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Camping Hacks, Tips and Tricks

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April 1, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Frugal Living, Hacks, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, Summer, Travel

Camping Hacks, Tips and Tricks on Frugal Coupon Living. Creative camping ideas to simplify your memorable family outdoor trip.

Camping Hacks, Tips and Tricks

Camping? Going to the great outdoors. Whether you are an expert camper or a novice, like me, anyone can use a little camping hacks, tips and tricks. Learn the best way to store eggs, see how to keep that toilet paper dry, or see how much light expands when you create a lantern out of a gallon jug (no cutting required!) You might love these tips so much you are taking some of them to the home, beach or your next picnic. Happy Camping!

Create your own Camping Survival Kit from The Benson Street. We see some great goods like duct tape, bandages, hand sanitizer and more!

Make your own Camping Toilet with this Tutorial from A Thrifty Mom. To me, this trick is genius. Bring a lot of plastic grocery bags – double bag if they have holes!

Organize your Kitchen with this Rolled Up Kitchen Guide from Today’s Creative Life. It looks like your entire ktichen neds are there!

Camping Packing List and Meal Planner Printables on Frugal Coupon Living. Personalize to your own family.

Make your own Campfire Bombs from Inspired by Family Mag. The will come in handy when you are ready to start the fire!

Also try this Pinecone Campfire Starter Recipe from Today’s Creative Life. This idea appears a little bit more nature friendly.

Store Toilet Paper in a Coffee Can from Life Hacker. Genius!

Stay Organized with a Mesh Hanging Organizer from Mama Momtourage. Nothiong worse than stuff all over the floor. This is a great way to be organized.

DIY Outdoor Candle Stakes from a Subtle Revelry. This is great for a little glow.

Turn a Water Jug into a Lantern Source. I have seen this used before – so genius. It makes an immediate lantern.

How creative is this Hand Washing Station from Do It and How? Well there you go – clean hands for all!

Instead of Ice, use Frozen Water Jugs – they make cold water later! Idea from Camping Blogger. That is smart, you have a nice gold drink later.

Store your snacks in these DIY Snack Containers from Stockpiling Moms. Start saving the old coffee creamers.

Stay clean with this DIY Soap Pouch from Whimsy Love. Rub a dub dub, get clean outta the tub!

Looking for easy storage, how about this DIY Plastic Bag Keeper from Curbly. This goes great with the camping toilet.

Avoid the Bulky Duct Tape Roll and Wrap the tape around objects for easy access. Idea from Happy Money Saver. This idea is genius!

Create a game for the kids with this Camping Scavenger Hunt from Creative Homemakers.

Bring a Welcome Mat to keep Dirt Out of the Tent from My Clever Nest. This will keep the mess out of the tent – I hate sand all over my floor – dirt is only for the outdoors!

Place Matches in a Mason Jar and place sandpaper on top for a strike from Like to Love. Looks like this will last awhile.

A Yoga Mat makes a Great Cushion for your sleeping bag from The 3 Day. Make sure it is thick!

Keep Scrambled Eggs in an Old Coffee Creamer Container from Lifehacker. This is truly genius. Breakfast anyone?

If going near the water, place a Cork on Your Keys so they float from Green Moxie. (this is also in our Beach Tips & Tricks!)

Repurpose an old Ketchup Bottle for Pancake Mix from Real Simple. Save your old ketchup bottles!

Turn your Storage Bin into a Toddler Tub from Living on Latte. I have seen this used at the beach too. At a public beach, fill up before going down to the sand. Play all day and when you get back, your tub of water will be nice and warm for a bath before going home!

Make Individual Shower Lanyards from The Pop Up Princess. Everyone can easily identify their bath supplies! I could see this as a fun gift if a large group of friends are camping together. The lanyard all keeps the loofah out of the dirt and off the ground.

Camping? Let’s share with you some breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert ideas for your trip. You might enjoy these Campfire Cinnamon Rolls Baked in Oranges. Pin to Pinterest.

Also check out these Camping Hot Dogs Recipe for the Campfire. Pin to Pinterest.

We think these Fritos Bagged Walking Tacos are delicious. Pin to Pinterest.

For dessert, enjoy these S’mores Campfire Cones. Pin to Pinterest.

Also enjoy these Camping Recipes Your Family Will Love. Pin to Pinterest.

We love these Foil Packet Meals for the Grill, Oven or Campfire. Pin to Pinterest.

Original publication April 16, 2017.

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BBQ Grill Cupcakes – Father’s Day Idea!

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March 3, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Father's Day, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer Leave a Comment

Looking for a fun dessert this Father’s Day? Perhaps a chocolate dessert on a lovely day? We love these easy to make BBQ Grill Cupcakes made with everyone’s favorite Betty Crocker Cake Mix and Icing!

BBQ Grill Cupcakes

Cupcakes are fun, individually wrapped treats we all know and love. We wanted to twist your typical cupcake for the BBQ grill. These make great desserts for picnic, Father’s Day, summer backyard events and more. Best of all, these cupcakes are easy, fun for little helpers, and will look like you slaved all day in the kitchen making them!

Ingredients:

You will also need

Directions:

First, preheat your oven and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.

Prepare your cupcakes as directed on the box. (Gotta love this easy step!)

Separate your can of frosting into two separate cups.

Place a couple drops of yellow food coloring in one cup and a couple drops of red food coloring in the other cup and mix.

Place your star tip in the bottom of a large decorating bag.

Scoop your yellow frosting into one side of the bag and the red frosting into the other side of the bag.

Frost a swirl onto each cupcake and top off with your yellow sugar sprinkles.

Melt two cups of your chocolate melting candy in a microwave safe dish on 50% power for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.

Scoop your all the chocolate into a decorating bag and cut a small tip off the end.

Next, lay your parchment paper out on the table and draw small 4 inch circles with lines across with your melted chocolate bag and let harden.

When your chocolate grill tops have hardened, place them gently on top of your cupcakes.

Cut small squares from your gum drops, place them on a toothpick to look like a skewer, and set it gently on top of your chocolate grill.

Add a couple orange mike and Ike’s and/or Junior Mints to each grill.

Finally, to make the grill marks on your hot dogs, dip the end of a toothpick into brown food coloring and press gently onto each orange Mike and Ike.

BBQ Grill Cupcakes – Father’s Day Idea!

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Ingredients

Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix
Betty Crocker whipped vanilla frosting
Wilton chocolate melting candy
Gumdrops
Mike and Ike’s
Junior Mints
Yellow sugar sprinkles
Brown, red, and yellow food coloring

Instructions

Preheat your oven and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
Prepare your cupcakes as directed on the box.
Separate your can of frosting into two separate cups.
Place a couple drops of yellow food coloring in one cup and a couple drops of red food coloring in the other cup and mix.
Place your star tip in the bottom of a large decorating bag.
Scoop your yellow frosting into one side of the bag and the red frosting into the other side of the bag.
Frost a swirl onto each cupcake and top off with your yellow sugar sprinkles.
Melt two cups of your chocolate melting candy in a microwave safe dish on 50% power for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds until melted.
Scoop your all the chocolate into a decorating bag and cut a small tip off the end.
Lay your parchment paper out on the table and draw small 4 inch circles with lines across with your melted chocolate bag and let harden.
When your chocolate grill tops have hardened, place them gently on top of your cupcakes.
Cut small squares from your gum drops, place them on a toothpick to look like a skewer, and set it gently on top of your chocolate grill.
Add a couple orange mike and Ike’s and/or Junior Mints to each grill.
To make the grill marks on your hotdogs, dip the end of a toothpick into brown food coloring and press gently onto each orange Mike and Ike.

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FREE Printable Dr Seuss Bookmarks

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February 5, 2019 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Printable, Social Media, Summer

Dr Seuss Bookmarks – free printable Dr. Seuss Day Quotes that can be used for the kids in school! The more that you read, the more thinks you will know, the more that you Learn, the more places you will go!

FREE Printable Dr Seuss Bookmarks

You guys loved our Creative Dr. Seuss Crafts, Printables and Recipes, now enjoy these FREE Printable Dr. Seuss Bookmarks!

The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr Seuss.

How perfect would these be tucked in a collection of Dr. Seuss books for a new reader or given in the goody bag at a Seuss themed party on Dr. Seuss Day, March 2nd? Serve with a Dr. Seuss Day cupcake! Maybe, your avid reader can begin a kids book club featuring the favorite Author and pass these around. However they’re received it will be with a smile!

Also take a look at our creative reading corners – for the bedroom, playroom, or classroom!

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Don’t forget our Dr. Seuss Crafts, Printables and Recipes, Pin to Pinterest.

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Milk and Cookies Popsicles

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August 2, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer 2 Comments

Everyone’s favorite dessert, milk and cookies, twisted into a cool tasty treat – Milk and Cookies Popsicles featuring Golden OREOs.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

We twisted everyone’s favorite dessert into a yummy treat, Milk and Cookies Popsicles! This Popsicle recipe features Golden OREOs. We did not use whole milk in this recipe, we used our secret ingredient Almond Milk. We make a lot of smoothies in our home, so Almond Milk is a pretty common staple ingredient for us. To add more flavor, we included sugar and vanilla extract. If you need a Popsicle mold, these are like the molds we used.

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
¼ cups Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla Extract
Golden OREOs
Popsicle molds – these are like the molds we used, but they have many more options!

Directions:

Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Blend until the mixture is well combined.
Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.

Milk and Cookies Popsicles

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Ingredients

2 cups Unsweetened Vanilla Almond milk
¼ cups Sugar
2 tsp. Vanilla
Golden OREOs
Popsicle molds

Instructions

Pour two cups of unsweetened vanilla almond milk into a blender.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Mix in 2 teaspoons of vanilla.
Blend until the mixture is well combined.
Place one whole Golden Oreo into the bottom of each Popsicle mold.
Break another Golden Oreo into fourths, and layer it the rest of the way to the top of each Popsicle mold.
Pour your Popsicle mixture into each mold to fill it to the top.
Place the tops on each of the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicles in the freezer for at least 5 hours.
When ready to serve, you can loosen the Popsicle in the molds with some warm running water.

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Hey Popsicle lovers! You will want to see the other Popsicle Ideas, Summertime Popsicle Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Enjoy our Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. Pin to Pinterest.

Also take a look at this cookie recipe – Cookie Skillet! Pin to Pinterest.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

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July 14, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer 1 Comment

Twist up this popular dessert into a tasty treat for summer, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. This frozen dessert features yogurt, strawberries, and a hardening chocolate sauce!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

We our family wants to go out for dessert, we often hit a bakery. This allows everyone to get what the desire… and living in a major city, we are fortunate to have about half a dozen dessert options within a 3 miles radius… is that fortunate, or trouble? When we hit these bakeries, one of my favorite items to get for myself are chocolate covered strawberries, but sometimes it feels like an arm and a leg to get just one. I mean, two dollars for that strawberry? I think not when I know I can get a small carton of strawberries for that price! Anyways, my sweet tooth always wins and the frugal in me always falls (insert sad face.) This summer, I wanted to create a treat for the kids and I that was a fraction of what it would cost for me to hit up the bakery – Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles.

These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles had my kids in mind (thus the sprinkles and Magic Shell, but you could always adapt the recipe to your own taste buds – like how about melting some Ghirardelli Chocoalte Chips with no sprinkles – we think mom, aka me, would love that!

Enjoy!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

Ingredients:

2 cup Sliced strawberries
1 cup Vanilla Greek yogurt
¼ cup Sugar
Smucker’s Chocolate Magic Shell chocolate
Sprinkles
Popsicle molds – these are like the molds we used, but they have many more options!

Directions:

Place 2 cups of sliced strawberries into a blender.
Mix in 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Blend the mixture until it is smooth and well combined.
Pour the strawberry mixture into Popsicle molds until they are full.
Place the lids on the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicle in the freezer for no less than 5 hours.
Fill a small wide-mouthed cup or jar with Magic Shell chocolate topping.
Dip the frozen strawberry yogurt pops down into the chocolate. Let it sit for a second or two.
Before the chocolate shell hardens, add some sprinkles so that they will stick.
Place the Popsicle onto a plate or cookie sheet, and put them back in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Remove the Popsicle from the freezer and serve!

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Description

Twist up this popular dessert into a tasty treat for summer, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. This frozen dessert features yogurt, strawberries, and a hardening chocolate sauce!

Scale

Ingredients

2 cup Sliced strawberries
1 cup Vanilla Greek yogurt
¼ cup Sugar
Magic shell chocolate
Sprinkles
Popsicle molds

Instructions

Place 2 cups of sliced strawberries into a blender.
Mix in 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt.
Add in ¼ cup of sugar.
Blend the mixture until it is smooth and well combined.
Pour the strawberry mixture into Popsicle molds until they are full.
Place the lids on the Popsicle molds.
Put the Popsicle in the freezer for no less than 5 hours.
Fill a small wide-mouthed cup or jar with Magic Shell chocolate topping.
Dip the frozen strawberry yogurt pops down into the chocolate. Let it sit for a second or two.
Before the chocolate shell hardens, add some sprinkles so that they will stick.
Place the Popsicle onto a plate or cookie sheet, and put them back in the freezer for 15 minutes.
Remove the Popsicle from the freezer and serve!

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Twist up this popular dessert into a tasty treat for summer, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Popsicles. This frozen dessert features yogurt, strawberries, and a hardening chocolate sauce!

Hey Popsicle lover! You will want to see the other Popsicle Ideas, Summertime Popsicle Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

We also love these Milk and Cookies Popsicles. Pin to Pinterest.

Looking for other summer recipes? We love these Picnic Food Ideas – recipes that can be eaten outdoors. Pin to Pinterest.

Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

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June 21, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Easter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Spring, Summer 2 Comments

Ridiculously easy chocolate pudding bowls made with melting chocolate and the shape of balloons. You won’t believe how easy this ice cream balloon bowl tutorial is with a few simple steps and ingredients.

Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

Want a creative and cute dessert idea for the kids? Make the chocolate dipped balloon bowls. They are so easy, take a few simple ingredients and the kids will have a blast blowing up the balloon (okay, how are we kidding, you will be doing this) and dipping in in the chocolate.

Follow these simple steps. We served with vanilla pudding, but you could try other flavor puddings or even ice cream – I suggest serving on a plate or in a bowl as the chocolate will quick crack when you use a spoon to scoop out the yummy insides. Best of all, you get to eat you chocolate bowl!

Enjoy!

Ingredients:

12 Small Round Balloons (water balloons work well)
8 oz Melting/Dipping Chocolate Candy (your choice of color)
1 box Pudding Mix
2 cup Milk
Candy Decorations (optional)

Directions:

Make pudding according to box directions and allow to cool.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.
Melt chocolate by microwaving 45 seconds, stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
Inflate each balloon just until slightly larger than an tennis ball and tie off.
Dip and roll balloon in chocolate until covered about half way.
Place on tray and set tray in freezer for 10 minutes until set.
Dip and roll each balloon a second tip to thicken chocolate shell.
Return to tray and return tray to freezer for 15 minutes.
Snip top of each balloon to release air.
Gently slide your finger and pull balloon away from shell working your way around the edge.
If shell starts to soften, return to freezer for 10 minutes and continue after it firms.
If there are in holes in bottom, carefully fill with melted chocolate to patch and freeze to set.
Fill each egg with pudding and sprinkle with decorations if desired.
Refrigerate until served.

Ridiculously Easy Chocolate Pudding Bowls Made with Balloons

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Scale

Ingredients

12 Small Round Balloons (water balloons work well)
8 oz Melting/Dipping Chocolate Candy (your choice of color)
1 box Pudding Mix
2 cup Milk
Candy Decorations (optional)

Instructions

Make pudding according to box directions and allow to cool.
Line a cookie sheet with parchment or wax paper.
Melt chocolate by microwaving 45 seconds, stirring and repeating until melted and smooth.
Inflate each balloon just until slightly larger than an tennis ball and tie off.
Dip and roll balloon in chocolate until covered about half way.
Place on tray and set tray in freezer for 10 minutes until set.
Dip and roll each balloon a second tip to thicken chocolate shell.
Return to tray and return tray to freezer for 15 minutes.
Snip top of each balloon to release air.
Gently slide your finger and pull balloon away from shell working your way around the edge.
If shell starts to soften, return to freezer for 10 minutes and continue after it firms.
If there are in holes in bottom, carefully fill with melted chocolate to patch and freeze to set.
Fill each egg with pudding and sprinkle with decorations if desired.
Refrigerate until served.

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Ridiculously easy chocolate pudding bowls made with melting chocolate and the shape of balloons. You won't believe how easy this ice cream balloon bowl tutorial is with a few simple steps and ingredients.

Take a look at these other extra ordinary treats! Pop ’til You Drop Popcorn Recipes – Pin to Pinterest.

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Finally think outside the box and inside the cup with these Individual Dessert Mug Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

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June 14, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer 1 Comment

Enjoy the taste of summer with this dessert twist – Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes. Mimic everyone’s favorite shaved iced treat in the form of a tasty individual cake.

Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

Summer, summer, summertime…

We found some of the cutest summer cupcakes for your little crew. Don’t let the look fool you. These aren’t your ordinary shaved iced. These are snow cone cupcakes eaten with a spoon! They also are very easy and your little ones will have a fun time feeling like they just walked off The Next Baking Championship program!

Enjoy!

Ingredients and Supplies:

6 Prepared Cupcakes, unfrosted
1 Container White Frosting
Sanding Sugars—red, yellow, blue
6 White Styrofoam Cups, 12 oz (you can find smaller ones here)
6 Plastic Spoons
Scissors

Directions:

First, cut off a little more than half of the top of each cup. The bottoms will be used to hold the cupcakes so make sure the cupcakes fit inside with the cake tops being about even with the cup tops. Don’t put the cupcakes into the cups yet.
Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and smooth it into a dome shape.
Start with the blue sugar and sprinkle a thick coat on the left third of the frosting so it looks like a blue stripe. Use the yellow sugar next and sprinkle a thick coat on the middle of the cupcake to look like a yellow stripe. Use the red sugar last to sprinkle on a thick coat for a red stripe on the right third of the cupcake. It should resemble a snow cone.
Set each cupcake down into a cup and dip a spoon down into the edge of the cake so it looks like a spoon inside a snow cone.
Ready to serve.
These are an easy, cute treat to make for any summer party. And they won’t melt!

Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes

Author: Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

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Ingredients

6 Prepared Cupcakes, unfrosted
1 Container White Frosting
Sanding Sugars—red, yellow, blue
6 White Styrofoam Cups, 12 oz
6 Plastic Spoons
Scissors

Instructions

First, cut off a little more than half of the top of each cup. The bottoms will be used to hold the cupcakes so make sure the cupcakes fit inside with the cake tops being about even with the cup tops. Don’t put the cupcakes into the cups yet.
Frost each cupcake with a thick layer of frosting and smooth it into a dome shape.
Start with the blue sugar and sprinkle a thick coat on the left third of the frosting so it looks like a blue stripe. Use the yellow sugar next and sprinkle a thick coat on the middle of the cupcake to look like a yellow stripe. Use the red sugar last to sprinkle on a thick coat for a red stripe on the right third of the cupcake. It should resemble a snow cone.
Set each cupcake down into a cup and dip a spoon down into the edge of the cake so it looks like a spoon inside a snow cone.
Ready to serve.
These are an easy, cute treat to make for any summer party. And they won’t melt!

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Enjoy the taste of summer with this dessert twist - Snow Cone Summer Cupcakes. Mimic everyone's favorite shaved iced treat in the form of a tasty individual cake.

We have so many summer cupcakes, we didn’t know where to begin sharing… so here they are! Take a look at these other summer cupcakes – looks like you might need a long table to hold them all!

Watermelon Cupcakes (no seeds – wink!) Pin to Pinterest.

Catch these tasty treats – Gone Fishing Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.

Don’t forget the grill – these BBQ Grill Cupcakes are delish! Pin to Pinterest.

Watch your toes. We love these Crab Beach Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.

You can’t have snow cones without cotton candy. Save these tasty Cotton Candy Cupcakes. Pin to Pinterest.

Watermelon Cupcakes with Chocolate Chips

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May 30, 2018 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Instagram, Pinterest, Recipe, Social Media, Summer

Looking for a tasty summertime cupcake? Don’t mistake the chocolate chip! These Watermelon Cupcakes are seedless!

Watermelon Cupcakes with Chocolate Chips

These cupcakes are SOOOO Simple and so easy to make (even the Pinterest-Failer will have no trouble!) Use a regular cake box mix, add food coloring, chocolate chips and create these absolutely adorable Watermelon Cupcakes! Don’t worry, these summer cupcakes are seedless!

Ingredients:

Cake Ingredients:

1 box White Cake Mix + box ingredients
3/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Red and Yellow Food Coloring

Frosting Ingredients:

1 cup softened Butter
3 cup Powdered Sugar
3 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Green Food Coloring

Directions:

Preheat oven and line muffin tins with paper liners.
Prepare batter according to box directions.
Add just a touch of yellow color and enough red to achieve watermelon pinkish color.
Fold in chocolate chips until distributed.
Fill liners 2/3 full and bake according to box directions for cupcakes.
Allow to cool completely.
Whip butter and vanilla for until fluffy.
Gradually add powdered sugar.
Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
Transfer to piping bag with round tip and frost each cupcake.

TIP: Chocolate chip tip – prevent chocolate chips from sinking ot the bottom of a cupcake (or cake) by lightly powdering them with flour before adding them to the batter.

Enjoy!

watermelon Cupcakes

Author: Ashley on Frugal Coupon Living

Scale

Ingredients

1 box White Cake Mix + box ingredients
3/4 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Red and Yellow Food Coloring
1 cup softened Butter
3 cup Powdered Sugar
3 tbsp Milk
1 tsp Vanilla
Green Food Coloring

Instructions

Preheat oven and line muffin tins with paper liners.
Prepare batter according to box directions.
Add just a touch of yellow color and enough red to achieve watermelon pinkish color.
Fold in chocolate chips until distributed.
Fill liners 2/3 full and bake according to box directions for cupcakes.
Allow to cool completely.
Whip butter and vanilla for until fluffy.
Gradually add powdered sugar.
Add milk until you reach desired consistency.
Transfer to piping bag with round tip and frost each cupcake.

Notes

TIP: Chocolate chip tip – prevent chocolate chips from sinking ot the bottom of a cupcake (or cake) by lightly powdering them with flour before adding them to the batter.

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