Cute vanilla snowman cupcakes with only 143.5 calories each

Blogger Gina Homolka at SkinnyTaste serves up recipes that are fun and healthy - even cupcakes! From her about page:

On Skinnytaste, you'll find healthy dishes that don't sacrifice any of the flavor that can be found in their full-fat origins. Gina knows all the food she prepares for Skinnytaste is tasty and satisfying, because after all, this is the same food she cooks on a daily basis for her friends and family, and they are some of her toughest critics!

She caught my eye with these very cute vanilla snowman cupcakes.



The recipe involves Duncan Hines Cake Mix and Chobani yogurt, whose nutritional stats clock in at:

Servings: 24 • Size: 1 cupcake • Old Points: 3 pts • Points+: 4 pts* (3 pts no frosting)Calories: 143.5 • Fat: 2.7 g • Carbs: 27.3 • Fiber: 0 • Protein: 2.1 g • Sugar: 19.6Sodium: 143.2 mg

And if you just can't get enough, she's got lots more recipes on her site. Here are two of the cupcake ones:


super moist low fat chocolate cupcakes with chocolate glaze


pink lemonade confetti cupcakes

You can also follow SkinnyTaste on Facebook and @SkinnyTaste on Twitter.

Extreme animal cupcake cuteness: strawberry pigs, vanilla chicks and chocolate sheep

These extra cute animal cupcakes just made me smile very widely! How adorable. The pigs are strawberry, the chicks vanilla and the sheep chocolate. They're by The Perfectionist Confectionist via this Facebook album in North County Dublin (Malahide & Kinsealy), who can be reached at info at perfectionistconfectionist.com or 01 8074379 / 087 6919838.




I absolutely couldn't resist the closeups - those faces!!

Very cute turkey cupcakes plus s'mores, snickerdoodle, Cherry Coke, tiramisu, bubble gum, Boston cream pie and more by Sweet Peaks Cupcakery

These Thanksgiving and other luscious cupcakes are from the Facebook page of Estes Park, Colorado bakery Sweet Peaks Cupcakery; the people who run it also run Schmidt's Bakery in Loveland, Colorado. Enjoy!




s'mores!


snickerdoodle


Cherry Coke cupcakes (I thought these were cotton candy!)


tiramisu


bubble gum




Boston cream pie


cherry almond

More information:

Schmidt's Bakery
808 SW 14th St.
Loveland, CO 80537

Sweet Peaks Cupcakery
370 East Elkhorn Ave.
Estes Park, CO 80517

Two-eyed and four-eyed turkey cupcakes by Man Bakes Cake

Major turkey cupcake cuteness (hi, candy corn, and hi, turkey with four eyes!) by New York City's Man Bakes Cake, via Facebook, where you can see some of their amazing, totally amazing, over-the-top cakes. And some holiday cupcakes - get your orders in now! Email martinez_rudy at msn.com for inquiries.


turkeys!


"Christmas Cranberry Cupcake." Orange-Cardamom Spice cake filled with Mulled Wine Cranberry Curd, Pomegranate Buttercream and Sugared Cranberry.


Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream and Gingerbread Men.


Red Velvet Cake filled with Chocolate Ganache and topped with Eggnog Buttercream.


Red velvet cupcake with eggnog buttercream.


"Naughty and Nice Cupcakes." Red Velvet Cake filled with Spicy Chocolate Ganache and topped with Milk Chocolate Buttercream.

Turkey, pie, green beans: Thanksgiving dinner on a cupcake

Happy Thanksgiving!!

These fun Thanksgiving dinner cupcakes are by custom cupcake company It's My Treat by Janice, in Charlotte, North Carolina, via their Flickr account. You can inquire about orders at itsmytreatbyjanice at gmail.com can also find them on their website and Facebook.







All the place settings in neat rows:

Pool ball cupcakes and Cranberry Lake by Moxie Cupcake

Fun custom cupcake order and seasonal Cranberry Lake, Thanksgiving cupcakes and pretty white cupcakes by New Paltz, located at 215 Main Street, New York bakery Moxie Cupcake, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at 845-255-CAKE (2253).




Cranberry Lake cupcake: Moist Pumpkin cake filled with chunks of cranberries topped with Brown Sugar crumble and Vanilla Bean Buttercream & a Sugared Cranberry.

Christmas tree, snowflake, holly and flower cupcakes by Cherry on the Cake

Christmas and other cute cupcakes by the custom cupcake company Cherry on the Cake in Hampshire, UK, via their Facebook page. They can be reached at cherryonthecake at ntlworld.com.














and a fun giant cupcake

Cake pops with scarves and earmuffs!

By Sweet Tooth Cake Pops & More in Whitby, Ontario, Canada, via Facebook. They can be reached at sweettoothcakepops at yahoo.com or 416-668-9602.

Most creative sunflower cupcake I've ever seen

These are all by Zoey Cakes of Baldwinsville, New York, via their Flickr account. Get more information at zoeycakes.com and Facebook page and call 617-320-3590 for more information.


yes, this is a sunflower cupcake!


gingerbread cupcake with vanilla buttercream, topped with a gingerbread cookie


fondant hydrangea cupcake

These cupcakes are ready for their close ups!

These gorgeous cupcakes are all by Hundreds & Thousands Cupcakes in Bristol, UK, via their Facebook page. Stunning! They can be reached at sales at handtcupcakes.co.uk or +44 774-591-4242.

Horses, Wild Things, Angry Birds and nautical cupcakes from Charlotte Cupcake Cousins

These horse cupcakes blow me away...I can't stop staring at them! They're all by Charlotte Cupcake Cousins in Charlotte, North Carolina, run by cousins Danielle and Britt, who can be reached at charlottecupcakecousins at gmail.com and can also be found on Facebook. I discovered them because they're participating in this Saturday's Small Business Saturday so if you're an American Express cardmember, check this out (more on other participating bakeries soon):

If you are participating in Small Business Saturday, the day after Black Friday, please think about giving the gift of cupcakes!

Contact us at charlottecupcakecousins at gmail.com to order a gift certificate. 24 cupcakes for $48.










chocolate on chocolate cupcake with raspberry and chocolate garnish