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.
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.