Duncan Hines Decadent Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes

While I was in the grocery store, I ran across Duncan Hines Decadent cupcake mixes and decided to try one out. I went with the strawberry cheesecake flavor:

Inside the box is a cake mix, a frosting mix, and a piping bag.

It only makes twelve cupcakes, so it's easy to divide the batter and make each one even. Also, when you mix up the cake mix, you can see tiny bits of dehydrated strawberries, which I thought was an unique touch.

Look at how evenly those baked. I usually have tiny ones and monster ones, but they are all mostly the same size.

I didn't realize how blurry this next one was, but the frosting is easy to make up and has a cream cheese flavor. The plastic is strong enough to insert frosting into the cupcakes like it says to do in the instructions.

Then, once you have put frosting inside the cupcakes, you can make a fancy design on top if you want. I went with the classic swirl look.

Here's what it looks like when you take a bite. The frosting inside the cupcake keeps it moister than Ducan Hines already moist cake. You can't taste strawberry chunks from the dehydrated strawberry pieces since they are rehydrated and so small that they don't add texture, just flavor. 

I didn't get a cheesecake vibe from it, more of a strawberry cupcake with cream cheese frosting taste. I think this would be an great and easy idea for a jazzed up dessert for a small get together. Or, you can do what I did and eat all of them by yourself over the course of two days. Those were a good two days.