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Easy Apple Cupcakes

Perfect as a Teacher Gift!
Course Cupcakes
Cuisine All-American
Keyword boxed cake mix, frosting
Servings 2 dozen
Author Lynn / Turnips 2 Tangerines

Ingredients

  • 1 15.25 oz package classic white cake mix
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 large egg whites
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 24 cupcake liners
  • 2 16 oz containers creamy classic vanilla frosting
  • 8 to 10 drops Americolor super red, gel paste food coloring (per container of frosting)
  • 2 2.25 oz containers red decorating crystals
  • 24 tootise roll midgets, unwrapped
  • 48 green colored m&m candies
  • 24 gummy worms

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350º F.
  • Line 2 (12 cup size) regular muffin pans with cupcake liners.
  • Set aside.
  • Blend cake mix, water, oil and egg whites in a large bowl at low speed until moistened. (about 30 seconds)
  • Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full with batter.
  • Bake at 18 to 21 minutes.
  • Remove cupcakes from pan and cool on wire rack until completely cool.
  • Spoon frosting into a medium bowl. Add drops of red gel paste to frosting, mix until reach desired color, adding more or less food coloring.
  • Frost cooled cupcakes with tinted frosting.
  • Generously sprinkle frosted cupcakes with red decorating crystals.
  • Insert one tootise roll into the the top of each cupcake.
  • Add two green m&m candies next to each tootise roll for leaves.