These cupcakes are delicious, incredibly moist (which is mostly likely attributed to the full cup of oil), and embarrassingly easy to make. It’s a little tough to get these cupcakes to look lovely due to the nature of the frosting, but seriously, every time I make these cupcakes, people’s reaction never fails to disappoint–the phrase “Best cupcake I’ve ever had!” has been used more than once.
Pistachio Cupcakes
This recipe also works well (maybe even better) as a bundt cake.
Yields 24 (Calorie estimate: 250/cupcake)
1 pkg white cake mix
1 pkg instant pistachio pudding mix
1 c. oil
3 eggs
1 c. club soda
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all ingredients and beat at medium speed for about 5 minutes. Pour batter into cupcake tins and bake for 18-22 minutes.
Frosting
2 envelopes Dream Whip (in baking aisle)
1 1/4 c. cold milk (at least 2%)
1 pkg instant pistachio pudding mix
Combine milk and Dream Whip. Beat on high speed until peaks form. Add pudding mix and beat until thoroughly mixed. Spread on outside of cooled cupcakes and refrigerate.
These look so pretty and sound super easy to make. Love the pretty green frosting.
This looks delicious
But what’s “club soda”?
Club soda is pretty much carbonated water. You can buy it in any grocery store. Hope you give these a try, they won’t disappoint!
These look great! I’m so excited to make them…Thanks for posting! Every Christmas I make pistachio pudding cookies so these will be fun to try. If you like these, you should check out my cookie recipe http://bit.ly/a9jKXV
The cookies look yum! Great Christmas recipe, thanks for sharing!
I’m in the middle of day 1 of a new diet and these might do me in!They look so amazing!
I’ve definitely learned the hard way to avoid foodblogs while dieting…haha, good luck!
Hi, these look wonderful..what temp do you bake the cupcakes at and for how long?
So sorry! How did we miss that? Just updated, hope you give ‘em a try.
Thank you so much for posting this. This has always been my favorite cake from my grandmother and my mom. We always make the frosting with cool whip though, everything else the same. Even easier!
Beth
Cool whip…great tip, thanks!
I can’t wait to try this combination. I have a similar recipe using a lemon cake and lemon pudding. There could be endless combinations of mixes to test out. yummo
Love the idea of lemon, will give it a try! Shoulda thought of trying other combinations…duh!
would you be willing to share the lemon cake/lemon pudding recipe? i love lemon!!
thank you
sorry, just had to re-send b/c i forgot to check bottom buttons.
wondering if you would be willing to share the lemon recipe. thank you.
this looks and sounds amazing, i will definitely
be trying this recipe. just wondering…
do these have to be refrigerated?
They definitely don’t have to be refigerated, but I think it’s a good idea to store them in the refigerator if you’ll be eating them on a different day than when you prepare them.
i tried this recipe and loved it! thank you so much for sharing.
That makes me so happy, thanks for letting me know!!
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Just made these for my baby shower and they turned out so yummy! My friend and I have been wanting to try these for a while now.
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what does the club soda do?
Hi Molly,
I’m no Chemist, but I’ve heard it makes the batter fluffier. I think that sounds about right, but honestly I can’t say for sure
I just made the pistachio cupcakes and they came out very light and fluffy. I forgot to get club soda so i substituted it for water. I cant wait to frost them and share with everyone yum.
These look incredible! I cannot wait to make them for the next get together we attend. I may have to come up with an excuse to make them sooner!
these look so artifical…..
My roommates LOVE this recipe, however, i use a simple cream cheese frosting… its seems like a little too much pistachio otherwise. But all in all, a great, easy recipe!
I’m in the middle of cooling them and I had a taste of the frosting- can you say GENIUS!?! I cannot wait to make these next week for my girlfriend’s baby shower!
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Hahaha FOUND IT. The recipes of all recipes. God bless whomever first came up with this recipe.
These are delicious, we make them often. There is another recipe that replaces the Pistachio Pudding with Butter Pecan Pudding, but it is impossible to find the pudding anymore.
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Im gonna try these tomorrow!
funny story about these cupcakes.
I tried them and they were absolutely delicious, I started making them all the time! They’re what I bake when I feel like baking
Oops, submitted my post before I meant to.
funny story about these cupcakes.
I tried them and they were absolutely delicious, I started making them all the time! They’re what I bake when I feel like baking but don’t have time or energy to do anything extensive and difficult. They taste so good! One day, I began to bake them and I thought I had all the ingredients, turns out I didn’t have club soda. I was aware that the carbonation changed the texture and I didn’t know what to do. It was 3am and there was no place open that would have any. I used root beer instead. Get this, they tasted even better. Now I always use half a cup of root beer! another thing that tastes great with these is the rainbow party chip white cake mix by betty crocker.
I love the creativity of it and its simple 2 make and then eat also. Thanks 4 da recipe, cause me and my husband been lookin 4 diz recipe everysince my aunt let uz taste em. THANKS!!!!!!!!! THERE 2 DIE 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOVE this recipe! I was thinking of trying it out as a bundt cake like you suggested, and was wondering how long you recommend baking it/at what temp?
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