• Prep Time: 30 Minutes
  • Cooking Time: 55 minutes
  • Serves: 24 Servings

Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes

Category: Gifts, Kids, Cakes

 Ingredients List

  • ~~~~~~ Cupcakes ~~~~~~
  • 1 box Betty Crockerâ„¢ SuperMoistâ„¢ yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 3/4 cup apple juice
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 3 eggs
  • ~~~~~~ Frosting ~~~~~~
  • 1/2 teaspoon red paste food color
  • 1 container Betty Crockerâ„¢ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
  • ~~~~~~~~~ Decorations ~~~~~~~~~
  • 12 thin pretzel sticks, broken into pieces
  • 16 spearmint leaf gumdrops
  • 12 gummy worm candies, cut in half, if desired

 Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.

2. In large bowl, beat cupcake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

3. Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool in pans 10 minutes; carefully remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

4. Stir paste food color into frosting in container. Spread frosting over cupcakes.

5. To decorate cupcakes, poke 1 pretzel piece into each cupcake for stem. Cut each gumdrop leaf into 3 slices. Poke 2 gumdrop leaves into top of each cupcake on either side of pretzel stem. Poke half of gummy worm into each cupcake. Store loosely covered.

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