Lucky Charms Cereal Milk Confetti Cupcakes.
Yep we are DOING IT.
Cereal milk cupcakes. A little take on Lucky Charms cupcakes! Which is actually a take on confetti cupcakes that have cream cheese frosting and all sorts of cuteness on top.
I wish it was appropriate to eat one every day!
Ooooh I am so excited to tell you about these adorable cupcakes!
Last year I made a Lucky Charms snack cake with cream cheese frosting that never saw the light of day. I was disappointed with the photos but also disappointed with the cake (it was way too dense) so I scrapped it at the last minute. For this homemade pub cheese spread. Which is, um… also amazing!
Anyhoooo. I wanted to redeem the cereal milk cake. I knew it could be fabulous and also super cute for Saint Patrick’s Day weekend!
Here’s what went down:
First, this confetti cake recipe is the one from Seriously Delish – the one I used to make Max a little smash cake! I really love it. It’s SO deliciously vanilla-ish. I used the cereal milk in the cupcakes and a touch in the frosting too.
Also, I’m having a huge moment with cream cheese frosting. Can’t help it! It’s so freaking good, so I used that here. With some serious Lucky Charms crumbs on top. Every year I like to share some sort of obnoxious recipe made with Lucky Charms. I’ve done this one bowl chocolate whiskey cake, this lucky charms shake and lucky charms chia pudding (p.s. use the extra cereal milk in this recipe for that!). Even though I don’t have much desire to eat a bowl of said cereal, the marshmallows are just too fun to pass up.
Oh and I used more gold leaf on these cupcakes since I’m out of control. I can’t stop with the edible gold leaf! It’s adorable and fun and makes everything feel so fancy.
You can pile on as much frosting as you want. I love the look of an adorable frosting-overloaded cupcake but in reality, this is not for me because it’s too much frosting! I just want a small layer – so if you do that, you’ll have lots of extra. Throw it in the fridge or freezer and then maybe sandwich it in between some chocolate chip cookies.
You’ll thank me later!
So now we can all have sparkly gold sprinkled mini cakes. All the exclamation points are very necessary.
Lucky Charms Cereal Milk Confetti Cupcakes
Ingredients
cereal milk
- 3 cups milk
- 2 cups lucky charms cereal
cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg + 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup cereal milk
- 1/3 cup assorted brightly colored sprinkles
- lucky charms marshmallows for topping
- edible gold leaf for topping
cream cheese frosting
- 2 8-ounce blocks cream cheese
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon cereal milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
cereal milk
- Place the cereal in a large bowl and cover with the milk. Place a bowl or plate over top of the cereal so it’s all pressed underneath into the milk. Let it sit and steep for 45 minutes. Strain the cereal out of the milk. Now you have cereal milk!
cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a cupcake tin with liners.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set it aside.
- Add the butter to the bowl of an electric mixer and beat it until creamy. Add the sugar and beat with the butter on high speed until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the egg and egg white, mixing well on medium speed until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl if needed. Add in the oil and vanilla extract, beating on medium speed for another minute. With the mixer on low speed, add in half of the dry ingredients. Pour in the cereal milk. Add in the other half of the dry ingredients and mix them on medium speed until the batter is combined. Use a large spatula to gently stir in the sprinkles.
- Divide the batter evenly between the cupcake liners, filling them 3/4 of the way full. Bake until the tops are set, about 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting. Once cool, frost with the cream cheese frosting. Add the crushed lucky charms marshmallow crumbs and the edible gold leaf.
cream cheese frosting
- Beat the cream cheese and butter together until creamy. Beat in the sugar until combined. Beat in the vanilla extract. Frost the cooled cupcakes!
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So I know what I’m making next weekend. A biiiiig double batch of these babies!
68 Comments on “Lucky Charms Cereal Milk Confetti Cupcakes.”
I love that you always come up with crazy Lucky Charms recipes! We all need some fun now and then, and what better way to do it ;) By the way, long time reader here – just usually too shy to comment…
That said, I think I’ll be trying your trashed up whisky cake first because a.) it looks amazing b.) whisy+chocolate c.) I’m engaged to an Irishman.
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Wow, these look and sound beyond incredible! Seriously one of the best/fun recipes I’ve seen in a long time and I’m so eager to make them! Thank you for sharing!
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I’ve always wanted to make something like this! I wanted to try messing around with grinding the cereal to make something like sugar/flour. is that a terrible idea!?
Will make these for St Patrick’s Day though!
I vote for more gold leaf-heavy recipes! :)
10/10 making these for my daughter’s rainbow birthday next month!!! Will send pics!
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Why do you start with 3 cups of milk when making the cereal milk if you only use 1/2 c of cereal milk in the cupcakes and 1 TBS in the frosting? Does the cereal just soak up that much milk that you don’t have much once you strain off the cereal? I just don’t want to end up with a bunch of leftover cereal milk (although I will be at least doubling this for work).
I’m super excited to have found the recipe that I’m bringing to the St. Paddy’s Day potluck next week. Thanks!
I wondered the same thing but when I made them today I stuck to the recipe and had about 1 1/4 c milk after it soaked with the cereal. I used a dark muffin tin so reduced baking temp to 325 and still only had to bake for 18 min. And I cut the icing recipe in half and it was plenty for 12 cupcakes.
My 4yo son was introduced to Lucky Charms this week so after seeing this recipe last week I knew we had to make them. They were very tasty and fun to make. Thanks for the recipe Jessica!
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love these! what brand of sprinkles did you use? i love how vibrant they are!
My son will love these! I might have to just do them for Easter too!
I really wanna make this but I don’t eat cereal!!! Whhhhyyyy!!! It’s so freaking pretty!!!
Congratulations on your new digs and thank you for sharing this lovely recipe!
Love these! A much better choice then cabbage for St Patrick’s Day!
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This cake looks beautiful, the bright colours are so eye catching. Really kids are going to love it.
It is almost impossible for me to not write this comment in all caps. But last week I was like, “This year I’m going to make a bunch of lucky charms cupcakes.” I searched the entire internet and I was like I SWEAR JESSICA DID THIS ONE YEAR but you hadn’t done it yet YOU WERE WAITING TO GIVE ME THIS GLORIOUS ST PATRICK’S DAY GIFT THANK YOU I LOVE YOU.
Lovely cup cake, you made it adorably well. It looks alluring, hope the taste would be same.
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LOVE!!! Making these for my son! He will be amazed!! He’s a huge lover of lucky charms… just wondering if you think it would be ok to mix some the marshmallows into the batter?? Didn’t know if it would dry the cupcakes out or not since they aren’t dehydrated.
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Congratulations on your new digs and thank you for sharing this lovely recipe!
Awesome idea and so yummy, going to bake these as I am a cup cakes sucker lover!
these look insanely delish!
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Making these for my daughter’s rainbow birthday next month!!! Will send pics!
Delicious and stunning!!!
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D Great cupcake! Great timing! And prompt response..
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Lovely cup cake, you made it adorably well
Delicious and stunning!!
Making these for my daughter’s rainbow birthday next month!!
D Great cupcake! Great timing! And prompt response..
Awesome idea and so yummy, going to bake these as I am a cup cakes sucker lover!
yummy, going to bake these as I am a cup cakes sucker lover
thanks for sharing it
i found t quite amazing thanks for sharing it
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i’d LOVE to make this as a cake. I’m thinking i’ll have to triple the recipe for the cake (for two 9″ cake pans), but… can you PLEASE let me know how to adjust baking temp / time?
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Lovely cupcakes thanks for sharing
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