strawberry Filling.
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Easter Cupcakes Funfetti Surprise
Ingredients
- 1 box White Cake Mix (with ingredients to make)
- ½ teaspoon pure lemon extract
- 1 tub Neon Pink Funfetti Frosting or cream cheese frosting
- Sprinkles of choice for filling (Easter themed)
- Sprinkles for decorating the top. (Easter themed)
Instructions
- Prepare the white cake mix following the directions on the box. Add the ½ teaspoon lemon extract to the bowl with the rest of the cake mix ingredients.
- If coloring the cupcake batter yellow add 5 to 12 drops of yellow gel food coloring to the batter towards the end of the mixing time. Do not over beat the cake mix.
- Fill cupcake papers ¾ full.
- Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 19-23 minutes.
- Transfer the hot cupcakes to a metal cooling rack so the bottoms do not get moist as they cool.
- Cool completely.
- Once cool using a sharp knife cut a hole in the center and fill with sprinkles.
- Replace the piece of cupcake you removed, first trimming a bit off the bottom so it fits back in the hole.
- Frost with your choice of cream cheese frosting and decorate the top with more Easter themed sprinkles or non perils.
Antionette Blake
Now how cute are these...great holiday dessert. Thanks for sharing and linking up with us at the #WWDParty. Have an awesome weekend.
Arlene Mobley
Antionette thank you! Have a great holiday!
Miz Helen
I love the bright pastel colors of your awesome cupcakes. Hope you have a very special weekend and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Arlene Mobley
Miz Helen
Thank you again for a great linky party!
Ashley @ 3 Little Greenwoods
I've got 3 little ones plus their 2 cousins who would LOVE these cupcakes! Thanks so much for the inspiration! Pinning!
Thanks so much for sharing your creativity on at our Show-Licious Craft & Recipe Party! Hope to see more of your projects again on Saturday morning!
~ Ashley
Arlene Mobley
Ashley
Thank you!
Marti
These are so cute! I'd love for you to stop by and share them with us at our Show-licious Craft and Recipe party! https://bit.ly/1jAmMbl. 🙂
xoxo,
Marti
danielle
What a fun idea! Thanks so much for sharing this at the Friday Frenzy!
Arlene Mobley
Thank you Danielle!
Scarlet Paolicchi
What a fun recipe! Can't wait for my kids to try them! Thanks for sharing!
Arlene Mobley
Scarlet
You're very welcome. I hope your kids love it as much as mine did.
Cindy Orley
Love this recipe! How creative to add sprinkles or candies inside. My kids would love this!
Arlene Mobley
Cindy
Thank you! My kids loved them.