Low Cal. Cupcakes

ldbenincasa
ldbenincasa Posts: 66
edited September 19 in Recipes
Combine one box of cake mix with a can of diet soda -- add nothing else. I use Diet 7-Up/Sprite for white or yellow cake and diet cola for chocolate. Mix as usual and pour into 24 cupcakes. Bake at normal temp, but watch the time, I believe they bake a bit faster. For your calories, just divide the total in the mix by 24 (no cals in the soda). For the mix I have at home right now, that would be about 87 cals/cupcake. I promise they come out light and moist and super yummy!
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  • 1Sweets
    1Sweets Posts: 395
    OMG My family went camping on a "guys" weekend & I'm alone here trying to diet & your making my mouth waterrrrrrr. I could eat all the cup cakes in 1 sitting. I've heard of this recipe somewhat before. Does it truely work? :tongue:
  • jmdolan
    jmdolan Posts: 128
    yes it works and its sooooo good
  • mrsschoondog
    mrsschoondog Posts: 6 Member
    It's a great recipe! My friend often makes it with white cake/orange soda... Yummy!
  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    Oh my god if this works I'm going to love you forever:heart: My bf's family is coming tomorrow and I always bake for them, I have been killing myself trying to think of something I could eat as well!!
  • 1Sweets
    1Sweets Posts: 395
    Im definately going to try this recipe with the Cola flavored & chocolate mix & share it with my peeps:laugh: :laugh:

    My teenagers would also love the short cut as apposed to the traditional way which takes a little longer.

    Thank you, Thank you...I promise I won't try them this weekend while I'm all alone with the kitchen to myself because who would know if I ate all of them:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    Wow... I've never heard of this.... I'm going to have to try it!!! Thank you sooo much! :flowerforyou:
  • zibbity
    zibbity Posts: 126 Member
    Woah! Genius! Thanks for that info!
  • GlamNGlitter
    GlamNGlitter Posts: 77
    mmm yummers!! i'm gonna make them tonight!! lol i always crave chocolate at a certain time in the month and that is PERFECT!! thanks for the recipe!! :flowerforyou:
  • shannahrenee
    shannahrenee Posts: 380
    thanks I can't wait to try it!
  • faithjobes
    faithjobes Posts: 104 Member
    ideas for icing?
  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    ideas for icing?
    maybe just sift a little bit of icing sugar on top?
  • Leigh14
    Leigh14 Posts: 871 Member
    I use Cool Whip Free on top of mine. :love: :bigsmile:
  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    I just wanted to say thanks fo rthe recipie!! I made them for my bf's family on Saturday and they were a big hit!!!! YUMMY:happy:
  • 1Sweets
    1Sweets Posts: 395
    I just wanted to say thanks fo rthe recipie!! I made them for my bf's family on Saturday and they were a big hit!!!! YUMMY:happy:

    I made them too! Soooo good. i had to give them to my daughter b/c she's skinny & I'm not:laugh: :laugh: I had them without frosting & still ate to many of them. But great recipe. Thanks so much:drinker:
  • lynzefaithb
    lynzefaithb Posts: 5
    I have a question about this. Do you only add the soda and no egg or milk or whatever else? Stupid question:blushing:
  • Daisy_May
    Daisy_May Posts: 505 Member
    I have a question about this. Do you only add the soda and no egg or milk or whatever else? Stupid question:blushing:
    yep, just added the soda, I really didn't think it was goign to work to tell you the truth... but it did and they were really YUMMY! I topped them with fat fre cool whip, made them even better:happy:
  • lynzefaithb
    lynzefaithb Posts: 5
    great thanks!!!!!!:bigsmile:
  • Tayla08
    Tayla08 Posts: 94
    This is the only way I ever make cake/cupcakes.... For frosting you can take a box of instant pudding mix...and flavor....you can even use sugar free (just use the dry mix unprepared) and mix it with a tub of cool whip (I use the free) and it makes excellent frosting.
  • maredelarosa
    maredelarosa Posts: 6
    Made these cupcakes today...Delicious!
  • 1Sweets
    1Sweets Posts: 395
    This is the only way I ever make cake/cupcakes.... For frosting you can take a box of instant pudding mix...and flavor....you can even use sugar free (just use the dry mix unprepared) and mix it with a tub of cool whip (I use the free) and it makes excellent frosting.

    Very interesting! What is the consistency of the frosting? Guess you would need to refrigerate? :bigsmile: I want to impress my mother-in-law ...she always has really neat recipes like this one where you would say "what the.......?" It's like a science project:laugh:
  • Tissennae
    Tissennae Posts: 6
    That sounds really good! I'm going to try these this weekend!:glasses:
  • queen3510
    queen3510 Posts: 180
    Will this work with Brownie Mix?
  • cherie2304
    cherie2304 Posts: 632 Member
    This sounds so good...I am gonna make them this weekend.
  • melssyl
    melssyl Posts: 66
    Trying this with Brownie Mix ... will post the results soon :)
  • shinton1
    shinton1 Posts: 2
    Tried the cupcakes and love them! I think they would even be good with icecream. I made chocolate ones and they pretty much tasted like a brownie. I also found cool whip choclate flavor (which I was a litte skeptical of....But it was good). Thanks for the recipe!
  • Magenta15
    Magenta15 Posts: 850 Member
    can these be frozen after? If I bake something i would prefer to individually wrap each and freeze them so that 1) I can't eat them all at once 2) i can pop them in my lunch bag for work.

    Thanks!

    PG:flowerforyou:
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    I found out I am allergic to chocolate and now cant stop thinking about sweet cupcakes:tongue:

    I am going to make the white cake with strawberry soda.

    Mmmm...cannot WAIT!!:smokin:
  • carrieberrie
    carrieberrie Posts: 356 Member
    I made these yesterday with white cake mix and added diet orange soda. I made mini-cupcakes, iced them with cool-whip and froze them! I made about 8 large cupcakes and my fiance' ate them all :smile:
  • halfacerk
    halfacerk Posts: 41
    I made these yesterday with white cake mix and added diet orange soda. I made mini-cupcakes, iced them with cool-whip and froze them! I made about 8 large cupcakes and my fiance' ate them all :smile:

    yummy!! i knew i should have taken some home!! oh well im looking forward to the choc ones see ya soon!!
  • carrieberrie
    carrieberrie Posts: 356 Member
    YOU SHOULD HAVE! I swear when I woke up and saw the empty plate I looked all over the place for them, I didnt think he wouldve ate 8 cupcakes!
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