Dr Pepper Cupcakes Recipes
These Dr. Pepper Cupcakes really do taste like the soda!
Servings 24 cupcakes
Calories 343kcal
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients:
- 1 yellow cake mix
- ⅓ Cup(s) vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 ¼-1 ¾ Cup(s) Dr. Pepper soda
- 2 Cup(s) cocoa powder
- cupcake liners
Frosting Ingredients
- 2 sticks of softened salted butter
- 4 Cup(s) powdered sugar
- ½ tablespoon chocolate syrup
- 1 Cup(s) cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon half and half/whole milk
- 2 tablespoons Dr. Pepper soda
- piping bag and tip
- Paper straws
- Red sanding sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Add the cupcake liners to the cupcake pan.
- Add the cake mix to a bowl and mix in the eggs, old, and soda on medium speed with a mixer. Add 1 cup of cocoa powder.
- Put the batter into the liners about 2/3 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes. Let cool.
Frosting:
- Cream the butter with a mixer in a bowl. This will take about 2 minutes.
- Mix in the cocoa powder and syrup.
- Add the half and half and soda together in a different bowl. (this is important!)
- Mix the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time while pouring in a little bit of the liquid mixture between each cup of sugar. Mix for 1-2 minutes but don't mix it too much.
- Put in the piping bag and frost. Add sanding sugar and straw.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 343kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 237mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 31g
