Pistachio Cupcakes
Pistachio Cupcakes with Pistachio Frosting
It’s NUTTY!
I love Pistachio Nuts and can recall shelling them as a kid, especially the red pistachio nuts and getting the color all over my fingers.
Now I buy the uncolored pistachios, which makes shelling them WAY less messy.
I used to love when my fingers were all red, now…
well not so much. Some things have changed for the better since I was younger, I can’t even believe next weekend we will be SPRINGING our clocks ahead for daylight savings time. YIPPEE, I’m looking forward to longer days and hopefully saying good bye to the colder nights.
Although I’m never a fan of loosing an hour sleep, I think the gain on this one is worth it. Do you? Besides we’ll get the hour back in November. I like that daylight saving time is starting earlier and ending later, I just wish there were more daylight hours every day, although I may not be fond of the sun shining in the windows quite so early in the morning, I just love when it’s light out until 8pm at night.
I’ve been thinking about pistachio cupcakes for weeks now, I used to love pistachio ice cream. I do love pistachio gelato, after trying many flavors I found that pistachio is one of my favorites. I love March and all the fun green items that seem to surround St. Patrick’s Day. I often think green=mint, but these are a wonderful change. Don’t worry I have some minty items coming up soon. Here are my top 3 minty items from last year. Mint Cut Out Cookies with Dark Chocolate Glaze Icing, Mint Chocolate Chip Scones, and St. Patrick’s Day Mint Chocolate Cake.
- 1 box white cake mix (and ingredients to prepare)
- 1 3.4 oz. box pistachio pudding mix
- 1 drop avocado green Americolor Coloring
- 1 cup butter
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 drops Lorann's Pistachio Flavor
- 3 tablespoon heavy cream
- 1 1/2 cups shelled pistachios (not dry roasted)
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions add in the dry pistachio pudding mix.
- Bake according to package directions.
- Check with toothpick to come out almost clean, don't over bake.
- Beat butter with sugar, flavor and cream until smooth.
- Pipe on cupcakes with a #809 tip.
- Rim edge of cupcakes with chopped pistachios.
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Carol | a cup of mascarpone says
What beautiful cupcakes!!! Gorgeous photo!!!
Tami says
do you need to spray those little cups when bakign in them. i have wanted to try using them but i have been unsure
Diane says
No I don’t spray them, the cupcakes come out nicely from them without prepping them.
Becky says
These look so yummy! I love pistachio pudding…can’t wait to try them 🙂
Banana Wonder says
Ooh this looks so good! Love pistachios. Bookmarked!
[email protected] says
The color, plus the rich nutty flavor is almost more than I can bare!
Diane says
yeah, that color has me too 🙂
alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says
these rock! Pinned!
Carolyn says
I love pistachios too and I don’t use them in baking nearly enough!
Brian @ A Thought For Food says
I’m a sucker for pistachios (in any way I can get them)… though they work incredibly well in desserts.
Paula says
Betting these are so moist. Love pistachios so these are an instant hit with me.
Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says
I remember those red pistachios! I haven’t seen those in ages–do they still make them even?! Well, at any rate, your cupcakes are much prettier with the green ones. 🙂
Jennifer (Savor) says
I want these really really bad. Make me some and deliver in person as then they will be much much sweeter
Diane says
you’re so cute!!!
dorothy says
where do you purchase the Lorann’s pistachio flavor
Diane says
I purchase it from Lorann’s website https://www.lorannoils.com/p-8537-pistachio-flavor.aspx
Lalyn Nayan says
Hi. Lovely cupcakes. Where did you get those tiny cupcake container/cups?
Diane says
They are unwaxed nut cups. I bought them at Smart n Final a while ago, they no longer sell that size. You may be able to locate them at an online bakery supply, party store or Michaels/Joanns. They are typically called Souffle/Nut cups. Here is a link to a place that carries them https://www.webstaurantstore.com/603/souffle-portion-cups.html
Sobia says
Hi Diane,
Did you use Jello PIstachio Pudding mix?
Thanks,
SA
Diane says
I think it was Jello Brand Pistachio Pudding
;Donna says
How many does this make?
Diane says
It made 24 cupcakes (typical of a box cake mix)
Heather says
I love the alternative to cupcake papers! These sound delicious. Thanks for sharing!