Apple Basket Cupcakes
Apple Basket Cupcakes
Share these bountiful basket cupcakes with the whole class!
Prep time: 25 min.
Baking time: 15-18 min.
Decoration time: 30 min.
Difficulty: Easy
What you'll need:
  • What you need for the batter:
  • 1 2/3 cups flour
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 teaspoon white vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 12 STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews
  • 1 bag SNICKERS® Brand MINIS
  • 12 paper cupcake liners
  • 1 12-cup muffin pan
  • What you need for the frosting:
  • 1 bag M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies
  • 1 16-oz. can vanilla frosting
  • Yellow food coloring
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
  • Resealable plastic bag
  • scissors
What to do:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the cupcake pan with the paper cupcake liners.
  2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, water, vegetable oil, white vinegar and vanilla extract. Fold in 1 cup of chopped SNICKERS® Brand MINIS and divide them evenly in the prepared cupcake pan.
  3. Bake for 15-18 minutes. Remove from the oven, transfer to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
  4. Meanwhile, separate the M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies into separate piles of red, yellow and green candy.
  5. In a small bowl, mix the vanilla frosting, yellow food coloring and cocoa powder. Place in a resealable plastic bag and snip off a small corner. Pipe 1/2-inch zigzags around the outer edges of each cupcake, and overlap until all of the cupcakes are covered.
  6. Cut the STARBURST® Brand Fruit Chews in half, attach to the sides of each cupcake as handles, and add the separated M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies on top of each cupcake.
Makes 12 cupcakes.