These amazing apple chocolate spiced cupcakes are topped with homemade cider frosting and delicious M&M’s. The perfect kid-friendly dessert for fall!
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Apple Chocolate Spiced Cupcakes With Cider Frosting
Apples are in season (finally!) and if you live up North I can just imagine the beautiful Apple Orchards in full bloom.
Here in Miami, unfortunately, we can’t fully experience the cool weather, apple orchards, and pumpkin patches that other states do.
Luckily we can create great fall recipes to simulate the mood like this delicious Apple Chocolate Spiced Cupcakes With Cider Frosting made with Apple Juice and M&M’s.
3 Yummy favorites all wrapped up in a little creamy cupcake.
I think this recipe came in just in the nick of time before Rosh Hashana since this celebration requires apples and a little sweetness to start the year just right.
They taste delicious. I opened the bag to try them out and my girls went on the attack. Guess I have to buy a few more bags before winter arrives.
To make your cupcakes simply combine dry ingredients and then incorporate wet ingredients. Place batter into cupcake-lined molds and bake for 15-17 minutes.
When the cupcakes are ready simply place is cooling rack and cool completely.
The delicious frosting is so easy to make as well. Ingredients: cream cheese, butter, Mott’s Apple Juice or Cider and Powdered sugar.
Keep in mind that the cream cheese and butter must be at room temperature so they can blend easily.
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese and butter using a mixer on high speed. Add the cider and the powdered sugar in batches.
Spread over cooled cupcakes using a piping bag or simply with a spoon. Decorate with M&M’s. Refrigerate until the frosting is set. Enjoy! The full recipe and quantities are below.
I love the fact that it’s the perfect fall recipe because of all the spices and apples combined. The applesauce inside the cupcakes provides not only a lot of flavors but moisture as well.
You can just feel them after they come out of the oven, so spongy. PLUS the aroma, while they bake, will carry on throughout the house.
I couldn’t resist so I took a big bite! They are so good. Please try them at home and let me know how they come out.
I hope you can try these delicious apple chocolate spiced cupcakes at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.
apple chocolate spiced cupcakes
Ingredients
For Cupcakes
- 1 box Spiced Cake Mix
- 3 Eggs
- 1/2 cup Applesauce
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/4 cup M&M's
For Cider Frosting
- 8 oz Cream Cheese room temperature
- 1 stick Butter room temperature
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Cider
Garnish
- M&M's
Instructions
For Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F
- Place M&M's in a food processor and ground them
- Combine cake mix in a bowl with the ground M&M's
- Incorporate the eggs, water, apple juice and applesauce until combined
- Pour batter into a cupcake tin filled with cupcake liners
- Bake for 15-17 minutes
- When ready, take them out of the oven and place on a cooling rack
For Cider Frosting
- Using a mixer, whip the cream cheese and butter until combined
- Add the apple juice and keep mixing
- Incorporate the Powdered sugar a little at a time
- Spread on top of the cooled cupcakes and refrigerate until the frosting is set
- Garnish with M&M's
Nutrition
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what a great way to start out the holidays , and fun because you can get the little ones to help decorate the cupcakes 😉 thanks for share @tisonlyme143
the motto’s apple juice and apple sause is great
they have many uses Nuresha!
I lve apple season.
Me too Laurie!
Apples are always good in everything!
I agree! we are apple addicts around here
OMGooooogness!! Yum! And you are RIGHT what a GREAT addition to Rosh Hashanah! Thank you so much! As a jewish mom who can barely cook, lol, and sadly has no recipes that have been handed down, I am ALWAYS thrilled when you add things like this! Thanks Tiffany!
ooh you’re so sweet Rachel! Thank you! and keep tuned.. More Rosh Hashanah recipes next week 😉
Yum. I love a good cupcake recipe and cannot wait to try this one. #client
Thanks Danielle!