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Close-up of individual pineapple upside-down cupcakes. Each cupcake showcases pineapple chunks arranged in a circular pattern, crowned with a bright red cherry at the center. The cupcakes boast a golden-brown caramelized surface.
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Pineapple Upside Down Cupcakes Recipe

EASY cake mix pineapple upside down cupcakes in a muffin tin instead of cake is fun to cook with kids and costs $3.00 total for the whole recipe with ingredients from The Dollar Store.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time18 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cupcakes, pineapple
Servings: 18
Author: The Typical Mom

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix we used yellow, make as directed on box
  • 1 jar maraschino cherries
  • 1 can pineapple sliced or chunk, save juice to use in cake batter - 4 1" pieces per hole
  • 6 tbsp butter melted
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar

Instructions

  • Make yellow cake mix as directed (for deeper pineapple flavor use pineapple juice in place of water if that is needed in directions). Spray your muffin pan with non stick spray (I wouldn't use paper liners)
  • Melt butter and then whisk together with brown sugar. Spoon 1 tbsp into each muffin tin hole + 2-3 pieces of pineapple tidbits + 1 cherry in middle + pour batter on top of that (fill to 3/4 of the way full for each muffin hole). 
  • Bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for approx. 15 -18 min. or until top of cupcake springs back when touched gently in the center.
  • Cool tin on a cooling rack for 10 minutes before scooping out with a spoon or flipping pan over on to a large cutting board.

Nutrition

Serving: 2oz | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 209mg | Potassium: 13mg | Sugar: 12g | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 0.6mg