Gum Worm Cupcakes

Recipe courtesy Sandra Lee

Show: Food Network SpecialsEpisode: A Semi-Homemade Halloween with Sandra Lee

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (29)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(29)

Cook Time:
30 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
24 cupcakes

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: 20 min
Cook: 30 min
Total:: 1 hr 5 min

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Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 box devil's food cake mix
1 1/2 cups cola
3 eggs
1/2 cup canola oil

Frosting:

2 cans ready-to-spread white frosting
20 drops yellow food coloring
10 drops red food coloring
1 1/2 teaspoons orange extract
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted

Garnish:

48 candy worms
1/2 package chocolate cookies, crushed

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Place cupcake papers in muffin pans. Set aside.

In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, cola, eggs, and oil. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping sides of bowl often. Fill cupcake papers 2/3 full with cake batter. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool in pan for 10 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on cooling racks before frosting.

In a medium mixing bowl, combine frosting, food colorings, orange extract and sifted powder sugar. Spoon frosting into a pastry bag or zip-top bag fitted with a 1/4-inch round decorating tip. Pipe the frosting on the cupcake by starting at the outside edge, circling twice and than working toward the center.

Finish cupcakes by sticking 2 candy worms into frosting and sprinkling tops with crushed cookies.

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recipe Gum Worm Cupcakes
shealyn Douglas, WY 10-24-2009
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HELP!!!
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

My nephews want to help me bake this year and I was wonder if it would be to complicated for them they are 4 and 6
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Nicole Floresville, TX 10-29-2008
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The kids LOVED them!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I didn't have any orange extract so I left that part out and I thought it was a bad thing, well apparently from other reviews... it wasn't. The children in my daughter's class just LOVED them they wanted to eat them before anything and every child had one. Which is amazing I mean there is ALWAYS a picky child in the bunch. I'm making them again for our family Halloween get together, they were fun and easy and everyone loves them! :)Read more
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Ashley Aberdeen, MD 10-16-2008
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Average Cupcake
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The cupcake tasted good, but I agree that I would not use the orange extract in the future. We did not like the strong... orange flavor. I also liked how the coke make the cake taste.Read more
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Kim San Diego, CA 11-01-2007
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Pretty good cupcake recipe - EASY
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The cupcakes turned out great, but they're more for the cuteness factor than the taste. They tasted pretty basic, but for... Halloween they were perfect.http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/images/myrecipebox/submit.gif http://images.foodnetwork.com/webfood/images/myrecipebox/submit.gif I would avoid using the orange extract again in the frosting because I'm not a big fan of orange-flavored things, but overall, these were a hit with my coworkers. Next time, I'm just going to use the food coloring and vanilla frosting!Read more
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Anonymous 11-01-2007
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Gum Worm cupcakes.. . not yummy
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

These cupcakes were a lot of fun to make, my step daughter was having a picnic around holloween and she wanted to make... cupcakes so we made a ton, we had a lot of fun making them and she loved putting the worms on (she's four) but everyone's response was that they were "interesting" maybe I did something wrong, everyone usually loves my cupcakes.. they look really neat. taste not so great. Even the kid didn't want more than half of one.Read more
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Michele Peru, IN 11-27-2006
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Halloween
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

Recipe was easy to follow & went over great with coworkers for halloween.