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    Home » Recipes » Desserts

    Taste The Rainbow Skittles Cupcakes

    Published: Mar 13, 2015 · Modified: May 10, 2022 by Candi Elm · This post may contain affiliate links

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    Are you on the look-out for new flavors of creative cupcake recipes? Did you know that you can jazz up your cupcakes with Skittles?

    Taste the Rainbow Cupcakes

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    I was recently shopping at Sams Club and I like to go a little early before the crowds get there and look at anything fun and new they have. Since it’s spring you know they have great candy and I saw a pallet of Skittles in the 54 oz size.

    Now my family loves this treat, but I thought why such a big bag? I quickly realized I could incorporate the colors and flavors into my next cupcake baking frenzy and thought that’s a great size to get all the colors I need.

    I literally had to hide this bag of treats from my kids until I had time to bake. So once they were off to school, I got out my bag of Skittles and made some cupcakes and got ready for the fun to begin. Don’t you know I had to have a few for myself?

    How to Make Taste The Rainbow Frosting for Cupcakes

    Usually, my daughter helps me when I bake, but I wanted it to be a surprise. I made vanilla cupcakes and a traditional buttercream frosting and took the Skittles and picked out the color of frosting I wanted and put about 15 of them in the food processor and ground up each flavor separately.

    skittles and food processor

    Then I separated the frosting into different bowls and added each flavor to the frosting. I had to add a drop of yellow and orange gel coloring into those bowls to brighten them up a bit. Then I decorated them and added a Skittle on top of each one.

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    I made these cupcakes while the boys watched the basketball tournament on T.V.  I thought this was a good distraction for me and they got some slam dunk treats. They loved them and we all had a great time together watching the game.

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    If you try these Taste The Rainbow Skittles cupcakes let me know in the comments.

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    About Candi Elm

    Candi Elm is the recipe developer and food photographer at A Day In Candiland where she has been sharing Encouragement, Recipes, and Afternoon Tea Ideas since 2012. Candi currently lives in Southern California with her family and enjoying life to the fullest.

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    1. Carolyn West says

      March 16, 2015 at 10:26 am

      I love the colors of the Skittles cupcakes – really need to give them a try. #client

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    2. Jen says

      March 16, 2015 at 11:17 am

      How fun are these? Skittles are my boys’ favorite candy. We always have a bag in the cupboard!

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    3. winifred jac says

      March 16, 2015 at 12:45 pm

      im obsessed with cupcakes. i love the idea of grinding up the skittles for coloring… genius. i dont really let my daughter eat candy but id let it fly for these!

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    4. Chrystal @ YUM eating says

      March 16, 2015 at 7:49 pm

      I am going to have to show these to my husband. Skittles are his favorite candies so I am pretty sure he is going to fall in love with this.

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    5. reesa lewandowski says

      March 17, 2015 at 5:49 am

      How ingenius to blend the skittles with the frosting! I bet the frosting is out of this world!

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    6. Shelly says

      March 17, 2015 at 11:07 am

      Such a great idea. I never thought to put candy into the blender to make frosting! I love skittles, especially the tropical ones are my favorite. Though I absolutely love the Original Grape flavor!

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    7. Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says

      March 17, 2015 at 2:00 pm

      Skittles are our favorite candy! I love that you used them in cupcakes! So much fun!

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    8. Erica @ The Crumby Cupcake says

      March 17, 2015 at 4:19 pm

      I love mixing crazy stuff in to my cupcakes and icings! I bet the Skittles add a nice tartness to the icing, too! So sweet!

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    9. Sharon Rowe says

      March 21, 2015 at 3:24 am

      These look amazing 🙂 thanks for sharing on Monday Madness Link party 🙂

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    10. Krystal says

      March 22, 2015 at 6:41 pm

      I am always a fan of your sweets! This is such a unique way to make a cupcake!

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