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Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes

Vanilla Chocolate Chip Cookie Cupcakes

Sometimes less is more.  Sometimes – only sometimes – a vanilla cake is all it takes to make the chocolate chips be the star of the cupcake.  This recipe from Life Made Simple is for the vanilla cake lovers.  Personally, I want to eat a bowl of the eggless chocolate chip cookie dough.  I like raw…

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Chocolate Italian Wedding Cupcakes

Chocolate Italian Wedding Cupcakes

This recipe is a new twist on an old favorite.  Instead of traditional cream cheese frosting, evil shenanigans  topped these cupcakes with a chocolate sour cream frosting.  YUM!  I am also happy to see more and more wedding cakes and cupcakes in a chocolate flavor.  It’s all good. Chocolate Italian Wedding Cupcakes For the cake: 1/2…

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Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

It’s hard to escape the events of the past week.  In honor of all the trauma the good people of Boston have suffered recently, we have Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes today.  Totally American.  Totally Boston. Totally awesome.  Now go make some cupcakes and share with all your friends and family.  Recipe courtesy of Martha Stewart…

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Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

When I first saw this cupcake, I thought they sounded just like an Andes mint.  And guess what?  They made with Andes Crème de Menthe baking chips.  Yes, these are the real deal mint cupcakes.  The chocolate cake part is to die for as well.  So now that you are out of those Thin Mint cookies,…

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Brownie Batter Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Brownie Batter Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes

Decadence.  You know, unrestrained or excessive self-indulgence.  These are chocolate decadence and we all need that from time to time.  Ok, some of us more than others.  Every time I look at these pictures and read this recipe, my mouth starts to water and I want to drop everything and just bake batch.  Like right now.  But I’ll…

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Mint Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes

Mint Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes

Not only are these cupcakes pretty and delicious, they are also egg and dairy free.  Depending on how you feel about the processed sugars in the Oreo cookies, they can also be considered vegan.    This recipe is courtesy of Cake Merchant. Mint Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes Ingredients For the cupcakes: 1 cup soy milk 1…

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Light(er) Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Cupcakes

Ok, so the recipe still calls for sugar but there is no oil or butter.  Sally’s Baking Addiction substitutes banana (very ripe) and 0% plain Greek yoghurt to make a moist but lower fat cupcake. The peanut butter chips and chocolate chips are optional if you would like to reduce the sugar a bit more.  Chocolate…

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Chocolate Chunk Blueberry Cupcakes

Chocolate Chunk Blueberry Cupcakes

If a cupcake has fruit in it, can it be considered healthy?  Fruit is good for you, right?  And so is dark chocolate so I vote healthy.  Then again, I may be biased.  This recipe from Love Bug Blog has lots of blueberry flavor in the filling and the blueberry buttercream frosting.  Think chocolate covered blueberries….

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Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies

Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Pies

I read something today about the third Monday in January being the most depressing day of the year.  Not exactly sure why that is – post holiday let down?  Arrival of credit card bills from all the holiday shopping?  It doesn’t really matter WHY, though, does it?  All that matters is these little cupcake pies…

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Wine and Cheese Cupcakes

Wine and Cheese Cupcakes

Wine and cheese sounds fancy, right?  Luckily, Cupcake Project combined goat cheese and wine in these super easy cupcakes.  Just because something sounds fancy doesn’t mean it has to be hard to make.  We won’t tell and your guests will never know. Wine and Cheese Cupcakes Makes about 12 cupcakes Cupcake Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1…

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Oooh….these cupcakes from Oh Sweet Basil are like a miniature two layer cake with peanut butter buttercream frosting BETWEEN cake layers topped with chocolate ganache.   A little extra work but oh so very worth it.  I’m thinking you will need to eat these with a fork.  And a tall glass of milk. Chocolate Peanut Butter…

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Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

Yes, I am a sucker for Ghirardelli chocolate.  There’s just something about the rich, creamy texture of what I call luxury chocolate that makes it seem so much more indulgent.  A couple of years ago, a friend sent me a basket of Ghirardelli chocolate for Christmas and someone in the building where I work stole…

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