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In honor of St. Patrick's day, I tried these cupcakes.

St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes (Pistachio)

1 3/4 cups Flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 3.4 oz package Instant Pistachio Pudding mix
2 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup Milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Green ; sprinkles and/or chocolate jimmies

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
8 ounces Cream cheese
1/2 cup Butter
1 teaspoon Vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions:  In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, pudding mix, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients until combined. Fold in chocolate chips.
Fill 18 foil or paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 375° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Prepare frosting by mixing together. Frost and decorate as desired.

I'm not sure if I would make them again.   They are a pretty green color, which is hard to tell from my pictures.  Gary really likes them.  But then Gary also chews the cupcake liners until there is nothing left of them, so I'm not sure if he is a discriminating judge.  They called for cream cheese frosting, but when I tried them with it, it didn't seem to go.  So I pulled some chocolate frosting out of the freezer and made some chocolate cupcakes to use the cream cheese frosting on.