Tatertots & Jello Cupcakes
Hello, Tatertots and Jello fans! I’m Liz, the Hoosier Momma from Hoosier Homemade. I’m a SAHM of 3 teenage boys, that keep me running with their sports and school activities. I’ve been blogging a little over a year, I share lots of baked goods, Budget Friendly Meals, and decorating tips and tricks, all to help you “Make Your House a Home.”
What would be fitting for the Tatertots and Jello Blog? Well…Tatertots and Jello Cupcakes, of course!
When Jen asked me to show you some of my cupcakes, and teach you how to make them, I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
Back in April, for my son’s birthday, I made him Chicken Nuggets and Fry Cupcakes. I used the same concept that I made the nuggets with, and made Tatertots.
Tatertots Directions:
- You will need…a pound cake or angel food cake (store bought because it has a better texture, believe me, I tried), a can of store bought frosting, vanilla (not whipped, I almost always make my own frosting, but for this, you need store bought), crinkle cut sharp blade of some type and vanilla wafers, crushed.
- Cut the cake into chunks, about 1 inch square
- Melt the frosting in the microwave about 15 seconds until very thin, dip cake chunks into frosting then into wafers
- And…there you have it, Tatertots
Jello Poke Cupcakes Directions:
- You will need a plain white box cake mix, plus the ingredients to add (hop on over and check out my video on how to make your box mix taste homemade), jello and Cool Whip (for frosting)
- Bake cupcakes, after they are cooled, place them on a foil lined cookie sheet and poke them several times with a fork
- Mix Jello according to directions on the box. I used red and blue because of the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, but of course, any flavor you like is fine.
- Gently pour jello over cupcakes, you can see there is lots of overflow, that’s why you want to put them on a pan
- Then line another cookie sheet with foil, wipe off the bottoms of the cupcakes and transfer them to the other pan (this way, when the jello sets up, the cupcake won’t be all sticky on the bottom) Place in fridge for a couple hours.
- I made finger jello with the extra jello for decorating the cupcakes
I’d love for you to head over and visit me at Hoosier Homemade. Earlier this week, I shared these cute Memorial Day Cupcakes and a video showing you how easy they are to make.
These are so fun! I can't get over how much that looks like a real tatertot! I don't know if I could get past the reality enough to try it!
Adorable!!!!
Love it!
LOVE the cupcakes!! 🙂
Jen, just wanted to say thanks for your comments on my spray painted sconce re-do post & my painted laminate 'granite' counter top post! They were lovely! Thanks so much! I can't think of anything but going into labor right now but maybe focusing on the hardware store challenge will help 😉
Thanks again!
Thank you for my cupcake fix for the day. I looove cupcakes more than any woman should, and I'm not ashamed of it. 🙂
too stinkin' cute!
Love the cupcakes and the blog swapped pillows! 🙂
Love this they really need to be in your header photo
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Those are so cute!
Love it! What a compliment to have your blog turned into a dessert! That's awesome. 🙂
Very creative and perfect for this post!
That is so neat. My first though before I read the post….eww, that is gross, those tatertots look so REAL!
Oh those are wonderful! The tatertots look so real. My 6 and 4 year olds would loooove them!!
Seriously adorable! And oh my goodness those Memorial day cupcakes are great! I have been wanting to try the corn on the cob ones, but the ant ones are adorable too!
Awhhh shucks! I'm just thrilled you like them and Thanks so much for Blog Swapping with me!
~Liz
Who would have thought? Tatertots & Jello cupcakes! 🙂 So fun!
Hilarious! Very funny! I want some of these!