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Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

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All the flavor of pumpkin pie gets packed into cupcakes with these delicious Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes! These Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes don’t just taste like pumpkin cake, they truly taste like pumpkin pie! If you are looking for a delicious fall dessert that is easy to make, you can’t go wrong with this Pumpkin Pie Cupcake Recipe!

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This weekend we will be celebrating my Grandfather’s 90th Birthday and I took on the task of creating the desserts for the event. I wanted to try some new recipes, and work with some flavors that made me think of fall (I’m kind of desperate for fall right now). I whipped up three kinds of cupcakes, Pecan Pie Cupcakes, Snickerdoodle Cupcakes & Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes. Everyone in my house had a different favorite, my husband liked the Pecan Pie ones, my daughter the Snickerdoodle cupcakes and I loved the Pumpkin Pie cupcakes. Today I will share my favorite with you – the Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes.

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

I was a bit worried that these pumpkin pie cupcakes would simply taste like pumpkin muffins and I was thrilled that they did not. These Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes also really do manage to truly have a pumpkin pie flavor to them. As I often do with cakes and cupcakes, I started with a cake mix. Typically I make my recipes from scratch, but I truly love my doctored cake mix recipes.

Pumpkin Cupcake Frosting

While these pumpkin pie cupcakes were delicious straight out of the oven, obviously a cupcake needs frosting. Pumpkin frosting, whipped frosting or cream cheese frosting – it’s a tough choice! Honestly all three would be great, but for these I went with a whipped cream frosting as it most closely replicated the pumpkin pie taste. For decoration I ended up cutting leaf shapes out of pie crust and dusting them with some cinnamon and sugar. They made for very cute pumpkin pie cupcake toppers.

I found the cookie cutters on Amazon. They are about 1.5-2″ in size and were absolutely perfect for this.

After cutting the leaves out, I placed them on parchment paper. Do NOT skip this step – trust me. I then brushed them with melted butter and sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on them. I baked them for about five minutes – you have to watch them very closely, not a put in the oven and walk away type of thing.

The leaves worked out really well as toppers for these Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes. I may have to try this with other toppings, I love how they turned out.

So yummy. I think these Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes will be come a regular fall cupcake and Thanksgiving dessert for me.

You can find the mini leaf cutters here!

PUMPKIN PIE CUPCAKES

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

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Servings: 24 Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 box Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil you might be able to substitute applesauce for the oil
  • 1 cup canned pumpkin
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Place 24 cupcake liners in cupcake pans.
  • In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, eggs, oil, pumpkin and cinnamon. Once all ingredients are combined, mix on medium speed for two minutes.
  • Fill cupcake liners with batter.
  • Bake for 17-22 minutes or until tops spring back lightly when touched.
  • Remove from oven and let cool on rack.
  • Frost with frosting of choice.
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Enjoy!

Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

Easy And Delicious Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes

About author Christi Johnstone of Love From The Oven

Christi is the baker, cook, blogger, food photographer, recipe developer and sprinkle lover behind Love From The Oven. As a busy mom, it's important to Christi that her recipes are family-friendly and picky eater approved. In addition to running Love From The Oven, Christi is the author of The My Little Pony Baking Book and Smart Cookie, and the co-author of Peeps-A-Licious.
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  1. steph l heston says

    September 7, 2012 at 4:51 am

    I am going to make these today and bring to work! I can’t wait to try these…as soon as I saw the post in my email about them my mouth started watering! Thanks for the recipe and I’ll post back after I make them! xoxo

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  2. Angela says

    September 10, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    I made these this weekend. So yummy!

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  3. Emily says

    October 10, 2012 at 10:13 am

    LOVEEE these! Sooo cute! How would I substitute the oil for apple sauce? Same measurements?

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  4. Garrett says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:58 am

    Yum! These look so *prasty!

    *(That’s “pretty” and “tasty” together!)

    Reply
  5. Madelyn Johnston-Plescia says

    September 5, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Can you tell me also where to get these darling cupcake liners……………?? iIwant to make these pumpkinc cupcakes jsut like your recipe and fill them in the matching liners like you did – thanks so much Madelyn

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  6. Vera Zecevic – Cupcakes Garden says

    November 21, 2013 at 10:46 am

    These leaves decoration is adorable, perfect fall dessert. I’ve featured this recipe on my blog, hoping that you don’t mind, but if you do, please contact me and I’ll remove it. All the best.

    Reply
  7. Ronda says

    October 11, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    Could these be made in a mini muffin pan? What about adding mini chocolate chips?

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    • Christi Johnstone says

      October 12, 2019 at 12:33 pm

      I haven’t tried making them in a mini pan, but like any other cupcakes, that should work, just adjust the baking time. And sure for chocolate chips!

      Reply
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