Mini Egg Nest Cupcakes

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It’s never too early to start looking for Easter cupcake recipe ideas! These Easter mini egg nest cupcakes are perfect. They’re cute little bird nest cupcakes and they’re made with Cadbury mini eggs for a colorful result. This Easter dessert is easy to make from scratch and tastes great. They’re fun to prepare and will look beautiful on your Easter table.

A selection of Easter Mini Egg Nest Cupcakes adorned with green frosting and Cadbury mini eggs, displayed on a white wooden surface.

Cupcakes are perfect for an Easter dessert, especially these with vanilla and chocolate flavors. I love making mini egg nest cupcakes and everyone loves eating them!

These chocolate peanut butter cupcakes are a popular choice, or perhaps you’d like to try tasty lemon filled cupcakes or Easter sugar cookies.

Easter cupcakes adorned with green icing, chocolate frosting, and pastel candy eggs nestle on a wooden surface. Perfect for any festive dessert table, these bird nest cupcakes bring a delightful touch to your Easter celebrations.

Why You’ll Love It

Super-cute for Easter: With their green and white frosting and little eggs on top, these are just adorable and perfect for your Easter table.
Easy to prepare: There’s nothing tricky about this Easter cupcakes recipe.
Great flavors: The combination of both vanilla and chocolate gives these a great flavor and the contrasting textures also make them delicious.

Behold a delicious Easter treat: a partially eaten cupcake adorned with green and chocolate frosting, crowned with a blue candy egg, showcasing chocolate chips within. This delectable creation is perfect for any Easter dessert spread, inspired by mini egg nest cupcakes.

Bird Nest Cupcakes Ingredients

A complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the recipe card below.

Flour: All-purpose flour is perfect for making these.
Granulated sugar: White sugar adds sweetness.
Baking powder: To achieve a light, fluffy texture.
Vanilla extract: A light vanilla flavor is delicious and goes into both the cupcake batter and the buttercream frosting.
Chocolate eggs: You’ll need crushed ones for the cupcake batter plus whole ones to decorate the mini egg cupcakes.
Icing sugar: Also known as powdered sugar and confectioner’s sugar, this ingredient sweetens the frosting without graininess.
Green food coloring: Optional but fun if you want to color the frosting to resemble grass.
Cocoa: Gives the buttercream a chocolate flavor.

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How to Make Cute Easter Cupcakes

For more detailed instructions with weights and measurements, jump to the printable recipe card.

Make the cake batter: Beat the cake batter ingredients until everything is well mixed.
Bake the cupcakes: Divide the batter between cupcake liners in a cupcake pan and bake them.
Make the frosting: Beat the butter with the icing sugar, milk, and vanilla. Now add the green food coloring (if using) to half of this mixture and the cocoa powder to the remainder.
Decorate them: Add the green frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes using a piping bag so it looks like grass. Next pipe on the cocoa mixture to resemble a bird nest. Finally add some whole mini eggs on top.

Delight in these Mini Egg Nest Cupcakes, an Easter dessert masterpiece. A cupcake with green frosting resembling grass, topped with chocolate frosting and Cadbury mini eggs sits charmingly on a white plate.

Substitutions and Variations

Gluten-free version: Use gluten-free flour and check the ingredient in your mini eggs.
Milk: You can use milk or heavy cream in the buttercream, although if you’re using milk you’ll need slightly less because it’s thinner in consistency.
Green food coloring: If you don’t want to color the ‘grass’ green you can just omit this ingredient.
Vanilla extract: Substitute another flavor extract if preferred.
Mini eggs: If you want, you can use another brand but I especially love the Cadbury ones. It’s worth a reminder that these little treats are not suitable for kids younger than 4 years old because they can pose a choking hazard. For older kids and us grownups though, this Easter dessert is perfect!

Mini Egg Nest Cupcakes feature a chocolate frosting nest adorned with pastel candy eggs made with Cadbury Mini Eggs. The green frosting mimics grass, creating the perfect Easter dessert. In the background, more cupcakes and candy scatter artfully.

Serving Suggestions

Appetizers: Begin your Easter meal with one of these Easter appetizers.
Main dish: Next up, enjoy honey glazed ham with charred zucchini salad and sweet potato wedges.
Dessert: Finish off with these delicious mini egg cupcakes and perhaps a cottontail margarita and homemade Easter candy.

Introducing the Mini Egg Nest Cupcake: a delightful Easter treat featuring a cupcake with green frosting, crowned by rich chocolate frosting and three pastel candy eggs. Perfectly displayed on a white plate, these cupcakes are made with Cadbury Mini Eggs for added indulgence.

How to Store Egg Nest Cupcakes

Store: Bird nest cupcakes should be fine for a couple of days at room temperature.
Freeze: You can freeze the cupcakes before frosting them if you like but they won’t look so pretty after thawing if you frost them first.
Thaw: Defrost the cupcakes in the refrigerator overnight and then frost and decorate.

Cupcakes decorated with green frosting and chocolate icing, each crowned with pastel Cadbury Mini Eggs, are arranged on a round wooden board. This delightful Easter dessert is perfect for those looking to indulge in festive Mini Egg Nest Cupcakes.

Top Tips

Use cupcake liners: Choose from paper or silicone ones. Don’t omit them, otherwise your cupcakes will stick to the cupcake pan and break when removed.
Mix the batter well: Use an electric mixer and scrape down the bowl sides several times to ensure everything is well combined.
Cool the cupcakes before frosting: If you don’t the frosting will melt and look messy.

Bird nest cupcakes with green and chocolate frosting are topped with pastel candy eggs, resembling an Easter dessert delight. Presented on a white plate over a wooden board, these treats are made with Cadbury mini eggs for an extra touch of sweetness.

Easter Cupcake Recipe FAQs

How do I get the buttercream frosting the right consistency?

Whether you use milk or heavy cream here, the consistency might still need a tweak. If it’s too thin you can mix in more icing sugar. If, on the other hand, the frosting is too thick to pipe though, simply add in more milk or cream, a little at a time until it’s right.

What kind of food dye is best to use here?

The green food coloring is an optional ingredient since not everyone will want to include it. If you don’t want to, simply leave it out of the recipe and the cupcakes will still be cute. If you do want to use it, choose from liquid or gel food coloring. The gel kind gives a more vibrant result and you need less than you would with the conventional liquid kind. Only add a little at a time until the shade of green is as you want.

What are mini eggs?

Mini eggs were first launched in 1967 and they’re a popular addition to Easter cupcakes. They also make a satisfying sweet snack by themselves. You won’t be able to only have one. These chocolatey little treats are hard to resist! These Easter mini egg nest cupcakes are made with Cadbury mini eggs. These not only add color and an Easter theme but they also pair the delicate crunch of the shell coating with the smooth chocolate inside. I recommend having a few extra before starting the recipe because you won’t be able to resist this sweet snack!

Easter cupcake with green and brown frosting, topped with colorful Cadbury mini eggs. A bite is taken, revealing chocolate chunks inside, making it the perfect Easter dessert.

Easter Mini Egg Cupcakes Recipe

A tray brimming with baking essentials: flour, sugar, cocoa powder, butter, eggs, milk, salt, and baking powder. Colorful chocolate eggs hint at a delightful Easter cupcake recipe perfect for crafting bird nest cupcakes using precise measuring spoons and cups.

Milk is being poured from a measuring cup into a mixing bowl containing flour, preparing the base for delightful bird nest cupcakes made with Cadbury Mini Eggs—a perfect Easter dessert.

You will love how easy mini egg nest cupcakes are to make and of course how delicious they taste. A great Easter cupcake recipe is always worth having and this is an Easter dessert you’ll want to make every year.

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Bella Bucchiotti

Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.