Easy Maple Bacon Cupcakes

These maple bacon cupcakes taste like the fluffiest pancake and bacon breakfast all rolled into a cupcake. It has a maple cinnamon cupcake stuffed with candied bacon.

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STEP 1: Combine dry ingredients.

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STEP 2: Mix wet ingredients.

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STEP 3: Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk to wet ingredients.

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STEP 4: Fill muffin tins 2/3rds full. Bake 15-17 minutes.

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STEP 5: Coat bacon with brown sugar and syrup mixture. Bake for 25 minutes.

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STEP 6: Cut a hole in the cupcakes and fill with bacon. Replace tops.

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STEP 7: Make maple cream cheese frosting. Pipe on top of the cupcake and decorate with extra bacon.

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