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One bite, and you'll taste the surprising creamy caramel filling in these lusciously rich cupcakes.

Prep Time: 30 Min

Total Time: 1 Hr 15 Min

Makes: 18 cupcakes

Carole Holt
Mendota Heights, Minnesota
Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010
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INGREDIENTS

1/2
 cup caramel ice cream topping
4
 oz cream cheese (half of 8-oz package), softened
1
 box (19.5 oz) Pillsbury® Chocolate Fudge Brownie Mix
1/4
 cup Hershey’s® baking cocoa
2/3
 cup Hershey’s® mini chips semi-sweet chocolate
1/4
 cup packed brown sugar
2
 tablespoons LAND O LAKES® Butter, softened
1/2
 cup Fisher® Chef's Naturals® Chopped Pecans
1/3
 cup packed brown sugar
1/3
 cup Crisco® Pure Canola Oil
1/3
 cup sour cream
3
 LAND O LAKES® Eggs

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 18 regular-size muffin cups (2 3/4x1 1/4 inches). In small bowl, beat caramel topping and cream cheese with wire whisk until smooth; set aside. 2 In large bowl, stir together brownie mix, cocoa and chocolate chips. Remove 2/3 cup brownie mixture to another small bowl; stir in 1/4 cup brown sugar, butter and pecans until crumbly. 3 To remaining brownie mixture, add 1/3 cup brown sugar, oil, sour cream and eggs; stir 50 strokes with spoon. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups. Spoon about 1 tablespoon caramel mixture onto center of batter in each cup. Sprinkle crumb mixture evenly over tops. 4 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted near edge comes out almost clean (center will be soft). Cool in pan 5 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool 10 minutes. Serve warm or cool. Store covered in refrigerator.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

Nutritional Information

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cupcake)
  • Calories 290
    • (Calories from Fat 130),
  • Total Fat 15g
    • (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g,
    • Trans Fat 0g),
  • Cholesterol 40mg;
  • Sodium 140mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 35g
    • (Dietary Fiber 1g,
    • Sugars 26g),
  • Protein 3g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 4.00%;
  • Vitamin C 0.00%;
  • Calcium 2.00%;
  • Iron 6.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 1/2 Starch;
  • 0 Fruit;
  • 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:
  • 2;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
®Land O’ Lakes is a registered trademark of Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
®Crisco is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company
Fisher and Chef’s Naturals are registered trademarks of John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elgin, IL 60123-7820
Hershey’s® is a registered trademark of The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA, 17033
Bake-Off is a registered trademark of General Mills ©2011

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