From Better Homes and Gardens

Mini candy bars are baked inside each little cake to make this dessert. A brownie mix makes these cupcakes super easy to prepare.

Fudge Brownie Surprise Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Reminiscent of the popular store-bought favorites, these chocolate cream-filled cupcakes are a hit with kids and with adults.

Cream-Filled Cupcakes

From Family Circle

These grown-up cupcakes taste like a cup of coffee spiced with cinnamon and allspice. The creamy coffee frosting is easy to make adding instant coffee to canned white frosting.

Coffee Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

For a quick and easy shortcut, start with bakery cupcakes or prepare from a cake mix. Top each cupcake with a circle of frosty ice cream and the embellishments of your choice.

German Chocolate Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Red-Velvet Cupcakes

From EatingWell

This versatile icing is ideal for piping, but it can also be thinned with water and painted over cookies; it dries to a beautiful matte finish. To avoid health concerns about uncooked eggs, use pasteurized egg whites. You can find both refrigerated cartons of pasteurized egg whites and convenient pasteurized dried egg whites in most supermarkets.

Decorator Icing

From Betty Crocker

Three easy steps make red, white and blue cupcakes ready for a grand celebration.

Flag Cupcake Cake

From Better Homes and Gardens

A lemon juice and sugar glaze ensures these mini-cakes stay moist for days.

Lemon Cupcakes

From Better Homes and Gardens

Make one awesome dessert with just three simple steps. Slice a cupcake in half, fill with ice cream and drizzle with a cherry and pecan sauce.

Chocolate Cupcake Ice Cream Sandwiches

From Better Homes and Gardens

Baby chocolate cakes, baked in mini muffin pans, offer a blank palette for your inner artist. Dress them up with raspberries, a dab of icing topped with a pecan, chocolate curls, or toasted coconut.

Mini Cocoa Cakes

From Family Circle

Turn old-fashioned black walnut cake into cupcakes. The cupcakes are gently spiced with cardamom while walnut extract boosts the nuttiness. They're easy to tote so keep them in mind for summer picnics.

Black Walnut Cupcakes

From The Food Channel

A modern take on a retro classic, these moist chocolaty-rich red velvet cupcakes topped with indulgent cream cheese frosting travel great and make serving carefree and easy for parties and family get-togethers.

Aunt Jeans Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

From Family Circle

Not everyone would call these rich chocolate desserts cupcakes. But they're baked in cupcake liners, and the milk chocolate is so luscious that you won't care what they're called.

Chocolate Mousse Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Use sugar cookies as ready-made crusts for these blueberry-studded miniature cheesecakes.

Cheesecake Cupcakes With Blueberries

From Midwest Living

Wheat germ adds flavor and nutrients to these delicious and delightful little cakes.

Kansas Sunflower Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Rainbow Cupcakes

From Family Circle

Always a hit at potlucks and family gatherings, this yummy cupcake recipe is prepared with a blend of fruit-flavored baby food. Cream cheese frosting and ground pecans finish off this dessert.

Babycakes

From Family Circle

Just in case guests can't tell these jumbo cupcakes are made with a standard carrot cake batter, use tinted icing to draw carrots on top of the yummy cream cheese icing.

Carrot Cupcakes

From Midwest Living

The popular spiced tea drink was the inspiration for this dessert. Using a cake mix makes it easy to prepare.

Chai Cupcakes

From Family Circle

The strawberry garnish hints at the surprise you'll find when you bite into one of these cupcakes. They're marbled with cooked strawberries that were swirled through the batter.

Berry-Capped Strawberry Cupcakes

From Family Circle

These chocolate cupcakes are reminiscent of a giant peanut butter cup. Use a large pastry bag to squeeze the peanut butter filling into the cupcakes and top with a swirl of chocolate frosting.

Choco-Peanut Cupcakes

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Bite-Size Ginger Cupcakes with Lemon-Cream Cheese Frosting

From Family Circle

Set out a plate of these mocha cupcakes near the coffeemaker at work and your co-workers will come asking for the recipe. For a different filling, vary the extract flavors. Try orange, raspberry, or even vanilla.

Coconut Cream-Filled Chocolate-Coffee Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Chocolate-Chip Carrot-Cake Cupcakes

From Taste of the South

Coconut-Pecan Cupcakes