Oh my goodness guys… THESE… are… FANTASTIC. They are unreal, I have no words.
Actually I do have one word: rich. They are very, very rich. Make sure you have a nice, tall glass of milk with you as you are eating this.
No but in all serious-ness, these are wonderful. Salted. Caramel. Chocolate. Cupcakes. What more could someone want?
Ingredients:
- 1 box devil’s food cake mix
- 1 package of Jello instant chocolate pudding
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Salted Caramel Buttercream:
- 15-20 caramel candies, unwrapped
- 3-4 tbsp. heavy cream
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, room tempreature
- 1 1/2 tsp. kosher salt, divided
- 4 cups powdered sugar, divided
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tins with baking cups.
2. In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl, mix together cake mix, instant pudding, sour cream, vegetable oil, eggs, milk, and vanilla. Mix very well. Gently stir in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
3. Equally divide the batter into the baking cups, filling 2/3 of the way full. Bake for 18-22 minutes, let cool for 5 minutes in pan, then remove and place them on wire cooling racks to cool completely.
4. In the meantime, make your buttercream by first melting the caramel candies and heavy cream in a small saucepan over medium heat. Once the caramel is all melted, stir in 1/2 tsp. of salt.
5. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until light and fluffy. Then drizzle in the caramel while the mixer is on low. If the caramel has hardened up a bit that you can’t pour it, heat it up just enough so you can pour it into the mixer with ease.
7. Add the remaining 2 cups of powdered sugar and beat until well combined.
8. Put the frosting in a piping bag fitted with a pastry tip of your choice.
9. Pipe the frosting on top of the cooled cupcakes.
10. Store cupcakes in an airtight container for up to 4 days.
Source: Table For Two Blog
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This is brilliant! I am all about trying to find as many new ways to add salted caramel to any and every baked good, and so can’t wait to try these out. 🙂 Let me know if you end up making my salted caramel apple cupcakes as well!
That’s awesome to hear that! When you add sea salt to anything, it makes it taste soooo much better. Addicting, that’s for sure! I defeinitly will let you know when I make those (because I will for sure be trying those out! AND the Salted Browned Butter Oatmeal Cranberry Cookies at Christmas time!!) Thanks for stopping by!