Easy Twinkie Cupcakes

I’m crazy about these Twinkie Cupcakes! I have loved Twinkies since I was a kid and these taste just like them.

Twinkie Cupcakes

Twinkies are just so nostalgic, aren’t they? Most adults nowadays have a childhood memory of Twinkies. Be sure to also try or copycat Hostess Cupcakes!

Ingredients You’ll Need

• 1 box of Yellow Cake Mix
• 4 Eggs
• 3/4 of a cup of Oil
• 1 small box of Vanilla Instant Pudding
• 3/4 of a cup of Water
• 1/2 a cup of Shortening
• 1 cup of Marshmallow Creme
• 2 cups of Powdered Sugar
• 4 teaspoons of Milk
• 1 teaspoon of Vanilla

How To Make Twinkie Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake liners into your cupcake pan.
2. Place your cake mix, eggs, oil, instant pudding, and water into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
3. Fill cupcake foils about 3/4 of the way full.
4. Bake for 20 minutes and let cool.
5. Place your shortening, marshmallow, sugar, milk, and vanilla into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
6. Cut a slit in the middle of each cupcake.
7. I used a medicine syringe, filled it with the filling, and filled each cupcake center.
8. Serve and enjoy!

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Twinkie Cupcakes

Jill

I’m crazy about these Twinkie cupcakes! I have loved Twinkies since I was a kid (they’re just so nostalgic, aren’t they?) and these taste just like them.

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Prep: 10 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 30 minutes mins

Servings: 12 cupcakes

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 box Yellow Cake Mix
• ▢ 4 large Eggs
• ▢ 3/4 cup Oil
• ▢ 1 box Vanilla Instant Pudding
• ▢ 3/4 cup Water
• ▢ 1/2 cup Shortening
• ▢ 1 cup Marshmallow Creme
• ▢ 2 cups Powdered Sugar
• ▢ 4 teaspoons Milk
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake foils into your cupcake pan.
• Place your cake mix, eggs, oil, instant pudding, and water into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
• Fill cupcake foils about 3/4 of the way full.
• Bake for 20 minutes and let cool.
• Place your shortening, marshmallow, sugar, milk, and vanilla into a mixing bowl and mix until smooth.
• Cut a slit in the middle of each cupcake.
• I used a medicine syringe, filled it with the filling, and filled each cupcake center.
• Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 527kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 4gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 393mgPotassium: 46mgSugar: 51gVitamin A: 100IUCalcium: 103mgIron: 1.2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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