Today we are sharing with you fun Cracker Jacks Cupcakes. Who doesn’t love Cracker Jacks? And combined in a cupcake! It’s pretty easy and will be the hit of the party.
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter (room temp).
- 2 egg whites.
- 2 eggs.
- 2 cups flour.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
- 1/2 tsp salt.
- 1/4 tsp baking soda.
- 3/4 cup milk.
- 1 1/2 cups sugar.
- 1 tsp vanilla bean extract.
- 1 tsp caramel extract.
- Caramel drizzle.
Cupcake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Set up your cupcake pan with liners.
- Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
- Now add sugar, caramel and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
- Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together.
- Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting.
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter.
- 3 C powder sugar.
- 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream.
- 1 TBSP buttered popcorn flavoring.
Frosting Directions:
- Add all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix until combined and stiff peaks.
- Top cupcake with frosting, drizzle caramel and top with popcorn.
Cracker Jacks Cupcakes Recipe
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter room temp.
- 2 egg whites.
- 2 eggs.
- 2 cups flour.
- 1 tsp baking powder.
- 1/2 tsp salt.
- 1/4 tsp baking soda.
- 3/4 cup milk.
- 1 1/2 cups sugar.
- 1 tsp vanilla bean extract.
- 1 tsp caramel extract.
- Caramel drizzle.
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter.
- 3 C powder sugar.
- 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream.
- 1 TBSP buttered popcorn flavoring.
Instructions
Cupcake Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Set up your cupcake pan with liners.
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Using a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
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In a separate large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer or Kitchenaid on medium to high for 30 seconds.
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Now add sugar, caramel and vanilla to the butter and beat until combined.
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Add egg whites, and eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
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Alternate, the flour mixture and milk to butter mixture, beating on low speed until everything is well mixed together.
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Fill the cupcake pan liners 2/3 with cake batter.
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Bake for 18-20 minutes.
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Remove cupcakes from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes before frosting.
Frosting Directions
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Add all ingredients into a standing mixer and mix until combined and stiff peaks.
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Top cupcake with frosting, drizzle caramel and top with popcorn.
Acacia Cordero
How many cupcakes does this recipe make?
Jill
Hi Acacia – we made 12 with this specific recipe.
thebetschool
They look extremely delicious! i wish I could cook them, but I am not an expert of cooking sweet or deserts(
Laura
These look so delicious! YUM! 🙂
Grace H
This looks delicious! I love the buttery carmel flavors that are in these!
tiffany dayton
I love Cracker Jacks. I want to make this. Got to be good.