Double Chocolate Oatmeal Cupcakes (with Peanut Butter Frosting)

Dessert is always a good idea, especially when you have a major sweet tooth like myself. These delightful mini cupcakes will come to the rescue of any chocolate lover out there; because our happiness depends on it! 

Ingredients:

- 1 box Betty Crocker Low-fat Fudge Brownie mix

- 1/2 cup water

- 1/2 cup oatmeal

- 1/2 cup chocolate chips

- 1 egg

- 2 Tbs applesauce

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl or mixer, combine all ingredients. Spoon mixture into mini cupcake pans sprayed with Pam baking spray. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Remove and let cool.

Ingredients: Peanut Butter Frosting

- 1/2 cup peanut butter (Peter Pan Whipped Creamy)

- 1 cup powdered sugar

- 1 Tbs milk

- 2 Tbs butter (Land O Lakes Light with Canola Oil), softened

Combine all ingredients and beat until fluffy. Add 1 teaspoon frosting to each cupcake.

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"I'd give up chocolate but I'm not a quitter." - Anonymous 

Cupcakes with Tequila Lime Buttercream Frosting

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day! These delightful cupcakes, with "Tequila Lime Buttercream" icing, are addicting; and not because of the Tequila. ha! If you have a sweet tooth, look no further than the bowl of frosting. Very sweet and satisfying, but don't forget to put it on the cupcakes! A recipe you're sure to enjoy!

Ingredients:

Cupcakes:

Make from scratch or easily follow directions on a box of cake mix. 

Frosting:

- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 Tbs lime juice
- 2 Tbs lime zest
- 2 Tbs Tequila
- Green food coloring

For icing: Cream the shortening and butter with a mixer. Add the vanilla, lime juice, zest, and tequila. Mix until combined. Slowly add the powdered sugar until all combined and whip the frosting for about 3 minutes until it starts to get fluffy. Add green food coloring (as many drops to suit your desired color). Frost your cooled cupcakes with tequila lime frosting. Enjoy! 

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Low-Point Candy Corn Cupcakes

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Enjoy these wonderfully moist cupcakes this Halloween season! If you don't have time to make them for Halloween, they're still an amazing dessert for Thanksgiving or anytime throughout the fall season! Enjoy!

Low-Point Candy Corn Cupcakes

Ingredients:

- 1 box of Betty Crocker white cake mix

- 1 1/4 cups water

- 1/3 cup unsweetened applesauce

- 2 egg whites

- Betty Crocker whipped butter cream icing

- yellow and red food coloring

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Pour cake mix into a bowl and add water, applesauce, and egg whites. Combine. (By replacing the oil, that the box mix calls for, with the applesauce, you're instantly removing 18 points from the cake mix! Woo Hoo! Divide batter into 3 separate bowls. Using the food coloring, add yellow to one bowl making a rather bright colored yellow batter (I used a lot of drops to acquire the color I wanted). In the 2nd bowl, use both red and yellow food coloring to create a bright orange color. Leave the 3rd bowl white. Spray cupcake pans with Pam cooking spray. Add a spoon of yellow batter to the bottom of the cupcake tins, then proceed with the orange, and lastly the white (creating the candy corn color). You have to kind of gauge or guess how much to put in. I was trying to add a little more orange to make a thicker middle color but I left myself not a lot of room for the white batter on top. Bake cupcakes for 18 to 20 minutes or until done (Insert a toothpick in the middle. If it comes out clean, they're done.) Let cool and spread 1 tablespoon of butter cream icing on top. Devour! If you'd like a printer-friendly version of this recipe, Click Here.

Total servings - 12

Serving size - 1

Points per serving - 3

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