Apple spice cake mix and canned pumpkin made the base for these muffins. I tucked a pumpkin-spice Kiss into some of them and topped them with the apple topping that came with the mix. After tasting them, I wished I had put the candy into every one.
What I used
- One box apple spice cake mix, with its included apple topping
- One 15-ounce can plain pumpkin
- Pumpkin-spice Kisses, optional
The original photograph shows Pillsbury Supreme Collection Apple Spice mix and Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin. This documents the products used for that batch; it does not establish their current availability.
Mix the pumpkin into the dry cake mix
I combined the canned pumpkin with the cake mix and added nothing else: no eggs, oil, or water. I portioned the batter into muffin tins.
For the candy-filled versions, I placed an unwrapped Kiss in the middle and covered it with a little more batter. I only filled some of the muffins because I was not sure how the candy would work.
I also used the apple topping supplied with the mix. The original post did not record the box weight, muffin yield, oven temperature, or baking time, so this is a record of the ingredient combination rather than a complete tested baking schedule for a different mix.
I served the muffins with slices of Gala apple and liked this combination best of my pumpkin-muffin experiments so far. For a pumpkin bake with recorded amounts and baking directions, see these iced pumpkin cookies with walnuts.
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