Best Turtle Cupcakes Recipes

PULL-APART TURTLE CUPCAKES

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Why wait for a special occasion to make this cake? Gather the kids, a box of cake mix and a container of frosting, and you'll be in for some fun.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 2h

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow or devil's food cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
Green food color
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
4 M&M's® chocolate candies green
4 M&M's® minis chocolate candies brown, if desired
1 piece red string licorice
1 green licorice twist, cut in half

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
In small bowl, mix vanilla frosting and green food color until desired shade. Place 1/4 cup green frosting and 1/4 cup chocolate frosting in separate small resealable plastic freezer bags; seal bags. Cut small tip from corner of each bag; set aside.
On each of 2 large serving trays, arrange 12 cupcakes as shown in diagram. Frost shell of one turtle with chocolate frosting. Frost head and feet with green frosting. (Push cupcakes together slightly to frost entire turtle, not just individual cupcakes.) Pipe green frosting on chocolate shell to create turtle design. Add 2 candies for eyes; add pupils using chocolate frosting. Add nostrils with chocolate frosting or miniature chocolate candies. Add red string licorice for mouth (trimming to fit) and green licorice for tail.
Frost remaining cupcakes with green frosting for shell and chocolate frosting for head and feet. Pipe chocolate frosting on green shell to create turtle design. Add 2 candies for eyes; add pupils using chocolate frosting. Add nostrils with green frosting or miniature chocolate candies. Add red string licorice for mouth (trimming to fit) and green licorice for tail. Store loosely covered.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 270, Carbohydrate 43 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 2 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting Only), Sodium 240 mg, Sugar 31 g, TransFat 2 1/2 g

NINJA TURTLE SLIME-FILLED CUPCAKES

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Kids will love these Ninja Turtle cereal-topped cupcakes with a slime-filled surprise inside! They're perfect for your next party.

Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories Dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ cake mix yellow
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
2 1/2 cups Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy frosting vanilla (from two 12-oz containers)
Green gel food color
1 1/4 cups Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™ cereal
Colored candy sprinkles, as desired

Steps:

Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
Make cupcakes as directed on box. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
In medium bowl, add 3/4 cup of the frosting and food color to desired shade of green; mix well. Spoon tinted frosting into decorating bag fitted with 1/8 to 1/4 inch round tip. Insert tip in center of 1 cupcake, about halfway down. Gently squeeze bag, pulling upward until cupcake swells slightly and filling comes to top. Repeat with remaining cupcakes.
Spoon remaining non-tinted frosting into another decorating bag fitted with 1/8 to 1/4 inch round tip. Generously pipe frosting in circular motion on top of each cupcake, leaving 1/4-inch border around edge. Using photo as a guide, decorate tops with cereal and candy sprinkles.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 240, Carbohydrate 36 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2, Fiber 0 g, Protein 1 g, SaturatedFat 3 1/2 g, ServingSize 1 Cupcake, Sodium 200 mg, Sugar 24 g, TransFat 0 g

TURTLE CUPCAKES

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Slow and steady wins: Enhance your aquatic-themed party with these sea turtles. They won't bite, but you might!

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories dessert

Yield 12 turtle cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

6 small green gumdrops (for the tails)
12 vanilla cupcakes
2 1/4 cups vanilla buttercream
3/4 cup green sanding sugar
12 green jelly beans (for the heads)
Black or brown food coloring gel
12 green gumdrop fruit slices, halved horizontally and vertically (for the flippers)
84 green candy-coated chocolates, such as M&M's (for the shell)
84 brown candy-coated chocolates, such as M&M's (for the shell)

Steps:

For the tails: Place the small green gumdrops on the work surface standing upright. Cut each gumdrop in half by cutting straight down with a sharp knife.
To assemble: Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons buttercream. Place the green sanding sugar in a small bowl. Invert each cupcake into the sugar and press gently to adhere.
Stick a green jelly bean straight into the frosting for the head. Using a #2 round piping tip, pipe on 2 buttercream eyes. Then dip a toothpick into the black or brown food coloring gel and create the pupils for the eyes. Push the flippers into the edges of the cupcake frosting. Attach a half gumdrop tail between the back legs. Pipe a little frosting onto 7 green and 7 brown candies before gently pressing them into the frosting on the "back" of each turtle to make the shell. Repeat steps for all cupcakes.