Dress up baking mix with pumpkin for a kid-friendly Halloween dessert.
Friendly Ghost Cupcakes
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Ingredients 13
- Servings 24
Ingredients
- 3 cups baking mix
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 cup milk
- 4 eggs
- 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons miniature chocolate chips
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Line 24 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups.
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Step2In large bowl, beat baking mix, granulated sugar, brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, the pumpkin pie spice, milk, eggs and pumpkin with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 3 minutes. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.
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Step3Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step4Meanwhile, in large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter on low speed about 30 seconds or until well blended. Beat in vanilla and 2 cups of the powdered sugar on low speed about 30 seconds or just until mixed, then on high speed about 1 minute or until fluffy. Beat in remaining 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, on medium speed. If too soft to mound, add additional powdered sugar, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency.
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Step5Spoon frosting into large resealable plastic food-storage bag; press out air and seal bag. Cut 1/2-inch tip from lower corner of bag. Squeeze bag to pipe about 2 tablespoons frosting into ghost-shaped mound on each cupcake. Press 2 chocolate chips, flat sides out, into frosting for eyes.
Nutrition
370
Calories
10g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
66g
Total Carbohydrate
57g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cupcake
- Calories
- 370
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 10g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 23%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 280mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 110mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 66g
- 22%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 57g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 60%
- 60%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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