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These Carrots in the Dirt Cupcakes are just as much fun to make as my Bunny Butt Cupcakes to make for your Easter gathering. This cupcake is super cute and everyone will rave about how creative it is. For more inspiration, check out my list of Easy Creative Cupcakes.

How to Make Carrots in the Dirt

There are several ways to make these fun cupcakes. For instance, you can use just straight buttercream icing if you want. If the frosting is stiff enough, it will stand like a carrot. Then you can add some of my Edible Easter grass to it to make it look like a real carrot.

Another fun way is what I am showing you here– using chocolate covered strawberries as the carrot.

The final way is to purchase marshmallow carrots and stuff them in the center of your cupcake.

Ok– so let's get into how to make these fun cupcakes. Take the baked and cooled cupcakes and cut out a center hole in each one.

Once you get the cupcakes hulled out, set them aside and prepare your “dirt”. The dirt in this case is simply Oreo cookies crushed up on a plate to resemble dirt. Leave the white creme-filled center inside so that you can make sure it is crumbly.

Frost the cupcakes with the chocolate buttercream. This gives something for your dirt to stick to. Now, dunk the cupcakes into the Oreo dust and cover all the frosting.

For the strawberries, you can use these orange melting candies to coat your strawberries, or you can melt homemade buttercream in the microwave and use orange food coloring to color it a carrot color.

Once you coat the strawberry, place it on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and let the coating set. Then, plop the strawberry right onto the dirt on your cupcake for the perfect carrots in the dirt look.

These cupcakes are fun to make and taste so good.

Looking for More Cupcake Inspiration? Check These Out

• Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
• Creepy Cauldron Cupcakes
• Carrot Cake Cupcakes #SpringSweetsWeek