I'm the Goddamn Muffinman

Yesterday I finally went grocery shopping like I've been meaning to for days, and while I was there I picked up a few things to make muffins. The original inspiration to make them came from this post on Sherri Bemis's tumblr, with a recipe for pumpkin muffins using pumpkin pie filling and spice cake mix. I couldn't find the spice cake mix at the Shoppers that I went to, so I improvised, along with a few other ingredients!

muffins:
1 box of Golden Vanilla cake mix
1 15oz can of Pumpkin Pie Filling (we didn't have a can opener so I had to use a flat-head screwdriver and a hammer...that one ended up with pie filling on my face.)
the following ingredients were my own addition and were eyeballed as to my own tastes:
roughly 1 tbsp of Nutella
liberal shakings-of-the-canister of Cinnamon Sugar
less liberal shakings-of-the-canister of Nutmeg
This all mixed together and baked at 350 degrees for about 17 minutes made somewhere around 17 muffins (I think...we started eating before I thought to count, oops!) and it definitely could have made more, as I overfilled some of the cups. Be careful when you're scooping the cups, they definitely rise a lot!

I used cream cheese icing, and I made it myself, this time faithfully following a recipe that I found here.

icing:
2 8oz packages of cream cheese (softened)
1/2 cup [1 full stick] of butter (softened)
2 cups of sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
"In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar. Store in the refrigerator after use."
This recipe made way more than I needed for the amount of muffins that I ended up with, so right now I have a big covered bowl full of icing sitting in my fridge (I think I may make red velvet cupcakes on Sunday, assuming that the muffins will be gone by then, to use up the rest of the icing!). Next time I make these muffins, if I make this icing too, I may half the recipe so that I only make as much as I need.

These muffins were definitely a hit! My roommates and I all love them, they've been great to grab as breakfast on my way out the door for class. Making pumpkin baked goods always puts me in the mood for Fall, my favorite season. These muffins are definitely making me itch for cooler weather, scarves, sweaters, and boots!

I hope this may inspire someone else to make muffins like this, because I know I'll definitely be making them again!