Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

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Combine a peppermint truffle with a chocolate cake and you get: Peppermint truffle cupcakes. These peppermint truffle cupcakes are sure to dazzle at your next event – I mean, a peppermint truffle, moist chocolate cake, and peppermint buttercream – how could you go wrong?

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

I’m literally in love with this peppermint truffle cupcake. I love all things peppermint – and these Christmas flavored cupcakes are no exception.

The Best Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

I found these peppermint truffles a few years ago and I’ve been obsessed ever since.

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

Easy Peppermint Cupcakes

The cake is tried and true – literally my favorite recipe. I use it for everything!

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
So it only made sense that I combined my favorite chocolate with my favorite cake recipe. The end result: peppermint truffle cupcakes. (Or Candy Cane cupcakes – whatever strikes your fancy!) OH. MY. GOODNESS. I said it once and I’ll say it again – it’s one of my new favorites.

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

Christmas flavored cupcakes

I wish I could describe these Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes to you… someday I’ll create a way to transport food through computers and phones. I will be a gazillionaire – it’s true. The truffle is smooth with a little crunch of peppermint, the cake is moist and chocolatey, and the Peppermint buttercream is OH-SO-GOOD!

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
And then my little “helper” started helping – couldn’t resist snapping a couple of pics. This girl loves her chocolate and her peppermint.

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes
Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes

These Peppermint Truffle Cupcakes are divine: Moist Chocolate cake, Peppermint Buttercream Frosting, and a Peppermint Truffle inside! 
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Kaylynn

Ingredients

  • 1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix
  • 1 5.9oz box chocolate pudding
  • 1 Cup sour cream (I use Greek yogurt)
  • 1 Cup oil
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/2 Cup water
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • Dilettante Chocolate truffles

Instructions

Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Combine all ingredients with a mixer.
  • This batter will be quite thick-much thicker than typical cake batter.
  • Pour into two 9″ cake pans and bake.
  • Bake for the prescribed amount of time on the box.
  • Once out of the oven, place a Dilettante truffle in the middle.

Frosting

  • Frost with your favorite buttercream recipe.
  • *Optional*: swirl some red food coloring through your buttercream to get the peppermint look.

Thanks again to Amber for her AMAZING cake recipe!

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6 Comments

  1. Wow, these looks good enough for me to throw my no sugar rule out the window. They look fantastic, the truffle in the middle really adds something!

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