Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
These cute little cupcakes are made with actual hot chocolate in the recipe and are so easy to make with one bowl and one spoon!
Equipment
- Cupcake tin
Ingredients
Cupcake Batter
- ¾ cup flour
- ½ cup hot chocolate powdered mix (approx 3, 1.38oz packets)
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup melted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ cup of milk
- 6-7 jet puffed marshmallows
Frosting
- ½ cup softened butter
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 hot chocolate powdered mix packet
- ¼ cup half & half
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Cupcake Batter
- Whisk together all dry ingredients
- Add all wet ingredients and stir to combine
- Cut 6-7 jet puffed marshmallows in half
- Fill cupcake liners no more than half full
- Place half a marshmallow inside cake batter
- Bake at Fahrenheit 350° for 18 minutes
- Let cool
Frosting
- Add all ingredients into a bowl and mix on high until smooth
- Frost cupcakes
- Makes 12-14 cupcakes