Learn how to make the best, baked from scratch Perfect Hershey's Chocolate Cupcakes paired with a creamy, silky chocolate icing that is quick and easy to make!
These divine and dreamy chocolate cupcakes make every occasion way more fun!
Made with Hershey's cocoa
If you love milk chocolate
Top Reasons People Love Cupcakes
- There is a cupcake for every occasion - We like to celebrate with these Ultimate Oreo Cupcakes, Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes, Ultimate Kit Kat Cupcakes, Vegan Chocolate Cupcakes, Heavenly White Chocolate Buttercream Frosted Vanilla Butter Cupcakes, Triple Lemon Cupcakes, Ultimate Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes and these Double Stuffed Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes!
- Built-in portion control - Everyone gets their own personal mini cakes. Shhh...No one's counting if you snuck extras...right?
- They make great gifts! One cupcake or a batch of cupcakes will always get you smiles!
Ingredients for Perfect Hershey's Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
- granulated sugar
- all-purpose flour
- HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- eggs
- milk
- vegetable oil
- vanilla extract
- boiling water
Perfect Chocolate Frosting Recipe
- butter
- HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- powdered sugar
- milk
- vanilla extract
How to make Chocolate Cupcakes
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pan
with cupcake liners
.
- Whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl
.
- Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and using mixer, beat on medium speed of 2 minutes.
- Stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin. (I placed my batter in a pitcher for easier pouring)
- Fill cupcake liners â…” full with batter.
- Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely.
- Frost with Perfect Chocolate Frosting.
How to make Perfect Chocolate Frosting Recipe
- In microwave, melt butter. Stir in cocoa powder. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
- Add small amount additional milk, if needed.
Cupcake & Frosting Tips
- These cupcakes will rise about a half an inch while baking, so take care not to over fill with batter.
- When you add the frosting on top, you can frost the old-fashioned way and just slather frosting on top with a spatula
or knife. We loved using these large star piping tips
to get a beautiful swirl on top!
- Fill the piping bag about ¾ full with frosting, then twist the bag until the frosting pokes out of the tip.
- For a traditional swirl, start piping from the outside of the cupcake and work in a circle inwards. You can also pipe a “rose swirl” by starting from the inside and working outwards.
- Since we're going all HERSHEY LOVE with these cupcakes and the frosting, we couldn't resist adding a Hershey's chocolate candy bar
chunk on top! That makes these the ultimate!
Whatever the occasion, these Perfect Hershey's Chocolate Cupcakes will be definitely be the hit of the party! YUM!
More Chocolatey Treats!
- Ultimate Oreo Cupcakes
- Classic Chocolate Whoopie Pies
- Double Chocolate Banana Bread
- S’mores Graham Cereal Bars
- Fudgy Chocolate Chunk Brownies
- Chocolate Cheesecake Stuffed Strawberries
- OMG Chocolate Oreo Cheesecake Brownie Trifle
- Ultimate Baileys Chocolate Cream Pie
- Best S'more Cookies
- Texas Chocolate Cake
4th of July Cherry Bomb Cupcakes
This 4th of July, fire up the party with these awesome red, white and blue 4th of July Cherry Bomb Cupcakes! These chocolate cupcakes are frosted with the best chocolate icing that is quick and easy to make!
Ingredients
Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 - ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- 1 - ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 - ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Perfect Chocolate Frosting Recipe
- ½ cup butter
- ⅔ cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cherry Bombs
- 1 10 oz. maraschino cherries with stems, drained
- ⅓ cup Fireball whisky
- ⅓ cup Whipped cream-flavored vodka, like Pinnacle
- 1 cup white chocolate chips or melts
- blue sugar sprinkles
Instructions
Perfect Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
- Heat oven to 350°F. Line muffin pan with cupcake liners.
- Whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and using mixer, beat on medium speed of 2 minutes.
- Stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin. (I placed my batter in a pitcher for easier pouring)
- Fill cupcake liners ⅔ full with batter.
- Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely.
- Frost with Perfect Chocolate Frosting.
Perfect Chocolate Frosting Recipe
- In microwave, melt butter. Stir in cocoa powder. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
- Add small amount additional milk, if needed.
- When you add the frosting on top, you can frost the old-fashioned way and just slather frosting on top with a spatula or knife. We loved using these large star piping tips to get a beautiful swirl on top!
Cherry Bombs
- Place cherries in a medium bowl. Add Fireball and vodka and soak for 1 hour in the refrigerator. Drain cherries and pat dry with a paper towel. Do what you want with the reserved booze. 🙂
- OMIT adding booze, if you don't want non-alcoholic, but still drain and pat cherries dry.
- Place chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and heat in 20-second intervals, stirring in between until melted.
- Dip each cherry two-thirds of the way into melted chocolate, twisting slightly to help chocolate stick. Dip cherry in blue sugar, coating halfway up the white chocolate coating.
- Chill in fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- Add a decorated cherry bomb to each of the cupcakes!
Notes
Make Cupcakes Ahead of Time
- If you’d like to make these cupcakes ahead of time, wrap the unfrosted cupcakes in plastic wrap and store them either at room temperature for a day or two, or in the freezer for up to 1 month. Simply unwrap and frost as desired.
- You can freeze cupcakes when they’re frosted or unfrosted for up to 3 months. Keep them in a container with a lid that’s freezer-safe and will protect the frosting layer.
- Unfrosted cupcakes can be stored in a freezer-safe container as well, in a resealable freezer bag, or wrapped tightly in plastic wrap.
- Thaw frozen cupcakes unwrapped at room temperature.
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