These Skinny Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes won't make you guilty for a sweet indulgence because they are a little bit healthier than normal cupcakes. If you are doing Weight Watchers, this will be a great Weight Watchers recipe when your sweet tooth rears its head.
Skinny Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
I love recipes with limited ingredients; this one is perfect with only three ingredients. I actually had what I needed in the pantry and had these whipped up in no time.
Ingredients Needed for Skinny Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
- I box of Betty Crocker Super Moist Cherry Chip cake mix
- 1 cup of nonfat vanilla yogurt
- 1 cup of water
How to Make Skinny Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Add the dry cake mix, yogurt, and water to a mixing bowl
Spray a regular-sized muffin pan
The cake mix box says that the mix should make 24 cupcakes. This was not the case for me. It only made 15 cupcakes for me, and I didn't overfill the cups. I think when you are using this baking technique there isn't as much batter as when you make the cake mix traditionally.
You could also make mini muffins, but you will need to adjust the baking time accordingly.
Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes. I didn't find these cupcakes browned very much on top, but they puff up like a regular cupcake. They are also very moist!
Weight Watchers Points
If you are counting your points with Weight Watchers this is a great recipe. I used the recipe builder to figure points.
It is 5 points per cupcake for the blue, green, and purple myWW plans. This is based on making 15 cupcakes. I used the Fit and Active brand of yogurt from Aldi.
On the current Weight Watchers Program (2023), it is 6 points per cupcake. This is without any frosting. This compares to 10 points if you prepare the cake mix with oil.
Obviously it is always a good idea to check points yourself based on what brands of food you buy.
SKINNY CHERRY VANILLA CUPCAKES RECIPE
What is your favorite way to make food a little bit skinnier? Be sure to check out all my Weight Watchers posts for more recipes, ideas, and motivation!
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- 1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Cherry Chip cake mix
- 1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
- 1 cup water
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Add the dry cake mix, yogurt and water to a mixing bowl.
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Mix on medium until well blended.
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Spray a regular sized muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
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Spoon batter into muffin tin filling each cup about 1/2 to 2/3 full.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes.
The cake mix box says that the mix should make 24 cupcakes. This was not the case for me. It only made 15 cupcakes for me and I didn't overfill the cups. I think when you are using this baking technique there isn't as much batter as when you make the cake mix traditionally.
You could also make mini muffins, but you will need to adjust the baking time accordingly.
I calculated that these muffins are 5 points each if you make 15 muffins for the green, blue and purple myWW plans.
On the current Weight Watchers Program (2023), it is 6 points per cupcake if you make 15 cupcakes. This is without any frosting. This compares to 10 points if you prepare the cake mix with oil.
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Could you use plain Greek yogurt?
I haven’t tried it..but let me know if you do and how it turns out.