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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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106 Ratings

5 spoons 28%

4 spoons 32%

3 spoons 23%

2 spoons 14%

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PREP TIME
30 Min
TOTAL TIME
1 Hr 25 Min
SERVINGS
24

Cupcakes

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

Frosting

1/2: teaspoon red paste food color

1: container Betty Crocker® 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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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.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cupcake)

Calories 460

(Calories from Fat 140),

Total Fat 15g

(Saturated Fat 7g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 20mg;
Sodium 340mg;
Total Carbohydrate 72g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,
Sugars 54g),

Protein 2g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 4.00%;
Vitamin C 0.00%;
Calcium 8.00%;
Iron 4.00%;

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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Posted 8/24/2011 11:12:44 AM REPORT ABUSE megan1230 said:

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These were great! Easy to make with great flavor. Decorating was a little bit of a hassle. It was hard to get the rpetzel pieces just right and I couldn't find the leaf shaped spearmint. I just cut leaves out of gum.

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