White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes Recipe

Name: White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 21
Ingredients: 1 white cake mix; 1 4 oz box of white chocolate instant pudding; 1 cup canola or vegetable oil; 3/4 cup water; 1/2 cup Irish cream liquor; 1/4 cup sour cream; 2 whole eggs and 1 egg yolk; 1/2 cup white chocolate chips; 1/2 cup butter (softened); 1/2 cup white chocolate chips; 3 tbsp heavy cream; 2 tbsp Irish Cream liquor; 3 cups powdered sugar

March 9, 2019 Updated: March 25, 2019 By Julie Menghini 59 Comments

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White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes are moist, tender and delicious. They are the perfect recipe for a special occasion, or anytime.

These delicious cupcakes was first published on 3/10/16 and has been updated to improve the reader experience.

White Chocolate Irish Cream Cupcakes are moist, tender and delicious. They are the perfect recipe for any holiday or special occasion | HostessAtHeart.com

Ahhh we are finally getting close to St. Patrick’s Day. As I’ve said before, Americans are always looking for a reason to party. To get our party started, I came up with White Chocolate Irish Cream cupcakes with White Chocolate Irish Cream frosting.

I think there was a little mischievous little leprechaun in my kitchen when I was working on developing this recipe. It took me four attempts to get a cupcake that was tender and delicious. My cupcakes had to be moist and have a light crumb, and not tough or dense. Also, I wanted these cupcakes to be easy for you to put together. After all, there are a lot of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations to attend.

In addition to St. Patrick’s Day, Easter is close behind, and so is a celebration for my mother in law’s 90th birthday. She happens to be full blooded Irish, and St. Patrick’s Day is like Christmas to her. These cupcakes are pulling triple duty!

Do you remember my modeling chocolate post? I used dark chocolate modeling chocolate for the Black Russian cake that I made. That was so much fun, that I couldn’t wait to try white modeling chocolate.

Speaking of fun, here is my video on how to make the basket weave on top of these cupcakes.

How to Make Shamrocks out of modeling chocolate

If you like this Baileys Irish Cream cupcake recipe I think you’ll like these St. Patrick’s Day desserts too!

Chocolate Caramel Baileys Mini Cheesecakes – Hostess At Heart
Shamrock No-Bake Cake Batter Truffles – Who Needs A Cape
Shamrock Mint Brownie Bites – Cooking On The Front Burner
Minty Chip Cake Mix Cookies – Renee’s Kitchen Adventures
Chocolate Guinness Cake – Sugar and Soul

Here are a few tools that I used

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Cupcake pans – They’re pretty self-explanatory but I make egg cups or mini meatloaves in these pans. The sizes allow me to freeze my recipes.
Decorating Tips – This set of two is all you will need for this cupcake but if you’re just getting started this is a nice beginner kit.
Scoops – Wonder how those cookies are the same size? Scoops and I use them for my cupcakes too!

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