Pistachio Cupcakes to Make for Your St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

This recipe for Pistachio Cupcakes is perfect for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration with its hint of green and tasty enough for any day of the year.

My father loved pistachios. He used to buy them in large bags and was a frequent flyer at Baskin Robbins for a scoop of pistachio ice cream. Maybe that’s why I like them.

I’ve used ground up pistachios on top of chocolate ganache cupcakes already and I thought the hint of green would make a fun St. Patrick’s Day dessert. After all, I am a little Irish on my mother’s side and my name is Patti.

Making Pistachio Cupcakes

The secret ingredient is using pistachio pudding mix in the batter. It does give the cake a hint of green but feel free to add a bit of green food coloring if you want for a deeper color.

Filling the cupcake liners is important. The pan shows cupcake liners about 3/4 full.

This group is only filled halfway.

Here’s what happens. If you fill the liner too much then you will not have enough batter to fill all 24 liners and they will overflow on the pan. (P.S. they still taste great)

Decorating the Cupcakes

To decorate the cupcakes I used my standard buttercream frosting and added a few green sprinkles. You could use your favorite canned frosting for this easy cupcake recipe too. You could also add a bit of green food coloring to the frosting if you want to get more St. Patty’s Day festivity.

These pistachio cupcakes are very moist even though it’s based on a standard cake mix. 

We ate of few of them but since we are empty nesters I had my husband take the rest to our church for their Friday fish fry where you can buy any number of homemade desserts.

The buttercream frosting is pretty rich but I think it’s worth it. Especially if you can limit yourself to just one cupcake. However, therein lies the problem.

 

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