Name: Gooey Brain Cupcakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes 24 servings.
Ingredients: 1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix; 14 thin vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped; 1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding; 1 cup cold milk; 1/4 cup powdered sugar; 2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping; 1 to 2 drops red food coloring

1 Review(s)

1 Hr(s) 10 Min(s) (incl. cooling)

15 Min(s) Prep

55 Min(s) Cook

Whip up a batch of Gooey Brain Cupcakes for your next Halloween party! Gooey Brain Cupcakes feature sweetened pudding piped on top of chocolate cupcakes to look like brains. As long as they're on a Halloween dessert table, that's perfectly OK!

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24 servings

Original recipe yields 24 servings

1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix

14 thin vanilla creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies, coarsely chopped

1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

1 cup cold milk

1/4 cup powdered sugar

2 cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

1 to 2 drops red food coloring

Let's Make It

Heat oven to 350°F.

Prepare cake batter as directed on package; stir in cookies. Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake 20 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pans 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

Beat pudding mix, milk and sugar in large bowl with whisk 2 min. Stir in COOL WHIP and food coloring; spoon into pastry bag fitted with round tip.

Pipe pudding mixture in zigzag pattern on tops of cupcakes to resemble brains, starting in center of each cupcake before filling in sides. Keep refrigerated.

Kitchen Tips

Tip 1

Make Ahead

Decorated cupcakes can be stored in refrigerator up to 8 hours before serving.

Tip 2

If You Don't Have a Piping Bag

Fill a resealable plastic food storage bag with pudding mixture; seal bag. Cut corner off bottom of bag, then squeeze pudding mixture from bag onto cupcakes.

Nutrition

Calories

210

Calories From Fat

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 12g

15%

Saturated Fat 3g

15%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 50mg

17%

Sodium 300mg

13%

Total Carbohydrates 25g

Dietary Fiber 0g

Sugars 16g

32%

Protein 3g

Vitamin A

Vitamin C

Calcium

Iron

10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

servings

Makes 24 servings.

* Nutrition information is estimated based on the ingredients and cooking instructions as described in each recipe and is intended to be used for informational purposes only. Please note that nutrition details may vary based on methods of preparation, origin and freshness of ingredients used.