Pumpkin Spice Muffins (Like Dunkin Donuts)

Submitted by Mary Close

"These are meant to be a replica of the seasonal muffins Dunkin Donuts sells. My daughter said they taste better, she had three! They're moist and light. The house smelled great, too."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 24-30 muffins

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box spice cake mix
• 1 (30 ounce) can pumpkin puree
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant vanilla pudding
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon sour cream
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar

directions

1. 10/7/2010 -- OK -- lots of bad reviews -- I even noted at the bottom of my recipe that this has bad reviews and people continue to make and complain. This also has really good reviews, I've checked and double checked. If you're a cook and don't agree with the recipe -- move on to another recipe This is not my own, it came from Todd Wilbur who does the CopyCat recipes. I've made these -- they were great. If you think 30 oz. of Pumpkin is too much -- move in to another recipe, or use less. I am going to delete this, as my other recipe's have great reviews.
2. Preheat oven to 350. Mix together spice cake mix, pumpkin, pudding and vanilla. Add sour cream, eggs, oil and spice. When blended well, drop a large scoop of batter into lined muffin tins. Fill to the top. Sprinkle the tops with brown sugar. Bake for 30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
3. The first reviewer of this recipe thought a 30 ounce can of pumpkin was too much, but that is the correct amount, and it comes out wonderfully moist. I've given this recipe to people who've raved over the results. I'm sorry to the reviewer that it didn't work out. It's frustrating to invest in ingredients, only to be disappointed.

Reviews

[food snob mom]

One thing I noticed that may be causing some problems is that the recipe calls for an 18 1/4 ounce box of cake mix. The cake mix boxes I use are only 15.25 oz. I also use a small can of pumpkin which is 15 oz. Plus I modified the recipe as so many of you have done. Added the Baking Powder, extra sour cream, less pumpkin and it was delicious and moist! I also made a glaze to pour over the tops when they were done with confectioners sugar and some pumpkin spices and milk. I love the moistness of these muffins and they were very much like Dunkin Donuts.

 

[mom-2-many]

This is a great recipe except, I agree, it did not work with 30 oz pumpkin. Yikes! Second time around I used 15 oz of pumpkin and two tbsp of sourcream instead of one. Perfect. You also might want to add a crumb topping made with brown sugar, flour and butter to end up more like DD. Yum. Totally addicted! You should also use muffin liners rather than spraying.

 

[davduss]

I may have the solution to the complaints. The recipe calls for pumpkin puree. Other copycat versions use pumpkin pie mix/filling which is different. The mix/filling is puree plus sugar and spices and cannot be substituted by pure pumpkin puree. Try using the can of mix and you may find it makes a difference.

 

[donnavinaz]

I was so excited to find this recipe. I love the DnD muffins.<br/>I added 1 Tablespoon of baking poweder (thanks jmp131) and they came out AWESOME! I added butter and walnuts to the brown sugar topping too. Absolutely delicious!

 

[jmp131_5392729]

I debated following the comments made by previous cooks because I really like trying the original recipe first before I go messing with it. Since the original recipe was on copy cat web site, I went there to see what kinds of comments were posted. All favorable without changes. So, I followed the recipe exactly with one exception -- I added a rounded tablespoon of baking powder (which the original cook mentioned in a comment to the original Copy Cat recipe). They came out perfect (although I may cut back on the pumpkin pie spice), and my 12 and 16 year olds both think these are "the best muffins" ever. So definitely something I'll be making again!!