It’s a pretty well known fact in my family that I have a major sweet tooth. I’ve been known to polish off a box of cookies a time or two. I also really enjoy cupcakes but don’t make them often enough. My youngest son just started preschool & I wanted to make some cupcakes for him. The boy loves his sweets…hmm, wonder where he got that from?!?! I grabbed a couple of cookbooks I have, started thumbing through recipes & put on my thinking cap. Knowing that I am NOT a great baker, I knew it needed to be fairly simple (aka, needed to be a box cake recipe!)
I found a couple of recipes that sounded pretty good but didn’t have everything I wanted in one recipe so I combined a couple and came up with a cupcake that everyone really loved. We decorated them for Valentine’s Day but you could add any kind of decorations to them if you wanted to!
White Chocolate Macadamia Cupcakes with Cool Whip Frosting
- 1 package white cake mix, plus ingredients located on the back to make the mix
- 1 package (4 serving size) white chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
- 3/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
- 1 container Cool Whip Vanilla Frosting
- Decorations for the top (sprinkles, candies, etc.), optional
- Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line muffin tin with paper baking cups (I like to fill mine up so this recipe made 18 cupcakes for us)
- Prepare cake mix according to the directions on the back of the box. Beat pudding mix into cake mix ingredients. Add nuts and white chocolate chips & mix. Fill muffin cups (most recipes say to fill it 2/3’s of the way full). Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Remove from pan & cool completely on wire rack.
- Right before you are ready to frost the cupcakes, spread the coconut onto an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350ºF for about 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the coconut is golden brown. Cool completely.
- Frost cupcakes with Cool Whip Vanilla Frosting, then top with shredded coconut & decorations.
These were super yummy & all 5 of us really liked them! I was really glad I tried them with the Cool Whip Frosting. I was a bit bummed because the Wal-Mart I went to didn’t have the cream cheese flavor that I really wanted to try (I’ll eat cream cheese frosting with a spoon out of the container!) but was really glad to see the vanilla & chocolate flavors of Cool Whip Frosting.
Shopping at this Wal-Mart was great because it’s not the regular one we go to & I loved that it had a full grocery store inside. Not only that, but a lot of the foods we found I haven’t seen at any of the other grocery stores I go to (Depends on what I need & where I am at the time. I’m not picky!). I had a lot of fun looking at all the different foods and getting fun things for the kids’ lunches.
My oldest son was with me when I was shopping at Wal-Mart, so while I was looking at cheese, cake mixes and Cool Whip Frosting, Jared was in his favorite place…the electronics section. All I have to do is follow the sign that says X-Box 360 & I know I will find him!
On our way out of Wal-Mart, I stopped by the Valentine section to get an idea of what I might want to get the kids. I loved all the cute things & loved the prices even more.
After making the cupcakes, the kids had a lot of fun eating them. Ryan was happy when I told him I made them for him and how proud I was of him starting his new school.
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Total Yum! Please send me a cupcake! 🙂
Head on down here to San Diego, Jesi! I\’ll have one waiting <3
YUMMO! Love that these can be made easily, looks like my kiddos will be getting a special treat after school today. Thanks for the recipe!
Thanks, Tosh! You are welcome <3
Yummy! I can not wait to try this for my family!
Thanks, Heather!
I really want to give this frosting a try. I hope I get a chance to with CBias but if not I am going to grab the coupon and get it to try out with my cupcake challenge. Those look so yummy.
YUM! I had no idea that there was a Cool Whip Frosting?!?! I love cream cheese too. I can eat it out of the package just like you. Where can I find the frosting in my Wal-Mart? In the baking aisle?
Hi Heather! You can find the Cool Whip Frosting in the freezer section. I found it close to the ice cream, my favorite aisle!
OH my stars. I am absolutely drooling. I used to eat Cool Whip with a spoon. Now they have frosting? I’m dying here. Dying. I want to lick that so badly. Chocolate would have been my pick, but I’m feeling a little chocolatey this week if you know what I mean.
Great job on your first SoFab post, BTW. 🙂
It was yummy, Summer! Thank you for all your advice, you are AWESOME!
These look so yummy! I really want to try this product.
they look deliscous. macadamia is one of my mom’s and i favorites so i would have to make a double batch just to make sure someone else got one. LOL!
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WOW, now those are some fabulous cupcakes! Yum!
Thanks so much Dawn!
Oh yum! Those sound delish and I love how they are decorated.
Thank you so much, Beeb!
These cupcakes look so good! =)
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Thank you so much, Melissa!
What a fun treat to mark that all important step of starting a new school! Its easy to see that the kids really enjoyed them! Thanks for sharing your recipe and I’m with you – if there is cream cheese Cool Whip Frosting in the house, I always have a spoon nearby 🙂
Those look amazing! Makes me want to go to Hawaii…right ow! I need to try that Cool Whip Frosting!
Thank you so much, Holly!
Oh my gosh – these couldn’t look more delicious! They’d be perfect for a Hawaiian themed party! Thanks for linking up today!
YUMMY! What an adorable owl hat!
Thank you, Diana! She loves it 🙂
These look yummy and pretty!!
Thank you so much, Jeni!
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This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
I love this frosting, it is so good with just strawberries too.
Oh yum! That sounds so good too!
OMG these look so good gonna have to try them!
These sound so delish…cant wait to tr. I had no idea Cool Whip had a frosting..will try it on my poke cake