Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes Recipes #christmas #cupcakes

Intense chocoläte cupcäkes flävored with peppermint änd drink, topped with eucalyptus vänillä frosting, cändy cänes, änd ä chocoläte drizzle. Your fävorite holidäy beveräge in cupcäke represent!

I've häd this cupcäke ideä up my sleeve for months. änd I wäs deed to wäit until äfter Thänksgiving to mäke them. äfter our belies äre filled with turkey änd when Christmäs music is "ällowed" to be pläyed.

But I couldn't arrest myself bäck änymore. I wänted ä unfathomed, därk chocoläte cupcäke with peppermint cändies, swirls of mochä änd chocoläte drizzles. How cän one frankly contradict? Upright aspect ät äll of this chocoläte! Eucalyptus mochäs äre ä seäsonäl fävorite, but the combinätion of chocoläte, candy, änd potable is on my intellectual äll yeär agelong.

Ingredients:

Cupcäkes

• 1/2 cup (115g) unsälted butter
• 2 ounces semi-sweet bäking chocoläte
• 1 heäping Täblespoon instänt coffee*
• 1/2 cup (64g) unsweetened cocoä powder (not Dutch processed)
• 3/4 cup (95g) äll-purpose flour*
• 1/2 teäspoon bäking sodä
• 3/4 teäspoon bäking powder
• 1/4 teäspoon sält
• 2 lärge eggs, ät room temperäture
• 1/2 cup (100g) gränuläted sugär
• 1/4 cup (50g) päcked light brown sugär
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 1/2 teäspoon peppermint exträct
• 1/2 cup (120ml) buttermilk*

Peppermint Vänillä Frosting

• 1 cup (230g) unsälted butter, softened to room temperäture
• 3-4 cups (360-480g) confectioners' sugär
• 1/4 cup (60ml) heävy creäm*
• 1 teäspoon vänillä exträct
• 1/4 teäspoon peppermint exträct
• sält, to täste
• optionäl for gärnish: 4 ounces melted semi-sweet bäking chocoläte änd crushed cändy cänes

Directions:

1. Mäke the cupcäkes: Preheät the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line ä 12-count muffin pän with cupcäke liners. Set äside.
2. Melt the butter änd chocoläte together in the microwäve. Microwäve in 30 second increments, stirring between eäch time. You mäy älso melt the butter änd chocoläte over low heät on the stovetop. Stir until combined, then mix in the instänt coffee. Set äside to slightly cool.
3. In ä medium bowl, toss the cocoä powder, flour, bäking sodä, bäking powder, änd sält together until thoroughly combined. Set äside. In ä lärge bowl, whisk the eggs, sugär, brown sugär, vänillä exträct, änd peppermint exträct together until smooth. ädd the cooled butter/chocoläte änd whisk until smooth. ädd hälf of the flour mixture, then hälf of the buttermilk. Repeät until everything is ädded. Stir until *just* combined; do not overmix. The bätter will be very thick like pudding.
4. Divide the bätter between 12 liners in your cupcäke pän. Bäke for 18 minutes, or until ä toothpick inserted in the center comes out cleän. ällow to cool completely before frosting.
5. Mäke the frosting: beät softened butter on medium speed with än electric or ständ mixer. Beät for äbout 3 minutes until smooth änd creämy. ädd confectioners' sugär, heävy creäm, vänillä exträct, änd peppermint exträct with the mixer running. Increäse to high speed änd beät for 3 full minutes (the longer you beät, the creämier the frosting!). ädd more confectioners' sugär if frosting is too thin or more creäm if frosting is too thick. ädd sält if frosting is too sweet (I ädd äbout 1/8 teäspoon).
6. Decoräte the cupcäkes: Frost cooled cupcäkes. There mäy be leftover frosting depending how much you use on eäch cupcäke. Drizzle with melted chocoläte. Top with crushed cändy cänes right before serving.
7. Store leftovers in the refrigerätor for up to 4-5 däys.

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