Pinterest Fail- Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcakes

I LOVE Cadbury Creme Eggs at Easter time! I wish they were made year round (I did find some at Halloween last year so there is hope). When Easter is near, I crave Creme Eggs and have to have it like a pregnant woman craves anything or a smoker craves a cigarette. It's a seasonal addiction. (I have gone to the store just to get a Dr Pepper aka DP and a delicious, oh so sugary, Cadbury Creme Egg. I know, it's terribly unhealthy).

So naturally, while skimming through recipes on Pinterest, I came across the Cadbury Creme Egg Cupcake and immediately forged a plan with my sister to go to the grocery store. Gluten free vanilla cake mix, 12 Cadbury Creme eggs, and 1 tub of cream cheese frosting later and I began the baking process. The Creme Eggs are placed in the middle of the cupcake batter and baked at the instructed temperature and time...

Well, first of all, we used silicone cupcake liners that we "peeled" off of the cupcakes with some difficulty. The cupcakes were done, but the Creme Egg had made the bottom pretty moist, gooey, and a little sticky. Second, it's really hard to ice a cupcake while holding a 5 month old. Becca had to finish the icing. 

Then we ate one. OH MY GOD! Too much sugar! It was so sweet that I still feel sick after eating one about 30 minutes ago. It doesn't help that LittleMan's rolling around in my lap getting sleepy for bed. 

Not only are the cupcakes too sweet, but they end up costing about $2 each with gluten free cake mix. I'm sure regular cake mix would make it cheaper, but my sister and I try not to cheat our gluten free diets.

Hopefully Cody will like them enough to eat them.