The Christmas decorations are out! It's that time a year again when everyone starts whining about the stores having all their Christmas stuff out already when it is not even time for Halloween, let alone Thanksgiving, yet. Personally, I love Christmas and wish we could celebrate all year round. If it wasn't for our society's taboo of listening to Christmas music in August already, I would have had it blaring a long time ago. It just makes me so happy!
To make everybody happy my friend Andrea and I decided to make cupcakes that incorporated all our favorite Fall holidays.
Here's what we came up with:
Pumpkin = Halloween (orange)
Cranberries = Thanksgiving
Chocolate and frosting = Christmas
Creative huh? We thought so. :P To be honest I was a little hesitant about putting chocolate, pumpkin, and cranberries together, but these turn out awesome! They were supppppper moist and flavorful. I highly recommend trying these out. Plus they are healthy...well maybe minus the brown sugar...but the holidays are all about indulging a little right?!
Here's a quick overview of the ingredients that make these cupcakes NUTRITIOUS-n-Delicious:
Olive oil
Pumpkin
Applesauce
Honey
White whole wheat flour
Cinnamon
Dark chocolate chips
If for some odd reason you need an excuse to make these, bring them to a holiday party or work. I am sure they will be a huge hit!
MERRYTRICKORTREATANDBETHANKFUL DAY CUPCAKES
Taking pictures of white frosting is hard! Looks like a white blur... Also note our cute cupcake liners!
Ingredients:
1/3 cup Brown sugar
1 1/2 tbsp Olive oil
1 1/4 cup Canned pumpkin
1/2 cup Unsweetened applesauce
2 tbsp Honey
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 cup White whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking soda
2 tsp Ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp Ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ground cloves
1/4 tsp Allspice
3/4 cup Craisins
1/2 cup Dark chocolate chips
4 oz Cream cheese (We used fat free)
1/2 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1 tbsp Powdered sugar
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 350 F.
2. Beat the brown sugar, oil, pumpkin, applesauce, honey, egg, and vanilla together until smooth.
3. In another bowl stir together the flour, salt, baking soda, and spices.
4. Slowly add the dry into the wet ingredients while mixing. We use my Kitchen Aid of course! Love that thing.
5. Fold in the craisins and chocolate chips.
6. Scoop the better evenly into 12 cupcake/muffin liners in a muffin pan.
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Make sure to poke the inside of a cupcake to see if it is done.
8. While the cupcakes are cooling, beat together the cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and powdered sugar to make the frosting.
9. Once the cupcakes are cooled you can frost away.
10. Enjoy a cupcake with the flavors of all your favorite holidays all rolled into one.
Makes 12 cup cakes.
Nutrition Facts:
No these cupcakes are not healthy enough to be eaten for breakfast, but they have wayyyy more nutritional value than a normal cupcake. Plus they are packed full of health enhancing ingredients!
Calories: 193
Total Fat: 7 g
Sat. Fat: 3.3 g
Mono. Fat.: 1.8 g
Cholesterol: 18 mg
Sodium: 200 mg
Total Carbohydrates: 47 g
Dietary Fiber: 3 g
Sugars: 21 g
Protein: 3.5 g
Vitamin A: 14.4%
Vitamin C: 5.4%
Calcium: 3.7%
Iron: 4.6%
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