Trim Healthy Mama Magic Salted Caramel Cupcake Review

If The Salesman likes something, you really should try it. I’m regularly trying new Trim Healthy Mama recipes, and he is usually willing to be a taste tester. When I served him a Trim Healthy Mama Magic Salted Caramel Cupcake and he took a bite, he asked me if he could really eat that cupcake – like I had given him something really good and he wasn’t sure he should be eating it. Then he asked if he could have another one!

This cupcake is a winner.

True to Trim Healthy Mama form, it has a vegetable hidden in it. It was all I could do to not blurt out to him that he was eating vegetables. After he had eaten several, I did finally blurt out: “You are eating beans!” It did not phase his eating of the cupcakes.

The Trim Healthy Mama Salted Caramel Cupcakes are magically delicious.

There is no flour in this recipe, and while normally that might mean these cupcakes would taste a little different than what one would expect from a traditional cupcake, the taste and texture of these cupcakes are perfect. I was a bit skeptical about making them because, well… beans. My skepticism continued after processing the great northern beans in the blender. The batter was runny, even after adding all the ingredients. I used two 15 ounce cans of beans and was not certain that these were going to be good to eat as a dessert, or if I’d need to serve them with salsa and chips. When they came out of the oven, they looked like normal cupcakes and smelled good as they cooled on the counter. The icing was easy to make, as was the optional caramel sauce topping. In my opinion, the caramel sauce is not optional. Make the caramel sauce. My icing was not as fluffy or firm looking like the picture in the cookbook, but it was delicious. Be sure to refrigerate your cupcakes for at least four hours before serving to get rid of any bean taste. I made the cupcakes one afternoon and we had them the following evening. Good things come to those who wait!

I really think you could satisfy a critic with these Magic Salted Caramel Cupcakes. They satisfied The Salesman. Two thumbs up, Mamas. No, three thumbs up, one of my Lisa friends tried two of them. It is hard to eat just one – and then you’ll want a fork to be sure to get every last morsel off the cupcake liners. Seriously good cupcakes. Here is where you can find all the details so that your picky eater can enjoy them with you:

Cookbook: Trim Healthy Table

Chapter: Cakes

Page: 379
Recipe: Magic Salted Caramel Cupcakes
Serving: Makes 16 cupcakes
Fuel: S – Satisfying

I may have put the caramel sauce topping on while it was too warm… no complaints on eating the mistakes.

Enjoy!