Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes

Applesauce is a low-fat alternative to oil in baked goods. Plus, it keeps cupcakes moist and adds a subtle fresh flavor.

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ingredients 10
Prep Time 30 min
Total Time 1 hr 25 min

Ingredients

Cupcakes

1: box 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 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

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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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Expert Tips

If you don't have unsweetened applesauce on hand, the regular kind will taste great in these cupcakes, too.

If you have only one pan and a recipe calls for more cupcakes than your pan will make, cover and refrigerate the rest of the batter while baking the first batch. Cool the pan about 15 minutes, then bake the rest of the batter, adding 1 to 2 minutes to the bake time.

Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake

Calories: 460
Calories from Fat: 140),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 15g; 15%
(Saturated Fat 7g, 7% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 20mg; 20%;
Sodium: 340mg; 340%;
Total Carbohydrate: 72g; 72%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 54g 54% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 4%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 8%;
Iron: 4%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 3 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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ejgraves

report Posted Sep. 2, 2010 1:02 PM

I made these for a bake sale and they were the first to go. Everyone loved them! So easy to make and the kids can help too. A small suggestion, poke a hole in the top where you are going to stick the worm before you frost the cupcake. Frost the cupcake (even over the hole) and then stick the worm in. This way the worm will stay put and makes transporting them easier.