Familiar flavor of caramel apple cupcakes

Caramel Apple Cupcakes get you back to your childhood with the flavors of a fall festival treat.

The cupcakes are a snap to prepare with the assist of packaged cake mix, canned apple pie filling and dulce de leche sauce. They are a great ending to a casual autumn gathering or a school's fall bake sale.

Look for dulce de leche sauce (sweetened milk cooked down to a thick caramel) with the ice cream sauces in the superstore. If you can't locate it, substitute a jar of thick caramel sauce. The great choices are usually labeled "hot" caramel sauce.