10 Reviews of Surprise Easter Cupcakes

From: M. Joan

On May 23, 2004

Thanks for a great recipe, Aunt Paula. I made the cupcakes for Easter, but used a Devils Food cake mix. (Chocolate was the grandkids request.) I've made the yellow, too, and is my personal favorite! The "Nilla" wafer is a must, as it keeps the chocolate egg from coming out of the bottom of the cupcake. I just made the chocolate cupcakes for a graduation party and no Easter eggs available, so I cut up Reese's peanut butter cups in small wedges and added those. Yum!

From: Amanda Beth

On Apr 10, 2004

These are great! I made them to take into work for Easter. The only fault I have with the recipe is that the eggs don't stay upright in the batter. But who cares? The center is gooey chocolate, and is wonderful. My son loves them. This will be a year-round treat, not just for Easter! I'd imagine the recipe would work just as well with Hershey's Kisses. Thanks for a great recipe!

From: Baby Chevelle

On Mar 30, 2008

What a great idea!! Nice and tasty surprise inside!!! Bought some Butterfinger eggs after Easter sale, 75% off, love that, and put those in there, everyone loved them ! Thanks for the new twist on old recipe!

From: knobbyknee

On Apr 7, 2007

My 5 year old son and I made these together the other day. He helped put the papers, cookie and chocolate eggs in. They tasted great the first day while the chocolate was still gooey. The second day they were hardened. I enjoyed having my son help me the most! Thanks for the kid friendly recipe.

From: Mom of Five

On Apr 2, 2005

My daughters made this by themselves. They used Hershey's kisses. The result was delicious. The Kisses did not stay "gooey", but the result was still great! Thank you for an easy and super recipe!

From: Mysterygirl

On Apr 10, 2009

I made these with the reduced sugar chocolate cake mix and the reduced sugar chocolate fudge frosting. I use the Reese's peanut butter eggs and they are truly decadent and tasty.

From: Buddy P

On Mar 27, 2005

Very good. We used Hershey kisses instead of the eggs and they turned out very good.

From: Brandee #1

On Mar 25, 2008

I made these for Easeter this year and they were a hugh hit!! Everyone loved them and have been asking for 2 days now if I will make more. Only 'bummer' is the chocolates are hard the next day. But we LOVE them!!!

From: pha

On Mar 25, 2008

The young people at Easter Brunch were surprised by the chocolate inside. They seemed to really enjoy them-anyway all were left for later so the kids could enjoy, except three. One was for me and two for my sweet-tooth husband. We thought they were pretty good. To think when my kids were growing up cupcakes were made from scratch. These are easy using a box recipe. Thanks.

From: Deantini

On Apr 22, 2009

Very cool idea and a hit with kids! I found the cup cakes to be dry (I dont usually bake using mix) so perhaps next time I will make the cup cakes from scratch instead of a mix. I wasn't sure which vanilla wafers to use (I am located in Canada and couldn't find these cookies). Instead I used crumbled up vanilla wafer sticks which worked well. The chocolate did not spill.