Chewy Chocolate Caramel Cupcakes

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CARAMEL CUPCAKES

Ingredients:

8 Milky Way® candy bars

2 1/2 cups of flour

1/2 tsp. baking soda

2 cups sugar

2 tsp. vanilla

2 sticks margarine

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup buttermilk

4 eggs

Instructions:

– Preheat oven to 300 degrees.

– Melt the Milky Way® candy bars and 1 stick of margarine on low to medium heat in a pan over the stove.

– Sift the flour and the salt together.

– Mix the baking soda with the buttermilk.

– Cream the other stick of margarine with the sugar and the eggs.

– Add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the cream mixture.

– Next add the melted candy bar mixture and vanilla.

– Line cupcake pans with liners and fill 3/4 with mixture.

– Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cupcake comes out clean.

CARAMEL BUTTERCREAM ICING

Ingredients:

1 bag of Kraft® caramels

1/4 cup milk

1 stick butter

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1/4 tsp. vanilla

Instructions:

– Melt 25 caramels in a sauce pan over low to medium heat.

– Once all the caramels have melted remove them from heat and mix in the milk.

– Sift the powered sugar.

– Cream together the butter, powered sugar, and vanilla on high for 3 minutes.

– Add the cooled caramel mixture and mix on high for 2 minutes.

– Generously frost your (completely cooled) cupcakes.