These One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes are perfect cupcakes to eat while enjoying a Dr. Seuss story or to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday! These One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes are not only super cute, fun to eat (because they’re super tasty), but are easy to make. Kids of all ages will love helping out making these colorful One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes and they’re a budget-friendly Dr. Seuss treat.

One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes

It’s Dr. Seuss’ Birthday on March 2nd and we’re going to celebrate with some One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes! These are such fun cupcakes.

They’re fun, easy, and so tasty! These One Fish Two Fish cupcakes are perfect to go along with a Dr. Seuss reading activity, and as mentioned it’s almost Dr. Seuss’ birthday and every birthday needs birthday cake!!

Plus, who doesn’t like Swedish fish. Those were my most favorite candy when I was a little girl.

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Related: You have to make these Put Me in the Zoo Rice Krispie Treats.

Supplies Needed To Make These Super Fun Dr. Seuss One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes

This is what you need to make One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes:

Chocolate Cupcakes

1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 t baking soda
2 t baking powder
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 t salt
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 t vanilla
1 cup whole milk

Yellow Buttercream Icing

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/4 t salt
1 T vanilla extract
Yellow food gel/color
2 T cold milk
Garnish- Swedish fish of various colors

How To Make Chocolate Cupcakes For Your One Fish Two Fish Dr. Seuss Cupcakes

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 °. Grease cupcake pans or line with cupcake liners.

Step 2

In a medium mixing bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt. Set aside.

Step 3

In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs to the butter, one at a time, beating well with each addition. Stir in the vanilla.

Step 4

Add half of the flour and half of the milk and beat well. Add the rest of the flour and milk and beat until well-incorporated.

Step 5

Fill muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake 15-17 minutes at 350 degrees or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Step 6

Let cupcakes cool in pan for 5 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to finish the cooling process.

Step 7

Ice the cupcakes when completely cooled.

Yellow and White Frosted One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes With Swedish Fish, red green, blue, and orange, on top on a white tray, with yellow Dr. Seuss book in the background- Kids Activities Blog — Swedish fish are perfect for topping these cupcakes! They’re fruity, colorful, perfect for One Fish Two Fish cupcakes considering the next line talks about colorful fish!

How To Make Yellow Buttercream Frosting For Your One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes

Step 1

In a mixing bowl, cream the butter.

Step 2

Add half of the sugar and mix well on medium speed with a mixer. Add the rest of the sugar and mix on medium speed until light and fluffy.

Step 3

Add 2-3 drops of yellow food gel until you reach your desired color of bright yellow (matching the color of the Dr. Seuss book)

NOTE: to thin icing, add 1 T milk and to thicken icing, add 1 T powdered sugar.

Step 4

Using a decorating tip and disposable bag or Ziploc bag, pipe the frosting onto each cupcake. Garnish with Swedish fish.

Green Swedish fish topped One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes with yellow frosting and white frosting in background on a white tray with a yellow Dr. Seuss book in the background — You can also use box mix if you don’t have time to make homemade cupcakes.

Recipe Notes:

If you need to make these last minute and quickly, use a boxed cake mix for the cupcakes. No decorating tip? No worries! Just snip the the corner of the Ziploc bag and pipe the icing on directly from it.

One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes Recipe

These One Fish Two Fish Cupcakes are amazing! They're chocolatey, has sweet vanilla frosting, and a colorful assortment of Swedish fish. Kids of all ages will love these homemade Dr. Seuss themed cupcakes!

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes
1 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 t baking soda
2 t baking powder
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 t salt
1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs, room temperature
1 t vanilla
1 cup whole milk
Yellow Buttercream Icing
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1/4 t salt
1 T vanilla extract
Yellow food gel/color
2 T cold milk
Garnish- Swedish fish of various colors

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 °.
Grease cupcake pans or line with cupcake liners.
In a medium mixing bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa and salt.
Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs to the butter, one at a time, beating well with each addition.
Stir in the vanilla.
Add half of the flour and half of the milk and beat well.
Add the rest of the flour and milk and beat until well-incorporated.
Fill muffin cups 2/3 full.
Bake 15-17 minutes at 350 degrees or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Let cupcakes cool in pan for 5 minutes.
Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to finish the cooling process.
Ice the cupcakes when completely cooled.
Yellow Butter Cream
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter.
Add half of the sugar and mix well on medium speed with a mixer.
Add the rest of the sugar and mix on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Add 2-3 drops of yellow food gel until you reach your desired color of bright yellow (matching the color of the Dr. Seuss book)
Using a decorating tip and disposable bag or Ziploc bag, pipe the frosting onto each cupcake. Garnish with Swedish fish.

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