Pot of Gold Cupcakes

These Pot of Gold Cupcakes are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Made with a doctored chocolate box mix and sweet buttercream frosting then topped with candy to make a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

An Edible Pot Of Gold

These Pot of Gold St Patrick’s Day Cupcakes are filled with luck and all the green you need to avoid getting pinched this March! Ok, so you may still want to wear a green shirt or something to please the leprechauns.

Other than that these Cupcakes have it all! They’re moist, chocolaty, and topped with a green 4-ingredient homemade buttercream frosting! One bite into these feels exactly like finding the actual pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!

This easy-to-make recipe is perfect for those with busy schedules that still want to make cute stuff for their kids! With a boxed cake mix base and fun edible toppings, they come together in no time!

Making this the perfect St. Patrick’s Day dessert for you AND the kids!

My stepdaughter and I loved making these cupcakes. So easy and fun! We used regular semi sweet chocolate chips because we didn’t have mini. Extra chocolatey!

– Amy

St Patrick’s Day Cupcake Ingredients

To begin making this St. Patrick’s Day Recipe you’ll start with the chocolate cupcakes! The base of these cupcakes is made with a box of Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix and a box of Jell-O Instant Chocolate Pudding mix.

To complete the cupcake batter large eggs, sour cream, vegetable oil, whole milk, vanilla extract, and salt are added. For an extra touch of chocolaty goodness, I also add in mini chocolate chips!

For the buttercream frosting unsalted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream are whipped together. Then to bring the classic St. Patrick’s Day color to life, you’ll add in green gel food coloring!

Then comes the fun part, the rainbow and pot of gold! These edible decorations are made with peanut butter cups, peanut butter, gold sprinkles, and Airheads Extreme Rainbow Strips.

How To Make The Cupcakes

1. Beat all of the cupcake ingredients together in a large bowl.
2. Pour the batter into the lined wells of your cupcake pan.
3. Bake the cupcakes at a reduced heat from the original preheated oven. Once a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean they can be transferred to a wire rack to cool completely.

How To Prepare The Frosting

1. Cream the butter until smooth.
2. Add the powdered sugar a little at a time while mixing at low speed. Once all the sugar has been added beat the butter mixture at an increased mixing speed.
3. Combine the vanilla extract, heavy cream, and gel food coloring into the butter mixture. Whip the frosting together.
4. Transfer the green buttercream frosting to a piping bag.

How To Assemble Pot Of Gold Cupcakes

1. Pipe frosting onto each cooled cupcake.
2. Spread a little peanut butter onto each peanut butter cup.
3. Dip the peanut butter tops into sprinkles.
4. Press the peanut butter cups into the frosting on top of the cupcakes.
5. Stick each end of the airhead into the frosting to form a rainbow.

How To Store St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

If you have leftover cupcakes just store them in an airtight container at room temperature. Then enjoy them within 2 to 3 days.

Here are more sweet desserts for St. Patrick’s Day:

• White Hot Chocolate Bombs – A fun cup of hot chocolate that’s dressed up with Lucky Charms!
• McDonald’s Shamrock Shake Copycat – Sweet vanilla mint milkshake ready in only 5 minutes!
• Lucky Charms Treats – An easy no bake treat to whip up using just 3 ingredients!
• Irish Cream Cake – Filled with the best flavor thanks to the Easy Homemade Irish Cream!
• Dark Chocolate Guinness No Bake Cookies – Rich, delicious oat based cookies that have Guinness as the star ingredient!

This post was originally published in March 2015 and was updated in February 2022 with fresh photos and content.