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Mini Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes for Christmas

December 2, 2015 by Amber 11 Comments

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What’s the Project? These mini chocolate peppermint cupcakes are a perfect treat for the holiday season. A chocolate cupcake topped with candy cane frosting and drizzled with chocolate ganache. 

I’ve got a thing for mini cupcakes lately. Maybe because you can pop a bunch of different flavors in your mouth for the same impact as one large cupcake?

So, I thought it would be fun to do a Christmasy version. Here’s my Mini Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache:

Mini Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache and Candy Cane Frosting

Eat up!!!! Which one looks the yummiest to you? Let’s talk about how to make these chocolate peppermint cupcakes now.

 

Mini Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes with Chocolate Ganache:

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Mini Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes for Christmas

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes

These mini chocolate peppermint cupcakes are a perfect treat for the holiday season. A chocolate cupcake topped with candy cane frosting and drizzled with chocolate ganache. 

  • Author: Crazy Little Projects
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Ingredients

  • 1 Devils Food Cake Mix
  • 1 large package of instant chocolate pudding
  • 1 C sour cream
  • 1 C vegetable oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 C water
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix all of the above ingredients. Line mini cupcake tin with mini cupcake liners and then fill cupcake liners about half full. Cook for about 7-9 minutes.
Allow to cool completely while you make the frosting.

 

For the Candy Cane Frosting:

  • 3 sticks of softened butter
  • 6 Cups of powdered sugar
  • 8 Tbsp milk
  • 2 tsp peppermint extract
  • 8 crushed candy canes

Mix all of the above ingredients and then pipe onto cupcakes. (Put all of the frosting into a Ziploc bag, snip off one corner and squeeze gently onto cupcakes.)

 

For the Chocolate Ganache:

  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 stick of butter
  • 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Melt the cream and the butter in a pot on the stove. Warm until almost boiling but not quite and then remove from heat. Stir in chocolate chips until melted.

Allow to cool for AT LEAST 30 minutes to an hour. Then drizzle over the top of the cupcakes. I also sprinkle some candy cane bits on top of this.

And eat up!

I hope you love these chocolate peppermint cupcakes!

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Comments

  1. Katie says

    December 2, 2013 at 8:04 am

    Yum! These cupcakes are drool worthy!!!

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  2. Lolly Jane says

    December 2, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Looks sooo good, Amber!

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  3. Megan says

    December 2, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    Sound yummy and look beautiful!

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  4. Christine (CookTheStory) says

    December 2, 2013 at 5:28 pm

    Wow. With the chocolate pudding addition these must be super moist and delicious. My son J loves to make cupcakes with me, and he’d probably have half the batter eaten before we get it into the liners.

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  5. Gwen H. says

    December 2, 2013 at 11:35 pm

    I like cupcakes but the spinach stuffed mushrooms really sound great.

    Reply
  6. tylstenie says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:52 am

    Look yummy as do so many for the goodies. I am having a problem trying to enter the contest. Tried yesterday and today but it never goes beyond saying the entry “form” is loading. I have not had this issue in the past. Anything I can do to fix this?
    Thanks

    Reply
  7. Susan Christy says

    December 7, 2013 at 3:19 pm

    I would bring Jalapeno Popper Dip or some Peanut Butter & Chocolate Swirl Brownies

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  8. Arla Rachels says

    December 7, 2013 at 11:40 pm

    I would make little smokies wraped in bacon in crockpot.

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  9. Sarah says

    November 17, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    How many mini cupcakes will this recipe make?

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    • Amber says

      November 17, 2014 at 1:37 pm

      If you do full size ones-then about 24. Mini ones it is between 75-100.

      Reply
      • Sarah says

        November 17, 2014 at 1:52 pm

        Thank you!!

        Reply

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