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Today I am super excited to share with you a recipe I developed for Nestlé® Toll House®. It is part of their “Dark Chocolate Made to Bake” initiative. A few of us bloggers were challenged to create a recipe that showcased Nestlé® Toll House® Dark Chocolate Morsels. There is also a friendly competition that goes along with this. All of the recipes are on Pinterest for you to vote on. The one with the most “likes” wins!
So this Dark Chocolate Mint Cupcake. Let me just tell you it is rich, decadent, creamy, fudgy, and refreshing all at once. The cupcake part is a rich chocolate cake that is light, airy, studded with Nestlé® Toll House® Dark Chocolate Morsels. The filling is a cool minty cream. And then it is topped with a dark chocolate butter cream frosting. The mint filling cools your mouth. The frosting is just so decadent you kind of want to hide in the corner with the bowl and a spoon, and hope no one finds you.
I originally made these cupcakes to take the teachers at school, but then our whole family came down with a nasty bug. So I was stuck with them at home, it was miserable 🙂
I would love it if you would head over to Pinterest and “like” or “repin” my picture. Super easy, if you have a Pinterest account there is no registration or anything, just hit the like button. You can repin to as many boards as you like! The first 10 people to email me at dinnersdishesanddesserts@gmail.com to tell me they liked my picture will get a coupon in the mail for free Nestlé® Toll House® Morsels of your own!
Dark Chocolate Mint Cupcakes
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Baking Cocoa
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Mint Filling
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
Dark Chocolate Frosting
- 2/3 cup dark chocolate chips, melted and cooled
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with liners.
- In a large bowl, sift flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda and salt together. Set aside.
- In a large measuring cup mix buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Pour buttermilk mixture into the flour mixture, and mix until everything is well combined. Fold in the Nestlé® Toll House® Dark Chocolate Morsels. Using an ice cream scoop (about 1/4 cup), fill each muffin tin to 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, until a tester comes out clean. Remove from oven, and turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile prepare the filling. In a large bowl mix together the powdered sugar, milk, and both the extracts. It will be slightly thinner than frosting.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and melted Nestle Toll House Dark Chocolate Morsels. Add sugar, milk, and vanilla. Beat until light and fluffy. You can add more milk or sugar to get your desired consistency.
- Once the cupcakes have completely cooled, scoop 1 teaspoon of cake out of the center. Pour in some of the mint filing. Top with frosting.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Erin, these look wonderful. Good luck! Pinned!
Erin… you need to take a bow! These cupcakes are phenomenal. I can just imagine that bite of chocolate and then the burst of mint. Fabulous. 🙂
Amazing! Those cupcakes look fantastic and pictures make me drool! Well dome Erin! Good luck!
Erin, these cupcakes are gorgeous! I’m gonna go pin pin pin and like like like!!! 🙂
Judging by the number of comments, I assume I’m not one of the first 10 ‘Likes’ but I did it anyway. Not a huge sweets fan, but I definitely will pass this along to my wife. Very nice!
Still have coupons left, so if you email me your mailing information I will get them in the mail to you!
You definitely had me at chocolate and mint! The filling looks so delicious, I definitely wouldn’t mind being stuck at home with these 🙂
Oooey gooey deliciousness! Good luck, Erin!
Beautiful and delicious looking! That minty center is amazing!
Yum these look delicious, love the look of the filling!
I am especially LOVING that homemde mint filling Erin!! I feel like I could just eat that with a spoon with dark chocolate chips on top =)