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Triple Chocolate Cupcakes (back of the bag recipe)

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I love making recipes off the back of boxes or bags, that's where I found this recipe for triple chocolate cupcakes. It's always fun to try something new and a bit different. I found this bag of mini semi-sweet chips in my pantry and I have NO idea why I bought them. Luckily they hadn't expired so I figured I better do something with them. I had all the ingredients and decided to make these cupcakes. I figured I could send them back to school with Alexa to feed her friends. I'm not a huge sweets eater, but I know Alexa is!

Triple Chocolate Cupcakes

Things were going along great with the cupcakes, I made 12 regular size cupcakes and 21 mini cupcakes. I think it should have been 24 but I never get the measurements right on, oh well. And, yes, I did use a scoop 🙂 Anyway, I baked them up and came to the part of the recipe where you make the chocolate drizzle. I had saved my 1/4 cup of chips, put in my tsp of butter and microwaved according to the directions. Nope, chocolate seized and was no where near drizzleable (no that's probably not a real word). So, I had some milk chocolate chips and tried again, nope that didn't work either. I lowered the temp on the microwave to see if that helped, nope. Then I tried it over boiling water, nope that didn't work either. By this time I was getting quite frustrated with this process, but I knew these cupcakes need a little something to dress them up. So I was out of the mini chips, I was now out of milk chocolate chips and all I have left is white chocolate chips--so, I gave that a try. Nope, same thing! But I'm about done by this time so I spread it on top of the cupcakes and call it good!   The cupcakes are delicious, but my pride is a bit hurt. I've melted chocolate before. Today just wasn't my day. I hope you try these cupcakes and I hope the drizzle works much better for you than it did for me. But I'm sure it will. I am by no means a great baker, but it is fun to make something sweet. Especially this time of the year.   Some of my girlfriends came over Friday night to bake cookies and we had lots of laughs, cocktails and even got some cookies baked. Those recipes will be coming in the next few weeks before Christmas, so stay tuned.   I hope you all have a fantastic week and enjoy something sweet.   Jenny
Triple Chocolate Cupcakes (back of the bag recipe)
 
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This recipe is from the back of a bag of Hershey's mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.
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Serves: 24
Ingredients
  • 2 c. Hershey's mini semi-sweet chocolate chips. (1 bag) (reserve ¼ c. for drizzle)
  • ¾ c. butter (1½ sticks)
  • 1¼ c. sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1½ c. all purpose flour
  • ½ c. cocoa
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 c. milk
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees, and line 24 muffin tins with paper wrappers.
  2. Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Whisking gives it the effect of sifting.
  3. In a mixer with the paddle attachment beat together butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined.
  4. Alternate adding milk and dry ingredients to the mixer until they are all incorporated and mix well.
  5. Fold in chips
  6. Fill muffin cups ½ full or with at ½ cup scoop.
  7. Bake 20-25 minutes and cool completely.
  8. FOR THE DRIZZLE put reserved chips and 1 tsp. butter in a bowl and microwave on 50% power for 30 seconds. Cook at 50% power in 10 second increments until chips are melted.

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