Caramel Apple Cupcakes
Quick Cooking
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Bring these extra-special cupcakes to your next bake sale and watch how quickly they disappear--if your family doesn't gobble them up first! Kids will go for the fun appearance and tasty toppings while adults will appreciate the moist spiced cake underneath.
-Diane Halferty
Corpus Christi, Texas
SERVINGS: 12
CATEGORY: Dessert
METHOD: Baked
TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Ingredients:
- 1 package (18-1/4 ounces) spice cake mix or 1 package (18 ounces) carrot cake mix
- 2 cups chopped peeled tart apples
- 20 caramels
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans, toasted
- 12 Popsicle sticks
Directions:
Prepare cake batter according to package directions; fold in apples.
Fill 12 greased or paper-lined jumbo muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
In a saucepan, cook the caramels and milk over low heat until smooth. Spread over cupcakes. Sprinkle with pecans. Insert a wooden stick into the center of each cupcake. Yield: 1 dozen.