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Double Rainbow Cupcakes

Double Rainbow Cupcakes

These cupcakes have a fun chocolate rainbow garnish and SURPRISE rainbow inside! Get ready for oohs and aahs!;)

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Recipe by GourmetMom

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Prep Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Servings: 24 cupcakes

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Ingredients

1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist white cake mix
1 can Betty Crocker whipped fluffy white icing
24 cupcake wrappers
1 water, vegetable oil, & eggs called for on box
3 drops each red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple food coloring
12 quart size freezer bags
1/4 cup each red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple candy melts
1 wax paper

Directions

1Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, eggs, oil and water. MIx well.
2Divide batter into six quart freezer bags. Add 3 drops of food coloring into each bag so you have a bag of each color. Seal and squeeze bag to combine.
3Cut a corner off each bag and pipe out about 2 tsp. of each color into muffin tins lined with cupcake wrappers.
4Bake at 350 degrees for 18-22 minutes, until done.
5While cupcakes are baking, melt each color of candy melts in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each interval, until smooth.
6Spoon each color candy melt into a quart freezer bag, snip of an end, and use to draw "rainbows" onto wax paper. Let set completely.
7When cupcakes are cooled, frost with Betty Crocker fluffy white icing. Peel rainbows off wax paper and place on top to garnish.

Categories: Desserts, Cakes, American

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dianne_south said:

These are really wonderful! My Granddaughter and I have made them many times to share with the neighborhood kids. We didn't make the rainbow tops. Instead, we frosted them with a simple cream cheese frosting and topped them with colored sugar.

9/5/2012 1:47:22 AM

Anonymous said:

You don't have to buy a whole bag of each of the candy melts. Bulk Barn sells them by weight and you buy as much or as little as you need.

8/29/2012 9:24:31 PM

algonacchick said:

You can add color to white chocolate instead of buying candy melts in different colors. It has to either be oil based color, or newer on the market, powdered food coloring. I don't know what happened with the person who claimed this only made 9 cupcakes. I imagine a huge mess! Looks like a fun idea.

6/25/2012 2:49:10 PM

pepperkiss said:

So fun and easy to make, they turned out fabulous!!!

4/5/2012 2:52:55 PM

Anonymous said:

DEAR ANONYMOUS, 9 CUPCAKE? DID THE REST OF THE CAKE BATTER WERE ON THE FLOOR, CEILING, WALL? YOU ARE SUPPOSE FILL ONLY HALFWAY. BUT I JUST SAW THEY SAID 2 TSP EACH COLOR. THAT IS ALOT OF TEASPOONS, NEXT TIME DO HALF THE TABLESPOON INSTEAD OF TWO TEASPOON, OR A TEASPOON AT A TIME.

3/31/2012 10:38:48 AM

Anonymous said:

These are currently in the oven. I have to say that they made very few and were really messy to make. Definitly will not be enough for my son's birthday party. I mean it only makes 9 cupcakes!!

2/16/2012 10:26:44 AM

Anonymous said:

can we add chocolate chips into the mix?

2/7/2012 7:17:55 AM

KandiDunham said:

Did this for the kids (and myself, I LOVE RAINBOWS) and they were amazing. Huge hit at our casa. I used AirHead Sour Strips as the rainbows...fantastic!

1/23/2012 11:10:03 PM

TBSPSara said:

Hi Anon - If you'd like to make the icing colorful, add a few drops of food coloring. Hope this helps!

12/21/2011 12:24:37 PM

Anonymous said:

i love this. i wish i had seen this before i ordered my 1 year old's birthday cake for her party next weekend. her theme is rainbows and this would have been TOO cute!

9/17/2011 11:40:19 AM

Anonymous said:

Double Rainbow all the way.

9/15/2011 5:57:53 PM

Anonymous said:

I love double rainbow food!!

8/28/2011 8:30:49 PM

Anonymous said:

instead of white icing how do u make the icing colorful too????

8/27/2011 1:24:39 PM

dianne_south said:

My Granddaughter and I made these today,and they were absolutely adorable. Now I really know what " A feast for the eyes" means. I can't believe how simple they were to make, but are so beautiful. We used wilton paste food coloring for the purple and orange layers. Also, some of the cupcakes we frosted with cool whip and the others were frosted with cream cheese icing. We will definitely be making these many times in the future.

7/13/2011 1:42:12 AM

Anonymous said:

ok after reading the posts I realize I wasn't the only one asking about these vague candy melts...I've got it now...thank you previous posters!

7/1/2011 1:19:13 PM

Anonymous said:

what kind of candy melts?

7/1/2011 1:00:52 PM

Anonymous said:

my niece make these for her sisters party they come out fine so i deside to try it .was so easy and fun to make .i love this recipe i would recomend it to all love it

6/29/2011 8:33:18 PM

Anonymous said:

These are so easy to make. I did these with the kids I watch. I had them separated the cake mix into little glass bowls. I added the food coloring to each bowl and they stirred it up each rainbow color. Then the spoon a spoonful or two in each cupcake liner. They were so shocked when they eat them. You should of heard them screamed....They're "Tye-Tied" and they were so happy that they made something this cool.

6/4/2011 7:23:07 AM

Anonymous said:

i think this is amazing i want to make it but sadly i am the worst cook! :D

5/1/2011 6:56:08 PM

Anonymous said:

wow

5/1/2011 5:34:32 PM

Anonymous said:

These cupcakes are delicious and soo fun to make!

4/20/2011 7:05:47 AM

Anonymous said:

I just made these and they are fun for little ones to help you...We arent dont rainbow tops we are decorating with colored frosting and different kinds of colored candy...Fun for little ones!!

4/3/2011 11:22:12 AM

Anonymous said:

I made these for my son's birthday treat. But didn't do rainbows on top.

2/22/2011 7:15:43 PM

FlourChild said:

These are so wonderful!! Fun to make, even more fun to share :) Instead of candy melts I used melted, dyed white chocolate chips which made a soft yummy treat on top... and it's also a cheaper alternative to buying so many different bags of candy melts. Yum!

2/21/2011 3:51:37 PM

pinklip said:

THESE CUPCAKES WERE AWESOME. I loved making them, they tasted delicious and when took a bite out of it.. the rainbow on the inside of the cupcake blew me away. I'll make these over and over again. :]

2/12/2011 10:35:59 PM

Anonymous said:

These look so pretty and seem fun to make... i love baking and im always lookin for great bakin recipes, so im defintely trying this one.... and everything seems so easy to find :]

1/21/2011 2:04:48 PM

Anonymous said:

Candy melts really easy to find. You can find them int Jo-Anne's, Michael's or any other craft store that has a baking section. I think they're just little disks of white and milk chocolate.

1/18/2011 10:28:59 PM

Anonymous said:

Yes, what are the candy melts you are referring to?

1/18/2011 1:56:58 PM

Anonymous said:

Where would you find these "candy melts" exactly??

1/16/2011 10:37:29 PM

macookie2pa said:

This looks like FUN! I'm doing a cooking/baking class with 5th & 6th graders and I'm always looking for things that can keep the entire group involved & participating....this is going to be this Friday's class!!!!

11/10/2010 9:06:57 AM

GourmetMom said:

Here's a link to the blog post w/ more photos and a downloadable rainbow template; http://quick-dish.tablespoon.com/2010/11/07/double-rainbow-cupcakes/

11/8/2010 7:11:26 PM

GourmetMom said:

We'll be adding these to Quick Dish with more photos and even a rainbow template to make your garnishes! Stay tuned!

11/3/2010 11:00:36 PM