Chocolate-Coconut Jumbo Pie Cupcakes

6 Reviews

Prep: 30 min
Ready In: 1 hr 30 min

“Pie is the new cupcake--but don't choose between the two. One of our Top 10 Pies to Try has a mini-pie baked into a cupcake.” - by Pillsbury®

Ingredients

1 box Pillsbury® refrigerated pie crusts, softened as directed on box
1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding
1 1/3 cups water*
1/2 cup vegetable oil*
3 large eggs*
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup shredded coconut
1 (16 ounce) container vanilla whipped ready-to-eat frosting

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Original recipe yields 12 cupcakes

Directions

Heat oven to 450 degrees F. Remove pie crusts from pouches; unroll on work surface. Cut six 4 3/4-inch rounds from each crust. Firmly press 1 round in bottom and up the sides of each of 12 nonstick jumbo muffin cups. Bake 5 minutes
Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Make cake batter as directed on box. Place 1 tablespoon chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon coconut in each pastry-lined muffin cup. Top with cake batter, dividing evenly among muffin cups.
Bake 30 to 33 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost with frosting. Top each with 1 teaspoon coconut.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
647 cal
32%

Fat
33.5 g
52%

Carbs
84.6 g
27%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Lilcat

Nov. 11, 2011

"I have made this as a large pie topped at serving time with whipped cream. It has always gotten raves. I recommend it!..." See more"

sausha

Mar. 19, 2012

"Love them!! Although it says to parbake for 5 mins.. I did...I think you can skip this...Mine came out very crunchy...I think cooking all at once would do just fine.. But still tastes totally amazing!..." See more"

Miss Cooks Alot

Apr. 22, 2012

"This s a simple and great tasting recipe. My family loved the surprise of finding the pie crust. I also did a batch using peanut butter chips & Choc chips in the pie crust instead of coconut, & made a..." See more fluffy peanut butter frosting. They were awesome!"

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