Crispy bacon adds flavor to fresh green beans, tomatoes, and peppers.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 cup crushed saltine crackers
- ½ cup chopped onion
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- ½ cup ketchup
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 cups mashed potatoes
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Mix ground beef, saltine crackers, onion, green bell pepper, milk, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, black pepper, and seasoned salt together in a bowl.
- Stir ketchup and brown sugar together in a bowl. Spoon ketchup mixture into the bottom of each muffin cup of a 6-cup muffin tin.
- Fill muffin cups with beef mixture, leaving 1/2-inch space on the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Drain fat from muffin cups.
- Top each ‘cupcake’ with mashed potatoes and Cheddar cheese.
- Continue baking until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 489 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 54 g |
| Cholesterol | 100 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 9 g |
| Sodium | 1122 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I substituted panko for the saltines because a member of our household struggles with high blood pressure.
Everyone loved it. I have two very picky nephew’s and they loved it so much they are already asking me to make it again. This recipe is a keeper.
I added a little bit of Nougat to the cupcake and it turned out looking like this. ABSOLUTE FAIL. It looks nothing like the picture you showed. Thanks a lot KAREN.
Made and enjoyed it. It was fun. 2 changes I made was I did not make it in tins so I did not use the ketchup and brown sugar. I also used panko instead of crackers. It came out great and shared it with the family and they got a good laugh out of it but also enjoyed it. With make it again.
These were great! I used turkey instead of beef and frosted them with the potatoes. It cut cooking time down substantially. Everyone loved!
my mother made these 4 us when I was a kid. except she would put a spoonful of mashed potatoes on top make an indent with the spoon and put peas carrots or corn in the indent for birds nests! I carried on the tradition for my kids now my daughter does them for her kids!
these were really good an really cute
Excellent and easy!
Loved this and so did the family! I didn’t make mini cupcakes but made a loaf with topping. So delicious! Will make again.
Great recipe! I changed up the sauce and added chili powder and mustard seed. It was a hit with my family!
This recipe was amazing! I followed everything as far as the ingredients. However, I did lessen the amount of ketchup and brown sugar. I only put about a teaspoon in the muffin cups. It was definitely a hit for this Si
these are a favorite of everybody
I didnt use the onions and peppers in the mix, I used an onion and pepper jelly with ketchup. Excellent… the 10 yr old had 3 🙂
I loved making this for April Fool’s Day! I used BBQ sauce inside the cupcake liners. I also used my cake decorating tools to make the mashed potatoes look like real frosting.
I made this for dinner this evening and my husband and friend loved them. I substituted 99% fat free ground turkey And used a bit less brown sugar. Also put the cheddar cheese directly on the turkey loaf before adding the mashed potatoes. Moist & Delicious. I will definitely be making these, again! Uploaded three photos in the tin, on the plate with Asparagus, & one cut into. Lavender mashed potatoes on top.
Excellent as is but I do suggest using glassine or foil baking wraps.
So good my niece and nephew loved it
These were really good. We used cupcake liners, and didn’t fill them to the top since the recipe said to leave 1/2 inch of space at the top. Next time, I’ll probably fill them the whole way since they didn’t stick to the cupcake liners and ended up sliding around in there a ton. We quadrupled the recipe and it ended up making 36 instead of 24. We used the top eater mashed potato recipe on this site, and piping the potatoes with a pastry bag and a large tip made the top look really good.
I typically make it as a loaf instead of cupcakes but it’s still amazing!!
Pranked my kids and they LOVED them!!
What a fun meal for the little ones. I didn’t want to add colouring so I sautéed finely chopped red peppers and green onion bits and sprinkled on to make them look Christmas like. Also added finely chopped red peppers, green onions and grated carrots to meat for colour instead of chopped onion.