Fundamiddles

The Fundamiddles of Cupcakes

            It’s almost Halloween! I cannot believe how fast the fall is flying by and soon the Holiday season will be upon us! This means it is almost time for the tree, my favorite~ but first things first. Last week I bought a box of Betty Crocker’s Fundamiddles. 

I had wanted to try them for a while now, but I didn’t want to pay almost $4.00 for 12 labor intensive cupcakes. I had a coupon and managed to snag them on sale so I only ended up paying $1.50 for the box. Not too shabby :-) Since we all had a busy productive week, I decided to reward Tyler this afternoon and when he got home from school we made the cupcakes.

His job was to pour the ingredients into the bowl and mix.  Good Job Tyler!

Once they were mixed Tyler bailed on me. The melodic sounds of Sponge Bob were too hard to resist, he was lured away and I was left to finish up the job.  I started by filling the muffin cups up 1/3^rd of the way full. 

Then it was time to add the crème filling. You’re supposed to cut a corner of the prefilled packet and squeeze the filling into the center of the cupcake. The goal is to keep it in the center of the cupcake (it can’t touch the sides or it will leak out).  Well the filling is sort of marshmallow-fluff like and sticky, the packet was awkward to hold and I really couldn’t control the flow of crème filling to well. Aside from the sticky consistency, the rest was easy enough to fix, I ended up using a Ziploc as an icing bag and had much better results.

After the crème filling was added I used a small melon baller to cover the filling with the rest of the batter and then baked at 350 for 24 minutes. 

After cooling all the way I used my favorite Betty Crocker chocolate frosting to ice the cupcakes. Then I called Tyler back to the kitchen for his favorite part, the sprinkles. 

Once they were properly sprinkled we tasted them. I really wanted to like them. They reminded me of the Hostess cupcakes from my childhood and I was excited to make them.  Betty, I say this with all of the love in my heart, your Fundamiddles are no bueno. They are expensive, labor intensive and dont really taste all that well. That being said, you still make a rockin regular cake mix and my favorite chocolate frosting though,  so we can still be friends ;-)

Xoxo

The Mrs. 

PS Wait until you check out this curvy lady that moved into my house this fall...

Here is a sneak peak.........................................................................

She is absolutely stunning! 

I will be unveiling her soon stay tuned :-)