Hot Cocoa Cupcakes Recipe – It’s hard to beat a great cup of hot cocoa, and it’s hard to beat a great cupcake. But combining the two is pure heaven.
Hot Cocoa Cupcakes Recipe
Hot Cocoa Cupcakes Recipe – It’s hard to beat a great cup of hot cocoa, and it’s hard to beat a great cupcake. But combining the two is pure heaven.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 12
Ingredients
- oil or butter: ½ cup
- cocoa: ¼ cup
- cake flour: 1¼ cup
- baking soda: 1 teaspoon
- baking powder: 1 teaspoon
- eggs: 2
- hot chocolate mix: ½ cup + ¼ cup
- sugar: ¼ cup
- milk: ½ cup
- cream cheese: 8 oz.
- marshmallow cream: 7-8 oz.
- confectioner’s sugar: ½ cup
- mini marshmallows: for topping
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step 2
In a medium mixing bowl combine together the oil, cocoa, cake flour, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, hot chocolate mix, sugar, and milk. Mix together with a hand mixer until thoroughly combined.
Step 3
Pour the batter into cupcake wrappers; fill each wrapper about ⅔ full.
Step 4
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes.
Step 5
Remove the cupcakes from the oven and place them on a cooling rack to cool completely.
Step 6
While the cupcakes are cooling, mix together the cream cheese, marshmallow cream, confectioner’s sugar, and hot chocolate mix with a hand mixer until thoroughly combined.
Step 7
Place the mixture into a pastry bag with your favorite decorator tip on the end of the bag. Decorate the cupcakes by swirling the icing from the outside into the center.
Step 8
Sprinkle each cupcake with mini marshmallows.
Step 9
Cut paper straws in half and insert a ½ straw into each cupcake.
Keywords: cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes, desserts
Recipe by: momtastic.com