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Healthier caramel brownie cupcakes are an easy, from scratch recipe that is dense and chewy, with ooey-gooey caramel. #healthydessert #caramelbrownies
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Healthier Caramel Brownie Cupcakes
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 
Healthier caramel brownie cupcakes are dense and chocolate-y, and house a little surprise inside, caramel! Store bought caramels make for a quick filling. This is a brownie cupcake family and friends won't be able to get enough of.
Course: Dessert
Servings: 17 cupcakes
Ingredients
Ingredients:
  • 1 medium sweet potato {about ½ cup flesh}
  • 2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • ½ cup organic raw cane sugar
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • ½ medium avocado
  • ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ½ cups dark chocolate chips, divided
  • 17 store-bought caramels
  • Organic powdered sugar optional
Directions
Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F and line two {12 cup} muffin tin with 17 cupcake liners.

  2. Pierce the outside of the sweet potato and microwave for about 10 minutes, until soft to the touch. Set aside to cool.
  3. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.

  4. Scoop out the flesh of the sweet potato and place in the jar of a blender. Add the avocado, applesauce, milk, vanilla and eggs. Blend on low speed until smooth.

  5. Melt ¾ cup of the chocolate chips and add to the flour mixture. Add the sweet potato mixture and stir until combined. Fold in the remaining ¾ cup chocolate chips.

  6. Fill each cupcake liner with the batter, about ½ way up. Add one caramel and cover with the remaining batter.
  7. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until the tops of the cupcakes spring back when touched. Place on a wire rack to cool.
  8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, if desired.