Topped with caramel sauce and Reeses topping mix (if you can find it, simply add small pretzel pieces, M & M’s, and peanuts), this chocolate Sweet and Salty Cupcake is to die for! You are sure to make a good impression with your guests when serving them at a birthday party. Yummy!
Sweet and Salty Cupcake Recipe
Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients:
- 2 Cup sugar
- 1 3/4 Cup flour
- 3/4 Cup cocoa
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs, room temp
- 1 Cup whole milk, room temp
- 1/2 Cup canola
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 Cup boiling water
Chocolate Frosting Ingredients:
- 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream
- 3 Cup + 1/2 Cup powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 tsp sea salt plus 1/8 for later
- caramel sauce for drizzle
- Reese topping mix pack
Chocolate Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
- Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Combine the eggs,milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl. Add this to the dry ingredients beating on medium until the batter is smooth.
- Gradually add the boiling water, milk and oil and blend together until the batter is smooth.
- Using a medium scoop fill the paper lined cupcake tins with the prepared batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to slightly cool before transferring to wire racks.
Sea Salt Buttercream Frosting Directions
- Beat powder sugar, butter and sea salt in a bowl.
- Incorporate the vanilla
- Add in the heavy whipping cream, and continue to mix until stiff peaks form.
- Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- Drizzle the caramel sauce and then sprinkle the Reese snack pack.
- sprinkle some of the remaining sea salt.
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Sweet and Salty Cupcake
Ingredients
Chocolate Cupcake Ingredients
- 2 Cup sugar
- 1 3/4 Cup flour
- 3/4 Cup cocoa
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs room temp
- 1 Cup whole milk room temp
- 1/2 Cup canola
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 Cup boiling water
Chocolate Frosting Ingredients
- 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream
- 3 Cup + 1/2 Cup powder sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 tsp sea salt plus 1/8 for later
- caramel sauce for drizzle
- Reese topping mix pack
Instructions
- Chocolate Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line cupcake tins with paper liners.
- Whisk the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Combine the eggs,milk, oil and vanilla in a bowl. Add this to the dry ingredients beating on medium until the batter is smooth.
- Gradually add the boiling water, milk and oil and blend together until the batter is smooth.
- Using a medium scoop fill the paper lined cupcake tins with the prepared batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to slightly cool before transferring to wire racks.
Sea Salt Buttercream Frosting Directions
- Beat powder sugar, butter and sea salt in a bowl.
- Incorporate the vanilla
- Add in the heavy whipping cream, and continue to mix until stiff peaks form.
- Scoop the frosting into a pastry bag with a large tip.
- Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push the frosting to the tip.
- Start by frosting on the outside edge of the cupcake working to the center of the cupcake.
- Drizzle the caramel sauce and then sprinkle the Reese snack pack.
- sprinkle some of the remaining sea salt.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
you had me at sweet & salty!! seriously though it is the best combination. the sea salt butter cream frosting has my mouth watering!
It’s definitely a great combination! I also love it!
My mouth is drooling looking at these!! Oh my they look so yummy!!! 🙂
I love the sweet and salty combination in baked goods 🙂
Ooooo la la!!! these sound absolutely divine!! I could go for one right now!!
Totally agree! Hoping you will make them Lynda!
These do look fantastic but I’m not a fan of sweet and salty I’m afraid.
These cupcakes look amazing. I love sweet and salty.
Whata super-delicious recipe. I am a big fan of salty and sweet combined treats.
OMG printing this as we speak! Delish!
Enjoy Kelly!
I love the sweet and salty combination. These cupcakes sound super delicious!
So do I!!!!
So do I!!!!
Oh my, This looks like such a tasty recipe I have to make this Thank you for sharing
Yummy I love salty and sweet and these sounds delicious
These cupcakes look absolutely yummy (which is the word I use for sweets) I love the toppings that you’ve used.
Yum,I can’t wait to make that sea salt butter cream frosting!
The sweet and salty combination is fantastic! I can’t wait to try the sea salt butter cream frosting!
These cupcakes look so delicious! I love the combination of sweet and salty.