Watermelon Cupcakes

These adorable watermelon cupcakes are the perfect summer dessert! You will taste watermelon flavor in every bite of these moist, delicious cupcakes. With pink watermelon-flavored frosting and mini chocolate chips on the top to represent the watermelon seeds, these super cute cupcakes make the perfect dessert for any summer gathering you attend.

5 from 5 votes

Print Recipe Pin Recipe Add to Collection

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Frosting Time 20

Total Time 50

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings cupcakes

Calories 119 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Ingredients for the cupcakes

1 box white cake mix
⅓ cups vegetable oil
4 large eggs
1¼ cups water
1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
½ packet watermelon flavored gelatin
gel food color green

Ingredients for decorating

Instructions

Directions for baking the cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line a standard muffin tin with green paper liners.
Pour the dry cake mix into a large mixing bowl. Add the oil, egg whites, and water to the bowl and mix with a hand or stand mixer on medium speed until everything is well incorporated.
Add in the vanilla and ½ package of watermelon gelatin. Mix until just incorporated.
Add the green food coloring until desired color is achieved. Again, mix until just incorporated. Don't over mix the batter.
Use a large scoop to measure the batter into the muffin tin so that each well is about ⅔ full.
Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting.

Directions for frosting the cupcakes

Prepare a piping bag and fill it with watermelon frosting. (See link above for my watermelon frosting recipe.)
Pipe frosting onto the top of each cupcake.
If you desire, sprinkle with white sanding sugar. Then top each cupcake with a handful of mini chocolate chips.

Notes

Because you are adding vanilla to the cake mix and the sanding sugar to the frosting, the watermelon flavor is more subtle and pleasant. It doesn’t punch you in the face like other recipes.

Nutritional information does NOT include the frosting. The nutritional details for the frosting are on the recipe card specifically for the frosting.

Nutrition

Keyword cake, cupcakes, frosting, watermelon

Tried this recipe? Pin it for later!Follow @FeelsLikeHome or tag #FeelsLikeHomeBlog!