Carlee's Celebrate Spring Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
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• 2 (3.9 ounce) packages instant chocolate pudding mix
• 2 cups milk
• 2 cups frozen whipped topping, thawed
• 1 tablespoon chocolate sprinkles
• 72 mini chocolate candy-coated Easter eggs

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Grease 24 muffin cups or line with paper liners.
3. Place chocolate cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until thoroughly combined, about 2 minutes.
4. Fill prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with batter.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 19 to 23 minutes.
6. Allow cupcakes to cool thoroughly.
7. Beat the 2 packages of pudding mix with milk in a bowl using an electric mixer until thickened, about 2 minutes.
8. Beat thawed whipped topping into pudding mixture to make a creamy filling.
9. Spoon about 1 1/2 cup chocolate pudding filling into a pastry bag fitted with a large piping tip.
10. Press the piping tip into the center of each cupcake and fill cupcake with about 1 1/2 tablespoon of pudding mixture.
11. Spoon a heaping tablespoon of remaining pudding mixture about 1 1/2 inches across into the center of each cupcake to make a nest. Press chocolate sprinkles into edges of the nests; place 3 mini chocolate eggs into each nest.

Footnotes

• Cook's Note:
• Use any flavor cake mix that goes well with chocolate.