Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins

Just in time for Fall! It's almost here and man oh man do I love it! Now, I'm not a pumpkin fan. I get a hankering for it every now and then but that just means like once every 5 years. Today though I thought I'd make some chocolate pumpkin muffins. With cream cheese frosting of course. Can't leave that out, it's the most important part.
These muffins... Sooo chocolaty and super moist! You've never had such a moist muffin. And the best part, they're actually pretty healthy. Well, you'd have to take off the frosting but who wants to do that? Crazy right?
These are not you're average muffin. The recipe is from Weight Watchers! Yea! The original recipe calls for spice cake but I'd rather have chocolate. Everything's better with chocolate anyway. Ridiculously easy to make too. Unless you can't set a timer so you don't burn them, you can not mess these up.

Tres ingredients are all you need:
1 box of your favorite cake mix - Devil's Food. Or spice if you must.
15 ounces pumpkin pie filling (make sure to read the ingredients to make sure the spices are already added)
1 cup water

So like I said, you really can't mess this up.

Throw everything in a mixing bowl.

Start mixing it all together! 

Scrape the sides.

Continue mixing for another minute.

Doesn't that look yummy! 

Sneak a taste. Go ahead, you know you want to! There aren't any eggs! 

Line some mini muffin tins.

Mini muffins are more fun than big ones.

Fill them! 

I used about a tablespoon of batter for each liner.

Bake them at 350 degrees F. 

10-12 minutes will be perfect! 

Oh my oh my!

While I was at the store trying to remember what I needed to buy I forgot big muffin liners. 

I always forget something! 

So I buttered and floured the pan. 

I had to have some big muffins too! 

I used a large ice cream scoop so I would have uniform muffins. 

It's just the perfect amount.

Snug as a bug in a rug! 

But it's going in the oven.

 Bake these big boys for 15-18 minutes.

Chillin' out waiting to get frosty.

Perfectly round muffins! 

A generous dollop of cream cheese frosting and these babies are ready to go!

Like fluffy clouds of sweet, creamy deliciousness! 

Cream Cheese Frosting:

1 8oz package cream cheese

1/2 cup butter

2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar

1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Cream the butter and the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the sugar one cup at a time. Add the vanilla with the last cup of confectioners sugar and beat until everything is incorporated.