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Featured Brand: DUNCAN HINES

Makes 24 servings

This American Flag Cupcake Cake is the perfect patriotic picnic dessert…devil’s food engulfed with pretzels and peanut butter chips for a tasty treat.

INGREDIENTS

1 pkg (15.25 oz each) DUNCAN HINES Classic Devil’s Food Cake Mix

1 cup water

3 eggs

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cup crushed pretzel twists

3/4 cup peanut butter morsels

1 container (16 oz each) DUNCAN HINES Classic Chocolate Creamy Home-Style Frosting

1/4 cup blue nonpareils or jimmies

1/2 cup red nonpareils or jimmies

1/2 cup white nonpareils or jimmies

Star sprinkles

DIRECTIONS

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place liners in 24 muffin cups.

2.Beat cake mix, water, eggs, and oil in large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Fold in pretzels and peanut butter chips.

3.Divide batter evenly into muffin cups. Bake 16 to 19 minutes, until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely.

4.Frost cupcakes evenly with frosting. Pour sprinkles into 3 separate bowls. Dip 6 cupcakes in blue, 9 cupcakes in white, and 9 in red. Add star sprinkles to blue cupcakes.

5.Arrange cupcakes on serving platter to form a flag.

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