*CANDY BAR CUPCAKES

Taste of Home Healthy Cooking
By: Edie DeSpain - Logan, UT

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Ingredients

FILLING:
1 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup canola oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces fat-free cream cheese
2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
1 egg
2 Snickers candy bars (2.07 ounces each), finely chopped
FROSTING:
1/3 cup butter, cubed
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
3 tablespoons fat-free milk
1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions:
●In a large bowl, beat the sugar, buttermilk, oil and vanilla until well blended.
●Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended.
●For filling, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg; mix well. Stir in the candy bars.
●Fill 18 paper-lined muffin cups one-third full with batter. Drop filling by tablespoonfuls into the center of each (cups will be about half full).
●Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the filling comes out clean.
●Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
●For frosting, in a small saucepan, melt butter. Stir in brown sugar. Bring to a boil; cook for two minutes, stirring occasionally.
●Remove from the heat; stir in the milk, then confectioners' sugar.
●Cool until frosting reaches spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.