Low-Cal Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes

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  • Happytobealive
    Happytobealive Posts: 36
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    Just did the calorie count for the spice cake mix (unprepared) and the canned pumpkin. 24 muffins are 91 calories each. Still sounds like a really good snack for the calories, def going to give them a try.
  • winningthin
    winningthin Posts: 31 Member
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    Wow, just 50 calories - that's amazing. According to CalorieKing.com, 1/12 (a small slice) of prepared average cake mix is about 290 calories (without icing). I'm assuming that the calorie deficit here is attributed to no sugar, oil and eggs, correct?
  • winningthin
    winningthin Posts: 31 Member
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    Thanks for researching this - I was really curious!
  • Gina1607
    Gina1607 Posts: 11
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    Bump!
  • ltfitz
    ltfitz Posts: 48
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    these sound really good I will have to try.
    Thanks!
  • rnroadrunner
    rnroadrunner Posts: 402 Member
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    bump slurp drool :laugh:
  • 4lafz
    4lafz Posts: 1,078 Member
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    I got this off Hungry Girl emails quite a while ago and they were 183 calories. Seems to me that 50 is pretty low. This is copied from Hungry Girl Website Can make 12 cupcakes instead of 12 pieces of cake. I made and one box with the canned pumpkin (I added two tablespoons or so of water) and it only made 12. Even if you made 24 of the mini cupcakes it would be more than 50 - wouldn't it?

    Cake Mix + Canned Pure Pumpkin
    PER SERVING (1 piece, 1/12th of cake): 183 calories, 3.5g fat, 301mg
    sodium, 37g carbs, 1.25g fiber, 20.5g sugars, 2g protein -- POINTS® value
    4*

    Ingredients:
    One 18.25-oz. box moist-style cake mix
    One 15-oz. can pure pumpkin

    Directions:
    Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

    Combine ingredients in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly -- batter will be VERY
    thick -- and transfer to a baking pan sprayed with nonstick spray; bake in
    the oven until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. (Refer to
    cake-mix box for pan size and approximate bake time.)

    MAKES 12 SERVINGS
  • moonport
    moonport Posts: 97 Member
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    I've made these and they're fantastic! The calorie total is closer to 100 than 50, though (98, I think).
  • Tanya761
    Tanya761 Posts: 146
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    Yummm!
  • NickiChase
    NickiChase Posts: 44 Member
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    bump
  • Jessifer123
    Jessifer123 Posts: 159
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    Anyone know if these muffins freeze well to grab for later??
  • twinsmomma02
    twinsmomma02 Posts: 79 Member
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    I made this exact recipe as one of the desserts for Thanksgiving dinner and they were gone before all of the pie was! They areso yummy!

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