Blueberry Pie Filling Cupcakes

You have got to try these easy 3 ingredient blueberry pie filling cupcakes. The perfect little dessert bite baked in a mini muffin tin that takes just 15 minutes to bake to perfection. With a dollop of frosting these cute fruit cupcakes are the best!

We had a long weekend off so my girls and I got to baking! We like really easy recipes and were thrilled at how well our 3 ingredient blueberry pie filling dump cake cupcakes turned out! Now on the list as one of our favorite easy dump cake recipes!

Mini Blueberry Cupcakes

We are all too familiar with the traditional blueberry dump cake recipe but I like this method better. It’s lighter and rises much more than previous recipes we’ve tried. They were so delicious, moist, and only took about 5 minutes to put together before throwing them into the oven to rise.

You could easily use other types of pie filling like cherry but my very favorite pie, cake, pastry, and fruit in general is that blueberry flavor. I am sure we will continue on with the others in the future since this one turned out so well. 😉

We started fooling with the “old fashioned” dump cake idea when we got our pressure cooker and made this yummy Instant Pot dump cake. We used apple pie filling for that one and it was really yummy!

I kept thinking because I thought it would be even easier if I could transfer that idea into cupcakes. Even better, using mini cupcake pan so you could pop them into your mouth. I mean what a yummy breakfast or dessert right? They were a real hit. Yep, this is what you’re going to need. If you’ve made a dump cake in the past you typically don’t use eggs, rather you use butter.

I found that those came out really flat and didn’t rise very much at all no matter what device you were cooking them in. I prefer my baked goods to rise and be fluffy so I knew substituting eggs for that butter would probably do the trick and they did!

What Cake Mix to Use

You are going to start with a box of store bought Cake mix. I use white cake mix or yellow cake mix, you could use really any flavor or brand. I have yet to find blueberry flavor or I would grab that.

The way you make the batter is with a can of blueberry pie filling. This is a great way to change things up after this one…..

Can you use any pie filling flavor?

Yes!! Any fruit flavor will work for these, except lemon where there is not any real fruit included. Another option is that you can make your own pressure cooker apple pie filling to use instead so you can slice them into small bite size pieces.

Same method you see here with this easy blueberry pie filling dessert or dump cake. You can do the same thing with brownie mix! You would follow our cherry brownies recipe for that great idea.

And you will want a few eggs to complete the batter you will need to spoon into your mini muffin tin.

How Long to Bake Blueberry Pie Filling Cupcakes

Mini ones need about 11 minutes. If you wanted to bake in a regular muffin tin you would want to use our Cake Mix Blueberry Muffins timing for that. Adds about 6 minutes on to things but is more of a regular breakfast size. You can enjoy as is in the morning or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert with fresh blueberries on the top.

How to save leftovers

If you do have some left, allow them to reach room temperature. Store in an airtight container on the counter and enjoy within the next 3 days.

When you’re done enjoying this dessert you’ll love our blueberry cobbler with cake mix or cherry pie filling dump cake too!