An easy moist chocolate cupcake recipe is made with a doctored up cake mix. Topped with a luscious salted caramel buttercream these Chocolate & Caramel Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting will be a hit!
Chocolate and Caramel. I think I need to stop talking about these two ingredients but when put together make the most amazing, spectacular, wonderful, tasty, creamy, dreamy, delicious combination. Do you get my point? I like caramel and chocolate together. Okay let's be honest I don't like it I LOVE it!
I have this love/hate relationship with cupcakes. They are individual sized but I don't usually eat a ton of them in one sitting. I don't know if its mental or what because I can eat a WHOLE batch of chocolate chip cookies, I can eat a WHOLE batch of toffee brittle or a WHOLE batch of Biscoff blondies.
Enough of my eating disorders. I decided to make cupcakes but I made a half batch. The recipe is for a full batch- just cut everything in half if you want. Obvi you know I made Chocolate and Caramel Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting. It just sounded right to me.
I, of course, used Amanda's chocolate cupcake recipe from Kevin & Amanda. It's seriously the best cupcake recipe ever! I LOVE it!
I am saving the rest of the boxed cake mix and jello for another amazing chocolate cupcake coming soon : )
This frosting was dreammmy people!! So delicious!
I truly hope you enjoy these cupcakes. They are easy to whip up and taste divine!
Here is the salted caramel I used for the frosting.
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Chocolate & Caramel Cupcakes with a Salted Caramel Frosting
- Prep Time: 20 Minutes
- Cook Time: 25 Minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 30 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
An easy moist chocolate cupcake recipe is made with a doctored up cake mix. Topped with a luscious salted caramel buttercream these Chocolate & Caramel Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting will be a hit!
Ingredients
- 1- 15.25oz Devils Food Cake Mix
- 1-3.9oz box Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
- 4 Large Eggs, at room temp.
- 4oz (½ cup) Vegetable Oil
- 8oz (1 cup) Milk
- 8oz (1 cup) Sour Cream
- 20 caramel filled Hershey kisses
- 2oz (½ a stick) Unsalted Butter
- 2oz (¼ cup) Heavy Whipping Cream
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ¼-½ cup salted caramel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line your pans with cupcake liners.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, milk and sour cream.
- Scoop the batter into cupcake liners, fill about ⅔ full and poke a Hershey kiss into each cupcake.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes. Use the toothpick test to check.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely on a wire rack.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer combine butter, heavy cream and powdered sugar. Mix on high for 2 minutes. Fold in salted caramel and mix on high for 2 minutes.
- Frost your cupcakes however you desire. Enjoy 🙂
Keywords: salted caramel buttercream, doctored up cake mix recipe
Moriah says
Oh my!!!!!
Elizabeth says
That's what my tastebuds said to me! 🙂
Ashley @ Kitchen Meets Girl says
I love anything salted caramel. Or plain caramel for that matter. And chocolate. So yeah, these cupcakes are a winner in my book. 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up at What's In Your Kitchen Wednesday!
Elizabeth says
Thanks Ashley! I was so excited to find your site! Thank you for putting such a great way to communicate together 🙂
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
Salted caramel is one of my favorite things! And in a frosting on a chocolate cupcake...oh yea, that's even better!!!
Elizabeth says
I agree! Pour me some salted caramel over anything! 🙂
Ling @thefooddash says
I love the combination of salted caramel and chocolate and am actually planning to make some caramel this weekend! And I like the idea of stuffing a chocolate in the middle of a cupcake rather than filling them after baking - less of a hassle. This is totally going into my recipe bucket list!
Elizabeth says
Yes classic and delicious 🙂
Camelia Serrata says
I've just lander on your blog but I see there is a lot of good recipes, this is another one. Saturday reserved for that!
The Hungry Mum says
probably the best flavour combo EVER.
Lisa says
Did you use homemade salted caramel? Can you buy it already made in a store?
This look and sound so yummy! Love your blog!
Elizabeth says
Thank you Lisa 🙂 I make my own, its so easy! OR you can buy some at the store! https://confessionsofabakingqueen.com/salted-caramel-sauce/ this is the recipe I use and its so easy!