Ingredients
Scale
For the cupcake:
1 15.25 oz white cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
4 egg whites
1 1/4 cups Nestle® Toll House® Funfetti Baking Morsels, divided
For the frosting:
1 1/2 sticks salted butter, softened
1 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3-4 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons half and half
Blue and pink gel food coloring
Cotton candy (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray or line a standard muffin tin.
- Add cake mix to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand or stand mixer, mix in your water, oil, and egg whites on medium until well incorporated.
- Fold in 1 cup of the Funfetti Morsels.
- Add batter into the muffin tin until each is about 2/3 full. Top with a few of the remaining Funfetti Morsels. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before adding candy filling and frosting.
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand or stand mixer, cream the butter and shortening for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy.
- Mix in the vanilla extract, salt, and cotton candy flavoring (start with 1-2 drops as this flavoring is very strong!).
- Slowly mix in the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, while alternating 1 tablespoon of the half and half. Continue to mix until creamy and stiff peaks form.
- Divide the frosting into 3 containers. Add the blue food coloring to one container and the pink to the other, 1 drop at a time and mix until desired color is achieved. Leave the other container without color.
- Add each color to its own small piping bag until you have 3 bags of frosting and then insert your 3 smaller piping bags into the large, prepared piping bag.
- Before frosting your cupcakes, squeeze out a bit onto a plate until you see all the colors come out. Frost your cupcakes and garnish with cotton candy of desired and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 18-20 minutes
- Category: Sweet Treats