5.14.2010

Fun Apple Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS
1 box yellow cake mix
1 container vanilla frosting
3 eggs
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup cinnamon applesauce
1 cup apple juice
red food color
12 pretzel sticks, cut in half
gummy worms, cut in half
sour punch straws, cut in inch pieces

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place cupcake liners into each muffin cup.
2. In a large bowl mix together the cake mix, eggs, cinnamon, apple sauce and apple juice. Pour batter into cupcake cups filling about 2/3 of the way.
3. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Cool completely.
4. Stir food color into frosting. Spread frosting over cupcakes. Decorate them with a pretzel piece as a stem and two sour straws for leaves. Then poke a gummy work into each cupcake.