Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday in style with these delicious and adorable Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes! They’re easy to decorate, too! Perfect for tiny hands who want to help make these with you!
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Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes for Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Only Dr. Seuss could bring something strange yet adorable like this to life, you know? I never thought to myself when I was younger that someday I’d be making cupcakes like this for my kiddos. “Hey self, let’s make Dr. Seuss Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes for the kids.” I mean, you think chocolate, or vanilla cupcakes, but green eggs and ham cupcakes? Absolute hilarity!
This timeless children’s book from my childhood is one of my absolute favorites to read to the kids. And in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday on March 2nd, please enjoy making these fun Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes for your kids and their classes! Such a fun treat to share over a magnificent children’s book!
Where Can I Find The Actual Recipe Card?
If you’d rather skip all of my cupcake decorating tips, important information for this recipe, and similar recipe ideas – and get straight to the easy Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes recipe, just scroll down to the bottom, where you’ll find a printable recipe card.
Is This Recipe Easy Enough for Kids to Make?
Oh heck yeah! We adults and parents can’t always have all the fun in the kitchen, now can we? Definitely get the kiddos involved with this recipe, you guys! Especially because this is a recipe based on such a beloved children’s book, how could we keep the kids out away from this one! We just can’t! 🙂
Ingredients Needed to Make Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes
To make these Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes for Dr. Seuss’ birthday, you will need the following ingredients:
- Chocolate cake mix with all ingredients to make it (or you can use your favorite tried and true chocolate cake/cupcake recipe) to prepare 24 chocolate cupcakes
- Unsalted butter, softened
- Confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- Milk
- Black decorating frosting
- Green fondant
Keep in mind, all of the ingredient amounts you’ll need are in the printable recipe card below.
Equipment Needed to Make Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes
You will need the following kitchen tools at the ready for this recipe, too:
- Cupcake pans (standard size will do here just nicely)
- Cupcake liners or silicone reusable liners (You can get REALLY fun with this and get these red striped cupcake liners that look like Dr. Seuss’ hat! Or these red polka dotted ones are cute too!)
- Wire rack for cooling the cupcakes
- Cooking spray to gently spray the cupcake liners (if you wish)
- Electric mixer to mix the cupcake batter and later beat the buttercream frosting
- Mixing bowl set (to mix both the cupcake batter and the homemade buttercream frosting)
- Piping bag
- Wilton decorating tip #10
- Wilton decorating tip #4
- Offset spatula comes in handy when decorating cupcakes with frosting
- Wilton decorating mat helps you have a clean work surface when working with fondant and decorating cupcakes, cakes, and other treats
How to Make Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes
Prepare your chocolate cupcakes in a large mixing bowl according to your recipe or box’s directions.
Bake and have them fully cooled on a wire cooling rack before decorating.
Use an electric mixer to beat together butter, sugar, and milk. Beat on medium speed. Gradually increase the speed to high and once the mixture is smooth and well-combined, your homemade buttercream frosting is ready.
Scoop the buttercream into a piping bag with a Wilton tip #10 attached. Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of frosting making it look like the shape of a fried egg without the yolk.
It might not come out perfectly, and that’s okay! That’s why we use an offset spatula to smooth out the frosting on each cupcake.
Attach Wilton tip #4 to your black decorating frosting and frost out an outline on the circumference of each buttercream egg.
Roll out 24 half-inch spheres from your green fondant. Flatten it slightly and place in the middle of each buttercream to create the egg’s “yolk.”
Repeat for all the remaining cupcakes. Serve and enjoy for the birthday celebration, yay!
What Other Dr. Seuss Inspired Recipes Go with This Recipe?
If you’d like to make more Dr. Seuss-themed foods for his birthday celebration, check out these fun ideas!
- My friend Mel has a Truffela Tree Cake Pops recipe!
- My friend Keri Lyn has Put Me in the Zoo Rice Krispies Treats!
- This Grinch Punch looks fun!
- These Thing 1 and Thing 2 Meringues look easy and are adorable!
- These Horton Hears a Who Clover Cookies are gorgeous!
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Green Eggs and Ham Cupcakes for Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
Ingredients
- 24 of your favorite chocolate cupcakes
- 1 stick butter softened
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
- 2 tbsps milk
- Black decorating frosting
- 4-6 oz. green fondant
Instructions
- Prepare your chocolate cupcakes according to your recipe or box’s directions.
- Allow to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.
- Use an electric mixer to beat together butter, sugar, and milk on medium speed.
- Gradually increase the speed to high and once the mixture is smooth and well-combined, your buttercream is ready.
- Scoop the buttercream into a piping bag with a Wilton decorating tip #10 attached.
- Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of frosting making it look like the shape of a fried egg without the yolk.
- If necessary, use an offset spatula to smooth out the frosting on each cupcake.
- Attach Wilton tip #4 to your black decorating frosting and frost out an outline on the circumference of each buttercream egg.
- Roll out 24 ½ inch spheres from your green fondant. Flatten it slightly and place in the middle of each buttercream egg shape to create the ‘egg yolk.’