Lucky Charms Cupcakes [Recipe & Pictures]

The other day, while grocery shopping, I bought some Lucky Charms on a whim. I guess I forgot that I never can eat super sugary cereal in the morning, or something, so it sat in my cabinet for about a week (minus the bit Chloe ate. Seventeen year olds.) until today when we decided we wanted to make cupcakes.
 
After searching for recipes, all I could find was “make a boxed cupcake mix, top with Lucky Charms.” Um, no. I want cereal in my batter. Also, I want to MAKE CUPCAKES, not stir and bake.

For a complete recipe and some pictures, keep on reading:

1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup all purpose flower
1 cup crushed Lucky Charm pieces (cereal only!)
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2/3 cup cold milk

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Bake Time: 18-24 minutes.
Yield: 12 cupcakes.
+Separate out marshmallow bits from the Lucky Charm cereal, set marshmallows aside, and crush up cereal pieces.

+Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
+In a separate bowl, stir together all dry ingredients. Add to butter mixture; stir in milk.
+Pour batter into cupcake liners, then sprinkle a few marshmallows into each, reserving most of them for topping later.

 

          

These are the textures you’re looking for- the cereal should be crumbly, but not complete powder either. Don’t worry about a food processor, just use a ziplock bag and a rolling pin. The batter will be chunky. It’s okay.

Let them completely cool after baking, and then ice them. We just used the store bought kind. Then, top them with the remaining marshmallows. I don’t know if it was just our box, but we had SO MANY MOONS. Most of the shapes I remember were missing, but man, we had some MOONS.

And that’s it! They’re not super sweet, but the icing/marshmallows make up for it, for sure. If you make these, please let me know how they turned out :)

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