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Citrus Chocolate Cupcakes

SUBMITTED BY: Sara Zignego PHOTO BY: Linda

"'My mom and I first tried these moist chocolaty cupcakes at her health club's annual taste test,' notes Sara Zignego of Hartford, Wisconsin. 'Not only are these treats light and delicious, they're easy to make!"

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PREP TIME	20 Min
COOK TIME	15 Min
READY IN	35 Min

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INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 cup water
3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar

DIRECTIONS

In a bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Combine the orange juice, water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in chocolate chips. Coat muffin cups with nonstick cooking spray or use paper liners; fill half full with batter. Bake at 375 degrees F for 13-16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Just before serving, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

FOOTNOTES

This recipe does not use eggs.
Nutritional Analysis: One cupcake equals 155 calories, 5 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 204 mg sodium, 26 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 2 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1 fat.

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REVIEWS

Reviewed on Feb. 5, 2008 by Chai

I make these cupcakes in the mini cupcake trays with a little bit of orange zest added to the... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2007 by chellebelle

OK for a snack, though I don't think I'd serve it as a dessert to guests. The recipe... MORE

Reviewed on May 25, 2008 by Linda

Thanks for this recipe...the orange flavour was very subtle even though I added some orange... MORE

Reviewed on May 3, 2008 by dbmooncloud

Healthy but not enough chocolate flavor. The citrus was nice though. MORE

Reviewed on Oct. 24, 2007 by jax

We really enjoyed this recipe, although they were quite dry, more like chocolate cookies. A... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 18, 2007 by JERPET

They taste better after they've been refrigerated for a few hours. The chocolate chips help... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 28, 2007 by Hugatunity

These cupcakes were a bit dissapointing. Instead of being moist, mine came out fairly dry, and... MORE