Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 muffin tins with cupcake liners and set aside.

In a large bowl whisk together the yellow cake mix, water, applesauce, and eggs. Fold in the apple and set aside.

In a medium bowl whisk together all of the ingredients for the pecan pie. Set aside.

Place just enough batter in the bottom of the cupcake liners to cover it. Place 1 teaspoon of pecan pie on top of the batter. Place apple cupcake batter on top of the pecan pie batter, filling the muffin cup to 3/4 of the way full. Repeat for remaining muffin cups.

Bake the cupcakes for 22-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before removing the cupcakes from the muffin tin to a wire rack to cool completely.

To prepare the frosting simply mix the cinnamon into the cream cream frosting.

Frost each cupcake with the frosting. Top each cupcake with 3-4 M&M's® Pecan Pie and a pecan half.