I made these cupcakes for a church party and they were gone before I even got to eat one! Luckily, I had enough ingredients on hand to make them again. They were so good!
Serves: 24
Snickers Cupcakes Recipe
Delicious chocolate cupcakes topped with caramel buttercream frosting and plenty of amazing toppings!
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box devils food cake mix
- 1 (3.4 ounce) box chocolate instant pudding
- ¾ cup sour cream
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Caramel Buttercream Frosting:
- ½ cup butter softened to room temperature
- ¼ cup caramel sauce
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Additional Toppings:
- caramel sauce
- Snickers Unwrapped Bites halved
- mini chocolate chips
- chopped peanuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line two muffin tins with paper cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, whisk together cake mix, pudding, sour cream, vegetable oil, eggs and vanilla. Beat for a few minutes, until well combined.
- Bake for 20 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cupcakes cool completely.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, caramel sauce and salt. Gradually beat in powdered sugar until fluffy. If your frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar.
- Spread or pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes.
- Top cupcakes with a drizzle of caramel sauce, candy, chocolate chips and peanuts.
Nutrition
Calories: 267 kcal · Carbohydrates: 32 g · Protein: 2 g · Fat: 15 g · Saturated Fat: 10 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 37 mg · Sodium: 327 mg · Potassium: 81 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 22 g · Vitamin A: 199 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 41 mg · Iron: 1 mg
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YUM! My husband and I are both huge Snickers lovers and these cupcakes look AMAZING! I gotta make these for our next family gathering. I know they'd disappear FAST!
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Hi, just thought you might want to know that the last item in your ingredient list has a type. Thought you might want to edit it:) These look fabulous!
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"Typo" not "type". Darn auto-correct.
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Yum! My favorite candy bar in cupcake form!
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oh my golly! These look fantastic! Can't wait to try them =)
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So, did anyone else's cupcake batter turn out really thick like dough?
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I can't wait to try it! What kind of caramel sauce do you use??
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Does it really make 24???
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I’m making them, as samplers for the family plan on opening my business!!!
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My buttercream is more like glaze.... Help!!
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Are you supposed to add the water from the cake mix?
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Can you freeze these cupcakes
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Would cook time or anything else be changed if I wanted to add peanuts into the batter?
