My first four children were boys. My last two were girls. I live a dual life as a mom. There’s legos and Jedi and lots of mud on one side. There are princesses and Dora and lots of mud on the other. For some reason, lots of mud is the common theme that runs through them both — particularly in Spring.
When I was making cupcakes recently I looked to my cupboards for inspiration. I found some gummy worms leftover from the Lego Powerminers Cake in November as well as the ubiquitous candy rocks that go on all our cakes. I was out of powdered sugar — and though I learned a few weeks ago that my Magic Bullet can make powdered sugar — I decided to use a frosting recipe without powdered sugar. Call it Spring Fever. Call it laziness.
Call it mud.
We made mud cupcakes with worms and rocks. How cool — in a gross, kiddie like way — is that?
These are easy to do, so you can enjoy the mud both insides and out on this beautiful spring day. Just try to keep the mud off the carpet!
Recipe: Mud & Worm Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 batch baked and cooled cupcakes
- 1 batch Mud Frosting, recipe follows
- gummi worms, cut in half
- candy rocks
- graham cracker crumbs
Instructions
- Drizzle Mud Frosting over the tops of the cupcakes.
- Place one or two gummi worm halves on each cupcake, placing them so that they look like they are emerging from the mud.
- Place a few candy rocks on each cupcake. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over the top.
Recipe: Mud Frosting
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup evaporated milk
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the sugar, butter, and milk together. Cook, stirring constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Boil, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the chocolate chips and the vanilla extract. Continue stirring until the chocolate has melted and the frosting is soon.
- It will be a thin frosting, but will thicken as it cools.
And it goes without saying, of course, that your kids will love to make these with you.
Today we’re sharing Springtime Recipes on Ultimate Recipe Swap.
What do you cook up to welcome Spring?
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Red Sauce with Meats
Creamy Layers Gelatin (Ultimate Recipe Swap: Cool Food)
Apple Crowns (Recipe Swap: How ‘Bout Them Apples?)
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Banana Pecan Coffeecake
Love these! We did mud pudding similar to this around Halloween once. My oldest little guy would LOVE these!!! 🙂
Hahhaha! I call it mud! I bet allllll of your babies had fun with this treat – My little one would get a kick out of making these. 🙂
Thanks for the linky!
xoxo
Carla
http://www.mrsnonoknows.blogspot.com
You really do get the Mom of theYear award!
That looks so yummy. I look forward to cooking with my son once he’s a little older.
Thank you for hosting! This week I shared my fingerling potato recipe.
Great way to bring in spring:-)
Oooh. Sounds yummy. We’ll definitely try those some time!
Cute idea Jessica!
~Liz
The cupcakes look so fun! Thanks for a great idea!
Those are the most fun thing for kids to eat.
That’s awesome! I’ll definitely keep that in mind next time I make the chocolate zucchini muffins that I linked to!
Thanks for hosting a great recipe swap!
We made these at my son’s messy-themed birthday party last year! The kids got to frost their own cupcakes, then top them with gummy worms and oreo “dirt.” It was the perfect “cake” for a messy party! Looks like you guys enjoyed them, too!
So cute!
Is that picture really of FishBaby? She looks so big! Looks like you had fun.
@Aubrey, yes, she’s 2 1/2 and potty trained and everything now. Hard to believe, eh?
Thanks for hosting! I’m sharing our latest muffin, lemon poppy seed. Enjoy!!
Those are too cute Jessica. I can’t get over how much FC2 has grown.
@Micha, isn’t it amazing how quickly it’s gone? I’m stunned still when I hear her speaking in complete sentences.
Those cupcakes are so adorable. My son love Worms’n’Dirt pudding so I am sure he would be all over these.
These are absolutely adorable. My boys would love these….anything with worms and dirt,lol
So many wonderful spring recipes here! I can’t wait to check them all out. 🙂