Adorable Applesauce Cupcakes

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Canned Goods

  • 1/3 cup Applesauce, unsweetened

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 box Betty crocker supermoist yellow cake mix
  • 1 container Betty crocker vanilla frosting, Rich & Creamy
  • 1/2 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1/2 tsp Paste food color, red

• Snacks

  • 12 Pretzel sticks, thin

• Drinks

  • 3/4 cup Apple juice

• Desserts

  • 12 Gummy worm candies
  • 16 Spearmint leaf gumdrops

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ yellow cake mix
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup apple juice
• 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon red paste food color
• 1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting
• 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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