Ombre St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

Green ombre colors make the perfect St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes to intermingle with my Rainbow cupcakes! Great for the school class, family meal or St. Patrick’s Day party.

St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes in ombre style. Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick's Day Party! #stpatricksdaycupcakes #stpatricksdaydessert www.savoryexperiments.com


 

St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes in ombre style. Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day Party!

St. Patrick’s Day is known for corned beef and green beer. Sometimes even green eggs and ham, which is odd because that is more of a Dr. Seuss thing than a St. Patrick’s Day thing. I suppose anything of a green hue will do.

Ombre was in, then out, now it is back in again. A super simple way to make cute St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes if you ask me. Ombre just means a gradual change in color, usually monochrome and in this case, GREEN.

St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes in ombre style! Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick's Day Party!

Since cupcakes are so small, I don’t recommend using more than three shades in the actual cupcake and then using a fourth for the frosting, unless you prefer a frosty white. You can even scale this down to two shades in the cupcake.

This technique is fairly simple, just keep a few small tips in mind when making your own St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes.

  • Use a white cake mix, including egg whites only. Any yellow in the batter will result in blue cupcakes instead of brilliant green.
  • Split the batter, color one dark and then slowly color the next. Even if you use less coloring, you could potentially end up with the same color if you don’t have exactly equal amounts of batter.
  • Don’t overfill your cupcake tins. It is so easy to do and I do it all the time! Oops!
  • Buy two times the number of cupcake tins you will need. Maybe even in contrasting colors or different hues of the same. They look so much tidier when the cooked cupcake is nestled into a fresh and ruffled liner.
  • I like to mix large and mini cupcakes for display purposes. There are also some who don’t want a whole cupcake, so it gives them the option to have just a taste.
St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes in ombre style. Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick's Day Party! #stpatricksdaycupcakes #stpatricksdaydessert www.savoryexperiments.com

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St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes in ombre style. Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick's Day Party! #stpatricksdaycupcakes #stpatricksdaydessert www.savoryexperiments.com
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Ombre St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes

5 from 1 vote
St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes in ombre style. Three shades of green and a whipped frosting. Perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day Party!
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Servings: 24 cupcakes

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Prepare white cake mix according to package directions. Heat oven according to box instructions.
  • Line a muffin tin with 24 cupcake liners. 
  • Split batter into two bowls. Color one with food coloring. A deep green will take varying amounts depending on if you are using gel or liquid coloring. Liquid will be over 50 drops. Mix well. Slowly add green food coloring to the second bowl, starting with just a quarter of what you used for the first. Do the same with the third. Add until you have noticeably lighter color than the first and second.
  • Spoon a heaping tablespoon of the darker batter into each lined cupcake tin. Using a fresh spoon, do the same with the two lighter colors.
  • Bake according to package directions. Remove and allow to fully cool.
  • Pipe frosting onto each cupcake.
  • Adorn with gold candy and watch eyes light up for St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes!
  • If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was! 

Nutrition

Calories: 160 kcal, Carbohydrates: 30 g, Fat: 3 g, Sodium: 183 mg, Potassium: 19 mg, Sugar: 21 g, Calcium: 48 mg, Iron: 0.5 mg
Author: Jessica Formicola
Calories: 160
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American, Irish
Keyword: st. patrick’s day cupcakes
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Jessica the mom, wife and food lover behind Savory Experiments. She is obsessed with butter, salt and bacon and spends all her time in the kitchen and behind a camera. Jessica is a contributor to PopKitchen by Parade, Better Homes & Gardens, The Daily Meal Food + Travel and more!

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  1. I liked the tip about using double liners…I never think about that, but I think it probably makes it easier to peel, more to grab onto I would imagine…

  2. G’day! These look terrific and wish I could try one right now! GREAT photo!
    Cheers! Joanne

  3. These cupcakes are so cute and I love all your baking tips, Jessica! Pinned 🙂

  4. These are beautiful cupcakes. Love the creative garnishing coin! Lotsa luck to you this St. Patty’s Day!

  5. With St. Patricks Day around the corner, this would be a fun thing to do with my daughter.. she loves to bake.

    1. I’m sure! There were no kids helping me bake this day- but a few did help me eat them!