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I love cupcakes. Okay, I love pretty much all sweets: candy, cakes, sweet tea, pies, you name it! Candy is a special love of mine and sour candies are my favorite! The best movie snacks to me are chewy sweet and sour candies like Mike and Ike Zours. My Dad is also a HUGE candy fan, like seriously… huge. When we get together on a visit or vacation we have to run to the nearest Walmart or gas station to pick up our favorites and I can’t wait to have him try Zours! I was inspired by these colorful candies to bring together two of my favorite things: cupcakes and sour candies with these sweet and sour cupcakes!
Sweet and Sour Cupcakes
Aren’t they just so cute?! Fun and colorful vanilla cupcakes, topped with light and fluffy vanilla buttercream and garnished with Zours! So delicious, the best of both worlds, sweet and sour!
I knew instantly when I saw the Zours packaging at my local Walmart that I had to make these colorful cupcakes. Like seriously, how fun are they? Looks like the circus to me!
These cupcakes are soooo easy to make too. The hardest part is coloring the cake mix, which isn’t too hard at all!
Sweet and Sour Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake Batter:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 Cup water
- 1/3 Cup vegetable oil
- food coloring I used gel food coloring for more vibrancy
Vanilla Buttercream:
- 1 stick unsalted butter room temp
- 3 Cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 Tbls milks or water
- Zours for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to directions on back of cake mix packaging. Mix the eggs, oil, 1 Cup water and cake mix until smooth on medium speed about 2 minutes with hand mixer.
- Divide the cake batter into 5 separate bowls. It makes about 5 perfect cups of batter. Using food coloring, color each bowl according to the colors of the Zours. I kept each one of the Zours out to try and match the color as close as I could.
- Each color makes 3 cupcakes, with a touch of each batter left over. Bake according to directions on back of cake mix box. Let cool on wired rack completely.
- While cakes are cooking and cooling, make the frosting. Cream the butter and slowly add in the powdered sugar until combined. Add in the vanilla and 1 1/2 Tbls milk/water and whip on medium speed for 3 minutes until light and fluffy with hand mixer. If mix is a little thicker than you would like, add remaining 1/2 Tbls of liquid. Mix again until fully incorporated.
- Frost cupcakes and garnish with Zours of the same color. Serve and enjoy!
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Step by Step Directions
Divide the cake batter into 5 separate bowls. It makes about 5 perfect cups of batter. Using food coloring, color each bowl according to the colors of the Zours. I kept each one of the Zours out to try and match the color as close as I could.
Frost cupcakes
I just love how pretty them came out! What do you think? These would definitely be a show stopper at your kids Birthday or rainbow themed party! AND, kids love sour candies too. I remember when I was little it was a competition between my cousin and I, how many sour candies we could put in our mouth at once before spitting them out. Thinking back on that, it wasn’t probably too safe, huh? LOL, that’s kids for ya!
I really wanted to highlight the candy colors, I thought they were such pretty colors already. Do you think I matched them good enough?
I tried really hard, but my favorite part of course was getting to eat them!
I do love my job! The cake is so super moist and always comes out perfect, that’s why I love using cake mixes. You know a short cut every now and then won’t hurt!
I hope you enjoyed my colorful sweet and sour cupcakes. Don’t forget to pick up a box of Mike and Ike Zours the next time you have movie night at home or are craving some cupcakes!
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These look delicious and so colorful!
These turned out so adorable! I love all the bright colors with those gorgeous stripped cupcake liners. So vibrant and fun. Pinning.
xox Kristy @ 3 Peppers Recipes – Crafts, Cooking & Color
Love all the different colors! Very festive and eye-catching.
Great idea! The pictures are amazing!
Oooh these are so pretty AND look so yummy! Especially that frosting… mmm! (:
ps- Thanks for sharing at the CC link party!!
Dana these cupcakes are sooooooooo cute!!
Love the coloring and the presentation
I’d love to eat one or two right now 🙂
Those are very pretty. I didn’t even know Zours existed. You learn something every day.
Those are gorgeous! I think you did a fabulous job matching them. I’ll definitely have to try these. The kids will love them 🙂 #Client
So colorful and lovely and I’m sure they taste great as well 🙂 ! Would be great for a rainbow-themed party … or Circus as you mentioned 🙂 !
Oh, so dang cute! I shared all over the planet and featured on my fb page. Thank you for linking up at Wonderful Wed Blog Hop. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
how fun! The kids would love these and the adults will pretend that they don’t! Always love seeing the great recipes you come up with! Thanks for sharing with us!
I am here again 😀 Your food looks so tempting and the pictures are so perfect that they never fail to lead me to your page from the party link-ups.
-Tanya
http://tanyaanurag.blogspot.com/
Sweet! and sour..giggle. Thank you for sharing your wonderful blog at the Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop. I featured you on facebook xo
You could also use different flavored kool-aid. Just don’t add to much to the cake batter. They taste great. My children and grandchildren like them. They also have the new bold color cupcakes mix by pillsbury.
What fun cupcakes! It would be a party without really having a party. Pinned. Hugs! Lou Lou Girls