Do you prefer Apple Pie or Cupcakes for dessert? Pfft, I say why choose when you can have the best of both worlds!
If you’ve never had surprise cupcakes, you’ll love them! They are so easy to make yet look impressive (and taste amazing)! These Apple Pie Cupcakes are soft and fluffy cinnamon infused cupcakes with a surprise apple pie filling in the center!
To make these you will whip up your favorite white cake batter (with a touch of cinnamon added in) and top with a little bit of apple pie filling (store bought or homemade). There’s no need to add extra batter on top of the pie filling, it finds its way to the center of the cupcake! We serve these warm with ice cream or whipped cream. The pie filling makes these exceptionally moist and delicious.
Things you’ll need for this recipe
* apple pie filling (or homemade) * white cake mix * cupcake pan * cupcake liners *
Ingredients
- 14.25 ounces white cake mix 1 box, plus ingredients required on the box for cupcakes
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 22 ounces apple pie filling 1 can, or 1 recipe Homemade Apple Pie Filling
- whipped cream or ice cream, for topping, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F & line cupcake pan with liners.
- Make cupcake batter according to box directions. Stir in cinnamon.
- Chop apple pie filing into bite sized pieces.
- Add 3 tablespoons of cake batter to each cupcake liner. Place 1 slightly heaped tablespoon of pie filling on top of the batter.
- Bake 18-20 minutes.
- Top with ice cream or whipped cream.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dessert
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* Homemade Stove Top Apple Pie Filling * Cherry Pie Cupcakes * Apple Pie Tacos * Oven Baked Apple Pie Roll Ups *
I am so glad I stumbled upon this recipe! I cannot wait to make these tonight!
I hope you loved them as much as we did!
I made these last night, my husband will not eat “filled cupcakes” and does not eat apple pie. Guess what? He did and my whole family loved them! This will be on our new favorites! Thank you!
I’m so glad everyone loved them! :D
I don’t care for the taste of boxed cake mixes. Do you think a recipe for homemade white or yellow cake would work just as well?
I’ve only tried the recipe as written but yes, I think that would work well!
I have made these several times & they are delicious. When I cook them, the pie filling goes all the way to the bottom & there is no batter on the bottom of the cupcake. I have to turn them upside down to eat them so the pie filling doesn’t fall out. I have tried cooking a small amount of the batter then adding the rest of the batter & the pie filling. Still didn’t work. I have also used less pie filling & that didn’t work. Do you have any ideas for me to try? It would be appreciated.
Thank you
Hmm, I haven’t had that issue with mine. What brand of cake mix are you using (I’ve been using Betty Crocker). Have you been chopping the filling?
The best i have ever had thanks so much these gave me life!!!
We should store them in the fridge? Is it okay if i kept them out of the fridge for like ten hours i wanna make them as a gift
The cupcakes would be completely fine out of the fridge for 10 hours. I would not recommend leaving whipped cream out for that long so you could either choose a different frosting or add the whipped cream after.
Just made these with my personal tweaks. Used a French vanilla mix with extra cinnamon and topped them with a caramel cream cheese frosting! A winning recipe for sure- Thanks for sharing!
375 degrees what is that in gas mark
can i freeze then thaw, warm and eat at a later date?
I haven’t tried freezing them so I can’t say for sure if it would work or not.
Would topping them with a fluffy caramel frosting be to much??? How about using a spice cake mix?
I think both of those would be delicious Dianna!!
These were excellent and got rave reviews from the people I made them for. My only problem (which really isn’t that big a problem) was that my filling never really sunk into the batter. It just sat on top and maybe sunk slightly.
Could I use a yellw or golden butter cake mix instead of white?
Sure that would work perfectly!
Do you think I could use a gluten-free cake mix instead?
I haven’t baked with gluten free cake mix before. I can’t see why it wouldn’t work for you though.
I love these! I made them for my mom for Mother’s day. My mom’s favorite pie is dutch apple, so i made one cupcake without filling and crumbled it on top of the others. It was perfect and delicious.
made these yesterday took to work gone in a hour will make again was a hit
these look so good. how many cupcakes will this make? thank you
This will make 24 cupcakes.
These look and sound SO yummy, thank you for the recipe! Could I put streusel topping on them before baking, or do you think it would sink into the cupcakes with the pie filling?
The apple pie filling sinks so I’m not sure how that would work but it sure does sound delicious! If you do try it, I’d love to hear how it works out for you!
I did it with a crumb topping before baking. Just brown sugar, flour, butter and walnuts. It was soooo yummy with the topping too!
How do you store these after baking? In the fridge? They look amazing.
I store them in the fridge because they are so moist.
These look so perfectly delicious! I need about a dozen.
Thank you Mandy!
Such a genius idea!!! I bet these are amazing :)
Thank you Amy!