Mint Chocolate chocolate-chip Cupcakes
From peetabear 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 18
these mint chocolate cupcakes also have chocolate chips in them,,, and the mint frosting has chocolate chips... I would use the mini chocolate chips for the frosting... the recipe is courtesy of 500 Cupcakes By Fergal Connolly
Ingredients
- For the cupcakes: shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour shopping list
- 4 tablespoons Dutch-process cocoa powder shopping list
- 1 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1 cup superfine sugar shopping list
- 1 cup (2 sticks) sweet butter, softened shopping list
- 4 eggs shopping list
- 1 teaspoon mint extract shopping list
- 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips shopping list
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- For the frosting: shopping list
- 1/3 cup (2/3 stick) sweet butter, softened shopping list
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted shopping list
- 1 teaspoon mint extract shopping list
- green food coloring shopping list
- 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Place 18 paper baking cups in muffin pans.
- In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Set aside. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until smooth. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the flour mixture gradually, stirring until well combined. Stir in the mint extract and chocolate chips.
- Spoon the mixture into the cups. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove the pans from the oven and cool for 5 minutes. Then remove the cupcakes and cool on rack.
- To make the frosting, beat the butter and confectioners' sugar in a small bowl until smooth and creamy. Stir in the mint extract and just enough food coloring to turn the frosting mint green. Frost the cupcakes and decorate with chocolate chips.
- Store unfrosted in an airtight container for up to 3 days, or freeze for up to 3 months.
The Rating
Reviewed by 14 people-
Mmmmmmmmm...This sounds great!Thanks for posting!
ambus
in Lahore loved it
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Ohh, mint chocolate chip, cue the homer drool.
notyourmomma
in South St. Petersburg loved it
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Love this one i love mint its really good
thank you peeta im coming to your house for the holidays lol ...........no i will be in ohio come see me lol.in dec thats the only time i could get off.....
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in THE HEART OF THE WINE COUNTRY loved it
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