Fun Rocky Road Cupcakes

You're going to love these Fun Rocky Road Cupcakes!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Fun Rocky Road Cupcakes, rocky road cupcake recipe

Method Oven

Main Ingredient Grains

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings

Calories 350kcal

Author Kelli Miller

1 box chocolate cake mix plus the ingredients to make it Divide ingredients and cake mix in half - the majority boxed mixes make 24 cupcakes, and for this recipe, you’ll want to make 12
12 large marshmallows
1 Cup(s) of unsalted butter softened
4 Cup(s) of confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoon of cocoa powder
2-3 tablespoons of milk
½ Cup(s) of pecans chopped
⅓ Cup(s) of miniature marshmallows cut into small pieces

Make up the cupcake mixture according to the directions on the box.
Once done, pour into the cupcake liners in the tin about 2/3 full. Put in the oven and bake according to the time on the box.
Remove from oven but leave the oven on. Take a knife and dig out a small hole in the middle of each cupcake. About 1 inch in size and 1/2 inch deep.
Put a big marshmallow in the hole and bake the cupcakes for another 5 minutes. Cool once removed from the oven.
Take a different bowl and mix the butter, confectioners’ sugar,
cocoa powder, and milk. Start on low and then go up to high.
Put a scoop of the buttercream frosting into piping bag with a #21 tip.
Frost the cupcakes.
Add some chopped pecans and mini marshmallows on top. Enjoy!