COCOA-RAISIN CUFFINS aka Cocoa-Raisin Cake Muffins: Retro Ad & Recipe

Here's a funny Retro baked good that never quite got off the ground. Still, this Ad from 1978 for Cocoa-Raisin cake-muffins "cuffins' shows that Hershey's and Sun-Maid Raisins were trying to establish something new! "A little bit cupcake. A little bit muffin. A whole lot delicious."

"CUFFINS are a great new way to please your family. These delicious single-serving cakes can be baked in any standard cupcake or muffin pan. Or you can be creatoive and bake them in the special Bundt pan offered below. They're perfect for breakfast, snack, in lunch boxes and for dessert"

Actually these Chocolate Raisin Muffins are quite tasty.

COCOA-RAISIN CUFFINS aka Cocoa-Raisin Cake Muffins

Ingredients
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 cup cocoa
3/4 cup apple sauce
1-1/4 cups flour
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp salt
1 egg, slightly beaten
1/2 cup raisins

Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In \large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In another bowl, blend together butter and cocoa. Add applesauce and pour into flour mixture. Add egg, stirring just until moistened and blended.

Fold in raisins. Spoon batter into greased or Pam-sprayed medium-size muffin cups, filling each about half-full.

Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes.