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Colorful Sour Patch Cupcakes

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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 18 minutes
Total Time 58 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

  • CUPCAKES:
  • 1 Cake Mix
  • 3 Eggs that's what my cake mix called for
  • 1 cup Water that's what my cake mix called for
  • 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil that's what my cake mix called for
  • ICING:
  • 4 tbsp. milk
  • 2 cups Butter softened
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 8 cups Powdered Sugar
  • Neon Food Coloring
  • 24 Sour Patch kids Candies
  • 1/8 cup Sugar
  • 1/8 cup Citric Acid I found mine in the canning section at Walmart

Instructions
 

  • Make the cupcakes according to your cake package directions and then let cool.
  • To make the icing, cream the butter and the vanilla in a large bowl.
  • Mix in the powdered sugar one cup at a time. Learn from my mistake, and don't try to do it all at once.
  • Beat in the milk.
  • Divide the icing equally based on the number of colors you want to make.
  • Mix the food color into each portion to achieve the desired color.
  • Transfer the icing to a large sized Ziploc bag or icing/piping bag.
  • Ice the top of each cupcake.
  • Mix together sugar and citric acid.
  • Dust the top of each cupcake with sugar mixture.
  • Place 1 Sour Patch Kid on top of each cupcake.