Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes

I saw a pin for Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes on Pinterest, and I immediately knew I had to try these.  I am a sucker for these ridiculously sweet Easter treats, and ever year I take advantage of how long the commercial holiday season is and I stock up...or just keep buying them.  Some years I guess I forget, but other years, it's a little crazy how many of these I'll eat before the next holiday's treats are out.

Anyway, I tried them.  It's not much of a recipe, but a fun idea.  Just bake a mini creme egg into a chocolate cupcake.  Top with white and yellow buttercream and another mini egg.  The only important instruction is to freeze the eggs that go inside the cupcake so they don't melt away during baking.  

Here are the little guys baking...

And here are some shots of them all dolled up.  Mine done look as perfect and cute as the ones on Pinterest, but that's ok.

They look a little like fried eggs from the top.  LOL.

Unfortunately, I must say that these cupcakes were not my favorite.  The creme filling kind of caramelized inside the cupcake, and though that didn't taste bad, it no longer tasted like eating a Cadbury Creme Egg.  So the best part, to me, was the actual egg on top, and it wasn't so great on the inside.  This recipe actually uses the insides of the creme egg to make a buttercream frosting.  Now that sounds like a good idea!