Toe of Frog Halloween Lemon Cupcake Recipe

Hola Amigos! We are finally getting into some Fall temperatures here! It has been so hot the last couple of days! I mean really hot...we needed a little break! Today I'm sharing with you a very easy recipe, a simple twist on one  I made before. I was in desperate need of something sweet with some ingredients that I already had and that I could together with  very little thought to it. See, I suffer from migraines and some days are worse than others...but back to the cupcakes.

This is a pudding poke cupcake. I used pistachio pudding to take a little bit of the bite of the lemon cake! Besides I thought the combination on green and yellow was just too pretty!
Since I had a few frogs hopping around the kitchen, I used them as the centerpiece decor and theme for my cupcakes. When I was little I heard so many things about frogs, and believe me, non of them had to do with kissing them to transform them into a prince...that happened later, lol

My "abuelita" (gradma) used to say that if I was to touch a frog I would get Warts!!! EEWWW! Yucks...no way...so never touched one..on this cupcake the warts are made out of mint green mints M&M's

She also used to say, if you squeeze a frog (why would I do this...I don't have a clue) the frog skin would secrete some slimey, almost mucus like substance...YUCKS!!!...on my cupcakes I recreated the slime with Wilton"s  green candy melts! you can see it just running all over the top!

But forget about the mucus if you can for a minute, these cold blooded amphibians can magically be born in water...they grow legs...(toes included) and then, they Walk Out of the Pond and live the rest of their lives hiding on the muddy surfaces near the pond in case they needed a quick refreshing bath! My pond is represented by the pistachio pudding topping and my dirt by a crumbled cupcake!

There you go my friends, this is my Frog story and I'm sticking to it! On time I learned to love these guys to the point of refusing to dissect one when I was in HS earning proudly I should say, my first F!! oh well...there's a frog out there owning me her life!

Thanks for visiting my friends! I love Halloween because even a non fancy, not perfect and everyday home baked cupcake, can turn into something out of a children's tale with just a little bit of imagination and a Pinch of Love!

Besitos,

Lizy

Toe of Frog Halloween Lemon Cupcake 

Ingredients:

1 Box Lemon Cake

(and everything you need to put it together according to the box)

1 packet (4 servings) Pistachio Instant Pudding

(and everything you need to put it together according to the box)

Key Lime mini marshmallows (optional)

1/2 bag Wilton green Candy Melts

1 small bag of Mint M&M's

Decorative Gummy Frogs (or any other slimey critter you might have)

Directions:

Mix your cake according to instructions. Cup the mix into Jumbo Muffins non stick tin pan. At this point I decided to add a couple of key lime marshmallows I just found at a local store for .99. Delicious!

Bake at 350 F for about 18-20 minutes. Let them cool.

While they cool prepare your pudding mix according the the packet instructions. 

Pull your jumbo cupcakes out of the tin pan. Poke a couple of holes in the cupcakes using the handle of a wooden spoon and pour the instant pudding mix on them. *Note: Don't over mix your pudding, since it's instant it will start to set super fast. perhaps just a couple of whisks or use some regular Pistachio Pudding not instant.  I got distracted by the phone while whisking and very little went into the "poked holes". Refrigerate.

If you have some extra pudding top and cover areas of the cupcake  that were not covered with the initial pouring add a couple of M&M's on each cupcake

Melt your candy tablets and spread them on the cupcakes to create the slime.

Crumble the less pretty looking cupcake on top of the slime and  top them up with your Frog or critter! Enjoy!

Prep Time 10 minutes                                 Cook Time 18-20 minutes                    Serves 6

Hopping over with my Sweet Cupcakes to these Fa-BOO-lous parties:

The Wondering Brain, Cheerios and Lattes, Or So She Says, It's Overflowing, Life on Lakeshore Drive, Suburbs Mama, Twig Studios, Nifty Thrifty Things, Flamingo Toes, Navy Wifey Peters, Spatulas on Parade, VMG206, Titi Crafty, Cookin' For the Seven Dwarfs, Who Needs a Cape, Summer's Scraps, Twelve O' Eight, The Velvet Moon Baker, Your Homebased Mom, My Mixing Spoon, Bowdabra, Caft-O-Maniac, The Chicken Chick, This Gal Cooks, Cupcake-n-Bake, A Pinch of Joy, Jembellish, Keep It Simple, Alderberry Hill, DIY Home Sweet Home, Say Not Sweet Anne. Lines Across, Flour Me with Love, Under the Table and Dreaming, Ms. enPlace, Between Naps on The Porch, Rain on a Tin Roof, The PandP Kitchen, The Tumbleweed Contessa, Claire Justine oxox, Cozy Little House, Made in a Day, The Blackberry Vine, Mad Skills, Love Grows Wild, Home Stories A to Z, Table for 7, Ladybug Blessings, I Gotta Create, Chef In Training, Mandy's Recipe Box, Nap-Time Creations, A Southern Fairy Tale, Huckleberry Love, Jam Hands, Not Just a Housewife, This and That, Ducks 'n a Row, Lady Behind the Curtain, Made to be a Momma, Ginger Snap Crafts, Mom's Test Kitchen, The Shady Porch, My Girlish Whims, Crystal and Co, The Well Crafted Home, The Everyday Home, Kitchen Meets Girl, Thank You Honey, The Trendy Treehouse, Dream a Little Bigger, Smart School House, White Lights on Wednesday, Polkadots on Parade, Real Housewives of Riverton, SNAP, 733 Blog, This Silly Girl's Life, Someday Crafts, We Like to Learn as We Go, Memories by the Mile, The 36th Avenue, 52 Mantels, Sweet Haute, a Handful of Everything, Katherine's Corner, The Mandatory Mooch, What's Cooking Love, Lamberts Lately, The Crafty Blog Stlaker, Live Laugh Rowe, Gingerly Made, Brambleberry Cottage, Recipes for my boys, Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons, The Best Blog Recipes, Craftionary, The Answer is Chocolate, My Turn (for Us), Simply Sweet Home,Living Better Together, The Pink Junkie, Tidy Mom, Just Us Four, Home Maid Simple, Dear Creatives, Diana Rambles, 504 Main, Tatertots and Jello, A Little Claireification, Angels Homestead, Six Sisters Stuff, Be Different Act Normal, Delish