I’m so excited about this week’s addition to our easy cake mix recipes collection – a Hershey Chocolate Cupcake Recipe!
I’m a huge fan of Hershey’s chocolate – as evidenced by my growing collection of dessert recipes like my 10-minute S’mores Cake and 1-minute Lava Cake featuring Hershey’s chocolates – so I always have a bit of a stash in the kitchen that I’m just looking for excuses to play with!
This Hershey’s Chocolate Cupcake Recipe uses their decadent Cookies & Cream candy bars in both the batter and the frosting, making for a rich and ultra-indulgent dessert.
I took it easy on myself and used a white cake mix for the cupcake, simply breaking up bits of Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bars and stirring them in to the batter. They melted really nicely and brought an amazing richness to the cupcake.
The frosting was pretty easy too – and it’s from scratch! I simply melted some extra squares of the Cookies & Cream chocolate bar and stirred in some icing sugar to get a nice thick texture. Add a bit of butter if you overdo the icing sugar and the frosting gets too tough.
My daughter loved these cupcakes – quickly pointing out how much they look like “Dalmation Cupcakes.” These would be great for a puppy-themed birthday party, or a farm themed birthday party as “Cow-spot Cupcakes.” Either way these are super cute and delicious!
- 1 box white cake mix made to box directions
- 2 Hershey's Cookies & Cream bars or 16 mini bars
- 2-3 cups icing sugar
- 1 Tablespoon butter if needed
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Preheat oven to 350F.
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Make cupcakes according to box directions. Stir in broken pieces of one Cookies & Cream bar and portion out 1/4 cup of batter into prepared cupcake liners. Bake to box directions.
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Make the frosting by melting the second bar in the microwave in 20 second bursts, stirring in between each heating to prevent scorching. Stir in the icing sugar to achieve your desired texture - add in a bit of butter if the frosting gets too thick and stiff.
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Frost cupcakes with a Wilton 1A frosting tip and garnish with a small square of Hershey's Cookies & Cream chocolate.
How amazing does that cupcake look? Not bad for a boxed cupcake hack!
What’s your favourite candy bar? Leave us a comment and we’ll try to add it to our candy bar cupcake recipes!
Theresa @DearCreatives says
April 4, 2017 at 11:19 amI’m all about cake box recipes. They can be just as good as from scratch but, less work.
Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party. Pinned & sharing.
angie says
April 2, 2017 at 8:49 pmI love creating and shareing as well as reading post like this they are so very fun not to mention tasty
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Of Goats and Greens says
April 2, 2017 at 7:39 amVery attractive!! Thank you very much for linking these at Fiesta Friday’s link party!
STEPHANIE says
April 1, 2017 at 8:43 amYum! That’s a favorite candy bar. Will have to try this soon. Adding to my Pinterest queue. I’d love for you to join our link up To Grandmas House We Go. It opens Tuesday nights around 11pm ET.
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Carlee says
March 29, 2017 at 9:29 pmThese look absolutely amazing! I was already craving something sweet and this sure isn’t helping!
Laurie says
March 27, 2017 at 1:32 pmI have 2 boys and a dog . . and I know they would LOVE to try these cupcakes! Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Snickerdoodle this week! Pinning to share.
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
March 26, 2017 at 10:14 amPretty cupcakes! Thanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up~
Kriska Marie says
March 24, 2017 at 3:04 pmCupcakes are love! Thanks for sharing it over at Food Friday. Excited to see what you’ll be sharing next! 🙂
Miz Helen says
March 21, 2017 at 1:45 pmYour Cupcakes look fantastic! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Heidi says
March 21, 2017 at 1:08 pmThat little chocolate on the top makes me want to dive right in and eat one of your cupcakes! Thanks for sharing on Funtastic Friday!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
March 16, 2017 at 8:54 amThanks for sharing on the What’s for Dinner link up!
carolyn says
March 14, 2017 at 7:00 pmThis looks great!!! My favorite is Twix!
Grace | eat, write + explore says
April 29, 2016 at 3:24 amCookies & Cream is my favourite Hershey’s flavour – I always stock up whenever I’m in the US! These look heavenly!