We are trying low sugar desserts at my house this summer. The first one we tried making were these Yankee Doodle Cupcakes. These look and taste yummy. Both JDaniel and Danny loved them. I took them to a play date JDaniel had with his friend Jake. Jake and his mom loved them too.
Ingredients:
1 box of yellow cake mix
12-oz can of diet cherry cola
1 tub of fat-free cool whip
1 tsp. of blue sugar-free jello
1 tsp. of red sugar-free jello
Directions:
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Mix the diet pop with the cake mix.
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Pour into a greased or sprayed baking pan or 24 cupcake pan.
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Bake according to box directions, but check often.
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Mix together half the cool whip with 1 tsp of blue jello. Frost half the cupcakes.
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Mix together half the cool whip with 1 tsp of red jello and frost the remaining cupcakes.
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After cake or cupcakes have cooled, top with cool whip and jello mixture.
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Enjoy!
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That sounds really tasty actually! I’m all for saving calories whenever possible.
What an interesting recipe. They look good!
Cupcakes sound soooo good right now and yours look awesome!!
Hhmm… this looks interesting. Jello and coolwhip you say? Hhmm…
Ooooh…I am going to have to try this!! Thank you for sharing!!
These actual sound very tasty! I am saving the recipe!
Your cupcakes do look Xcellent~ I’ll all for sugar free 🙂
Very cute cupcakes. I can’t do the diet stuff. Highly allergic but love the idea and the patriotic theme! So yummy looking! Anne
What a yummy stop on our little journey through Alphabe-Thursday’s letter “X”!
I make those sometimes. I always put in two egg whites, though, which is what my original recipe said.
Have you tried the peach cobbler like this? It works well, too.
Thank you for linking up this week.
This was an X-cellent post!
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what a funny little recipe! I bet they were delic though! Cool X-cellent post for X week!
I all for sugar free … well as of last week at least … great idea!
This sounds like it would be a good recipe to make for my mom. She’s diabetic. Thanks for sharing. Great post.
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What an interesting combination of ingredients! They look so inviting!
Sounds like a really good summer desert!
Yum- these sound great! BTW, I’m from Greenville! Was just there a couple of weekends ago in fact!
Interesting recipe. May have to try that out.
Well that sounds fun! Does the cola make the cake light and airy with lots of little air bubles? Oops, I mean bubbles… I just saw Michael Buble in concert, and apparently still have Buble on the brain. 🙂
These sound really good, I bet they are nice and light. And they sound like fun to make, what kid wouldn’t want to cook with soda pop?? Great choice for X. Kat
Now xactly how do you spell xcellent? Tasty post;-) Peace and blessings
Yummy! Thanks for the healthier way of making cupcakes!
Yummy! Those sound delicious!
Oh oH Oh,…can’t wait to try this one out! Thanks!!
I just barely noticed you linked me with “Things that will cost you” and it made my night even better just getting back from the Eclipse premiere! Thanks, I’m totally honored. Now…what is with the cupcake posts on everyone’s blogs? I’ll take a dozen of those.
Carrie
http://www.the5thgirl.com
Wow! Who would have thunk adding diet coke to yellow cake mix?
Sounds yummy. But how do you spell X-cell-ent, again??
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna’s X-words
Just in time for the holidays – I wonder if I can put a Canadian twist to the name!
Yum! And it looks easy!
Xtra calories are not a good thing! Thanks for sharing your Xcellent recipe!
Looks yummy! Love the patriotic theme.
Sounds good. This weekend we are making red white and blue cake balls. I’ll have to post them.
Clever idea! I remember a version of this cake. Like the idea of using the jellow to flavor and color the cool whip.
Happy 4th! ~ Sarah
Thanks for stopping by. And for posting this recipe. I might try them this weekend. We have some family coming in and I’m always up for festive treats to share with the kiddoes.
Hope you come back and visit again!
Hmm never thought about adding soda to a cup cake recipe. Thanks! :o)
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 😀
This looks fun and easy and I haven’t used jello in a long time so this I’d love to do!
Xtra fun X post! And probably the only way I could get my family to eat jello 😉 .
Blessings,
Catherine 🙂
Sold! I’m gonna try that one…
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yummmmy! i love the sound of the red cherry cola in it! yummy! yummy ! yummy!
shell
gypsylmeonade.blogspot.com
The diet cherry cola was an unusual ingredient, but they sound good!
Sounds good, I am always looking for lower sugar recipes since I am diabetic.
I have never seen a recipe with diet cherry cola in it – very unusual.
I’m not very good at cakes. These sound delicious. I wonder how much I could mangle this recipe 🙂
I have issues with artifical sweetners, you might want to try Agave or honey, you can use less and it is better for you.
Yummy! This is an interesting recipe!
yummy x post..
smiles!
Just what the diabetic with a sweet tooth ordered!!!! Awesome recipe!
I’ve done the cakes with the diet soda. It’s amazing how well it works. And everyone eats them. I love these, and who would have thought to use jell-o powder with the cool whip. Nice! X-cellent use of the letter X.
what a fun recipe…i will definitely try these…how fun!
Mmmm… the ingredients sound yum. What a kid friendly, fun, and unusual, festive recipe. Thank you.
OOooo a surprise twist for the grandchildren…
these are bound to please some revelers at my house! So much fun!!!
Thank you ever so for your kind words on my prose work. It meant a great deal 🙂
Happy x day!
Wow…looks easy and delicious…my kind of recipe =)
Thanks for sharing!
Yummy!!!
Looks yummy! Visiting from Mom Loop and linking this to The Coupon Cupboard Facebook page for you!
I love red, white and blue cupcakes….bkm
They look yummy and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing.
These are so fun and look so yummy!
those look de-lish!!! 🙂
marci
tristatecruisers at yahoo dot com
I love the ingredients and thank-you for posting such a delicious recipe!