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Updated Aug 9, 2023
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Enjoy these colorful cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting and gummy worm candies - a perfect dessert.

Night Crawler Cupcakes

  • Prep Time 20 min
  • Total 1 hr 20 min
  • Ingredients 6
  • Servings 24
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cups water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 box yellow cake mix with pudding
  • 3/4 cup chocolate ready-to-spread frosting
  • 24 gummy worm candies

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Line 24 muffin cups with paper baking cups. Prepare and bake cupcakes as directed on cake mix package, using water, oil and egg whites. Cool 20 minutes or until completely cooled.
  • Step 
    2
    With apple corer or small knife, make 3/4-inch hole from top center to bottom of cupcake. (Do not pierce paper baking cups.)
  • Step 
    3
    Place frosting in resealable food storage plastic bag; seal bag. Cut 1/2-inch hole in bottom corner of bag. Pipe frosting into each hole. Place gummy worm on top of each cupcake.

Nutrition

200 Calories
8g Total Fat
2g Protein
30g Total Carbohydrate
22g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
Calories
200
Calories from Fat
70
Total Fat
8g
12%
Saturated Fat
3g
14%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
25mg
9%
Sodium
160mg
7%
Potassium
35mg
1%
Total Carbohydrate
30g
10%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
22g
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
4%
4%
Iron
4%
4%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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