{"id":989,"date":"2015-03-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deanasimmons.wordpress.com\/?p=989"},"modified":"2015-03-13T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T13:00:00","slug":"chocolate-mint-shamrock-cupcakes-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/?p=989","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate-Mint Shamrock Cupcakes Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Chocolate-Mint<\/a><\/div>\n
TOTAL TIME:\u00a0<\/strong>Prep: 2 hours Bake: 20 min. + cooling<\/div>\n
YIELD:<\/strong>24 servings<\/div>\n
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Ingredients<\/strong><\/div>\n
1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)<\/div>\n
Pencil, paper, scissors and waxed paper<\/div>\n
1 cup light green candy coating disks<\/div>\n
24 chocolate wafers<\/div>\n
2 tablespoons corn syrup, warmed<\/div>\n
Gold pearl dust<\/div>\n
2 packages (4.67 ounces\u00a0each<\/em>) mint Andes candies, chopped<\/div>\n
1\/2 cup heavy whipping cream<\/div>\n
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Directions<\/strong><\/div>\n

1.\u00a0Prepare and bake cake batter according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
\n2.\u00a0Meanwhile, with a pencil and paper, draw shamrock design. Cut out pattern. Melt candy coating in a microwave-safe bowl; stir until smooth. Transfer to a resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in corner of bag. Place waxed paper over the pattern; pipe a shamrock design. Repeat 23 times. Refrigerate until set.
\n3.\u00a0Lightly brush wafers with corn syrup; brush with pearl dust. Gently lift candy shamrocks from waxed paper. Lightly brush bottoms with corn syrup; attach to wafers. Set aside.
\n4.\u00a0Place Andes candies in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over candies; whisk until smooth. Cool slightly, stirring occasionally. Dip cupcakes into melted mints; let stand until set. Press a shamrock-topped wafer onto each cupcake.\u00a0Yield:\u00a02 dozen.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TOTAL TIME:\u00a0Prep: 2 hours Bake: 20 min. + cooling YIELD:24 servings Ingredients 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size) Pencil, paper, scissors and waxed paper…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[104,409,419,420,511,594,810,1068,1226,1270,1482,1763],"class_list":["post-989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dessert","tag-andes-candies","tag-chocolate-cake-mix","tag-chocolate-wafers","tag-chocolate-mint-shamrock-cupcakes-recipe","tag-corn-syrup","tag-dessert-2","tag-gold-pearl-dust","tag-light-green-candy-coating","tag-paper","tag-pencil","tag-scissor","tag-waxed-paper","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7yoUc-fX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernladycooking.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}