Happy Chocolate Cupcake Day! and CONTEST

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Happy National Chocolate Cupcake Day everyone!

And a contest to celebrate!

To enter to win a copy of Claire Crespo's amazing cookbook Hey There, Cupcake! in honor of National Chocolate Cupcake Day, leave a comment and tell us your favorite chocolate cupcake (whether homemade or storebought) and be sure to leave your email address. Please remember that we moderate comments, so DON'T leave your comment twice. We promise to get to it as soon as we can, and as long as you post it by the deadline and include your email address, you're entered.

Deadline is Friday, October 24th, 11:59 pm EST.




from Flickr user pengrin™


Chocolate mousse-filled cupcake from Houston's The Cookie Jar Bakery via Flickr


Hi hat chocolate cupcakes by Flickr user Kelly Sue


Vegan Chocolate cupcake with vanilla pudding filling and ganache topping.
from Flickr user nicoleisvegan


Chocolate covered banana - Chocolate cake topped with banana buttercream dipped in chocolate ganache and spinkled with walnuts.
from Las Vegas's Retro Bakery via Flickr


chocolate devil's food cake cupcakes with a whipped cream filling, then double-dipped in dark chocolate ganache and embellished with vanilla buttercream squiggles.
from Flickr user chotda

Chocolate cupcake from Chocolate Soup in Edinburgh, Scotland
Chocolate cupcake from Chocolate Soup in Edinburgh, Scotland


chocolate cupcakes topped with ganache, cherries dipped in belgian bittersweet chocolate, belgian chocolate cherry leaves
from Flickr user distopitandreamgirl

Triple Chocolate Birthday cupcake from Polkadots Cupcake Factory
from Polkadots - a Cupcake Factory in Austin, Txas


Hot Mommas: Bitter Chocolate Ancho Chile Cupcakes with Chocolate Kahlua Granache
from Flickr user cupcakequeen of 52 Cupcakes


Chocolate fudge cupcakes, chocolate frosting, topped with Hershey chocolate bar shavings.
from Flickr user foodcore


Chocolate caramel truffle cupcakes
from Edibles Incredible


Chocolate Overload cupcakes - Chocolate Devil's Food Cake, Chocolate buttercream, chocolate gnache and chocolate curls
from Flickr user obliviousfire

Comments

Susie said…
Oh my gosh!!! I didn't realize today was the best day of the year!!!!! This is my favorite chocolate cupcake recipe !!

Email me: sewing@wi.rr.com
10/18/2008 10:00 AM
definatalie said…
I haven't yet had a chocolate cupcake that I wasn't disappointed by... I know that sounds sad, it really is! I think I want to work on a mud cake cupcake recipe that's really dense and fudgy. That'd be my ideal chocolate cupcake!

I made the worst chocolate fudge icing the other night. You should never substitute icing sugar for normal sugar that you've pulverised in the blender... I learnt later that icing sugar is 50/50 sugar and corn flour! The more you know, eh!?
10/18/2008 10:07 AM
Beth said…
bethmwilliams@gmail.com
My favorite chocolate cupcake was eaten last week at my twin nephews blessings (like a christening) - a box chocolate cake mix with semi-sweet chips added in and turquoise buttercream frosting on top. Awesome!
10/18/2008 10:26 AM
lauren said…
i hear you definatalie! i feel the same way! i do love wegman's chocolate cupcakes but it isn't what i'm looking for in a homemade chocolate cupcake.
10/18/2008 10:42 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake is, well, anything chocolate. How can you go wrong?
Amber
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10/18/2008 10:44 AM
Anonymous said…
A chocolate cupcake with coffee frosting...
10/18/2008 11:06 AM
SugarBritchesMS said…
my fave chocolate cupcake is a mexican chocolate cupcake that my two best girlfriends made me for my birthday. they had a recipe they started with from a cupcake cookbook at williams-sonoma, but they came up with their own buttercream frosting recipe, while they baked! they were enormous, and messy, and not very pretty to look at, but the flavor was WOW!
10/18/2008 11:31 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake is the chocolate mint recipe from Vegan Cupcakes TOTW. Delish!
10/18/2008 11:37 AM
Sam said…
I haven't actually had a cupcake in a long time, but the ones that stand out in my memory are my Dad's chocolate cupcakes (although we call them buns), I don't know how he does it cos he never refers to a recipe book, instead he throws everything into a bowl, stirs, pops the mixture into cases and away we go!!

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10/18/2008 11:41 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite chocolate cupcakes are GERMAN CHOCOLATE, which is normally made by my Grandmother in Texas in cake form but also taste great as cupcakes.
10/18/2008 11:48 AM
Anonymous said…
I have to pick a favorite chocolate cupcake? Tough decision. I would say homemade chocolate peanut butter cupcakes.

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10/18/2008 11:59 AM
Jen said…
I love chocolate cupcakes (homemade) with raspberry filling and ganache. YUM. This is my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe.
10/18/2008 12:04 PM
Anonymous said…
I love chocolate cupcakes! The first cupcake looks absolutely sinful.

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10/18/2008 12:25 PM
Jan said…
no doubt about it..... Martha Stewarts high hats are my favorite!



jansanderson@sisna.com
10/18/2008 12:26 PM
Anonymous said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake would definitely be homemade chocolate cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream--topped with crushed peanut butter cups! YUM

catejahn@hotmail.com
10/18/2008 12:37 PM
Anonymous said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake is one my friend makes. I'm not sure what exactly she does...but its delicious!

chibikagome7 at yahoo dot com
10/18/2008 1:37 PM
RockerJewlz said…
I keep it simple...ANY kind of chocolate cupcake with ALMOST any kind of chocolate icing.
10/18/2008 2:57 PM
Elizabeth said…
The best chocolate cupcake I have ever had wasn't just a simple chocolate cupcake. Rather, it was a Guiness-chocolate cupcake with Bailey's and Jameson Whiskey frosting. It was so delicious.
10/18/2008 3:11 PM
Anonymous said…
Definitely black bottom cupcakes! (And I love that they're so eay to transport, so I can take them to friends when I visit.)

-girraffasaurus@hotmail.com
10/18/2008 3:23 PM
guntharr said…
Trophy cupcakes in Seattle makes graham cracker crumb bottomed snore cupcakes with toasted marshmallow meringue on top. Chocolatey heaven!
10/18/2008 4:12 PM
Dharma said…
I can't say it's my absolute favorite but I have this unruly soft spot for Hostess's orange cupcakes.
10/18/2008 4:22 PM
Marie said…
I love the chocolate mousse cupcakes recipe from Cupcakes Galore. They are amazing!
As for store bought, we don't have fancy bakeries here in Reno, so i like the giant ones from Costco.
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10/18/2008 4:39 PM
Jen said…
Chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter frosting. Mmmmmm...

vaughanjc{at}gmail{dot}com
10/18/2008 6:54 PM
Caldwell said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake so far has been the chocolate with peanut butter cream cheese frosting that I made last month. yum!

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10/18/2008 7:01 PM
Jessica Johannesen said…
I have to say my favorite is the Vegan With a Vengeance chocolate cupcake with mounds of peanut butter frosting.

jessiegirl21 at gmail dot com
10/18/2008 8:39 PM
Tracy said…
My fav chocolate cupcake is made with the recipe for Kathleen's Devil's Food Cake in The New Basics cookbook. It's really a delish chocolate cake (recipe comes with icing to match) or cupcake recipe!
Tracy
tcakes@earthlink.net
10/18/2008 9:26 PM
Jules AF said…
I love Devil's Food cake homemade cupcakes. yuum.
JulesAF at gmail dot com.
10/18/2008 10:42 PM
Kristin said…
i have two fav chocolate cupcake recipes - for a milder chocolate cake, i use the hersheys recipe. For a darker cake, i use the Americas Test Kitchen chocolate cupcake recipe.

kristinausk at gmail
10/18/2008 11:06 PM
Eryn said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake isn't all chocolate, but the way this bakery makes it, it's more chocolate than anything.

The Panini Bakery in Nye Beach, Oregon makes the BEST black-bottom cupcakes. Mmmm. Pure. Love.

I'm leighbra atgmail
10/19/2008 1:04 AM
Holly said…
These amazing vegan chocolate cupcakes that are made with avocado, though you can't tell at all. They're so rich and flavorful, and make the nicest thin crust on top!

hollythewolly414 AT hotmail DOT com
10/19/2008 2:14 AM
Anonymous said…
Chocolate peanutbutter cupcakes are amazing! My family loves it when I bake them, they go so fast!
pinkpunch@gmail.com
10/19/2008 2:28 AM
Anonymous said…
Hope you had a Happy Chocolate Cupcake Day!!!

My favorite kind of chocolate cupcakes are homemade chocolate rapsberry ones!

Yum!
10/19/2008 11:51 AM
Anonymous said…
Definitely Ina Garten's Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are the BEST!

I make them over and over, you can't go wrong with peanut butter and chocolate!

mykitchenaffair@gmail.com
10/19/2008 2:29 PM
Anonymous said…
I LOVE chocolate cupcakes of any kind! But I guess my favorites to make and eat would be just simple chocolate cupcakes (sometimes with a bit of chili) with a white chocolate topping! Simple and wonderful :)

miss_a (at) bezeqint (dot) net
10/19/2008 3:05 PM
Anonymous said…
LOVE the Hi Hat cupcakes, I can almost taste them!!!

bnelson@twmi.rr.com
10/19/2008 5:46 PM
Janine said…
The absolute best chocolate cupcake (at least in Manhattan) is Amy's Bread's Black & White cupcake. The chocolate cake is so moist and a little bit brownie-like under the frosting. And the frosting itself is to die for...

Oh man. I wonder if they're open now?

Janine
lifewithfoodanddrink@gmail.com
10/19/2008 7:42 PM
Anonymous said…
I admit, my favorite chocolate cupcakes are the ones that my mother makes. They are your basic cupcakes, but she doesn't make them very often. The last time was when my husband and I got separated and he finally moved out. I went to her house and she *just happened* to have finished icing the chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, my favorite.
10/19/2008 9:27 PM
Jess said…
Favorite... miniature chocolate cupcakes with chocolate ganache, because then I can eat lots of them! I made a few batches over the summer and they were awesome.

Jess
jessica.tupper at gmail dot com
10/19/2008 10:36 PM
Molly said…
This Salted Caramel Chocolate cupcake is just fantastic:

http://sweettreatsbakingblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/hersheys-chocolate-caramel-cupcakes.html

but I made 'em using the chocolate cake recipe from Alice Water's The Art of Simple Food cookbook and I modified the frosting recipe because melting the butter made a too-soft frosting.
10/20/2008 2:50 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite cupcake is from Bernice's Bakery in Missoula, Montana. It is a very moist chocolate cupcake with Italian Buttercream icing. Yummy! I also like their German chocolate cupcakes with a ganache scroll boarder and the coconut filling on the top. Also yummy!
sageroni1@yahoo.com
10/20/2008 10:27 AM
Brimful Curiosities said…
dark chocolate cupcakes from America's Test Kitchen.
10/20/2008 10:36 AM
Laura said…
I love Guinness chocolate cupcakes with baileys frosting! dark chocolate works great too!
10/20/2008 12:02 PM
Heather said…
Good old chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting - yum!
10/20/2008 1:20 PM
Stacey said…
I love Mexican Hot Chocolate cupcakes. Cinnamon and chipotle pepper- YUM!
10/20/2008 6:58 PM
Susan said…
I once had a chocolate cupcake at Extraordinary Desserts in San Diego that was maybe the best thing I have ever eaten. I haven't seen it there since then, but keep hoping!
10/20/2008 7:41 PM
Kelli said…
those pictures were AMAZINGGGGGGG. the one I love the best that I have ever made was chocolate cupcake with milk chocolate frosting swirled HIGH with a mini twix stuck in it. So milky chocolatly sweet!
10/20/2008 8:17 PM
Unknown said…
I have to say that I'm a fairly traditional sort when it comes to chocolate cupcakes. To me there is nothing better then a rich chocolate cupcake topped with white buttercream. Something about it just always makes me feel like a little kid again. Love the blog - keep up the brillant work!!

-Kelly in Florida

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10/20/2008 8:28 PM
~ Angela said…
My grandma makes the yummiest chocolate cupcakes. There is sour cream in the cake batter and she tops them with super-yummy cream cheese frosting. I'm hungry now...
10/20/2008 8:51 PM
Flabz said…
My dad's chocolate cupcake in a mug...so easy to make, so easy to eat.
10/20/2008 8:55 PM
sallgood said…
I love Sour Cream Chocolate Cake with Walnut Fudge Frosting! YUM!!
10/20/2008 9:09 PM
Anonymous said…
i like the basic chocolate cupcake recipe from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. most recently i made them with powdered sugar on top!
10/20/2008 9:14 PM
Ms Ashley said…
Mint Chocolate Chip.. Hands down the best!!

Email: CupcakinAshley@gmail.com
10/20/2008 9:39 PM
Becky said…
I always loved the chocolate cupcakes my Granny used to make.
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10/20/2008 10:00 PM
Anita | Fearless Captivations said…
The S'mores cupcake at Polkadots in Austin, TX is one of my favorites right now!

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10/20/2008 11:15 PM
Amber said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake is the Chocolate Overload cupcakes - Chocolate Devil's Food Cake, Chocolate buttercream, chocolate gnache and chocolate curls. Sounds absolutely heavenly!

Thank you for the giveaway - I would love to win!

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10/21/2008 4:46 AM
alyshalynn said…
i'm a complete sucker for anything covered in a dark chocolate ganache.

alysha
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10/21/2008 8:53 AM
Anonymous said…
My favorite is a dense rich chocolate cake with peppermint buttercream covered with dark chocolate ganache! Heaven, espeically when your favorite candy is a peppermint patty!
cupcakescalientes@gmail.com
10/21/2008 9:18 AM
Anonymous said…
I would say that anything chocolate is my favorite cupcake. The chocolate overload cupckes look awesome.
Suzyfood@comcast.net 10/21/08
10/21/2008 10:10 AM
K said…
Georgetown Cupcakes (DC) makes a fabulous Chocolate Hazelnut cupcake- like a giant Rocher truffle, yum yum
10/21/2008 10:18 AM
Anonymous said…
The recipe on the back of the Hershey's box is pretty fantastic, simple, moist, good.

jeremyb76@yahoo.com
10/21/2008 12:02 PM
MsC said…
My favorite chocolate cupcake is dense and fudgy like a brownie, with chunks of chocolate swirled in, and topped with a whipped chocolate ganache. If you're gonna go chocolate, go chocolate!!
mysweetcupcakesblog at gmail dot com
10/21/2008 1:17 PM
Unknown said…
I really just love a super moist devil's food cake with peanut butter frosting. That with a glass of milk = heaven. :)

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10/21/2008 6:25 PM
Unknown said…
OMG - I love just about anything chocolate. I guess my ideal chocolate cupcake would be a dark chocolate cake with a chocolate ganache filling and peanut butter icing. Mmmm, mmmm.
My e-mail address is MichelleReynolds77@hotmail.com
10/21/2008 8:08 PM
Peg A said…
amberapple at gmail dot com.

My favorite cupcakes are the ones I make for the Ultraviolet Cafe in Albany, NY. They're a rich moist recipe made with sour cream and coffee. I frost them with vanilla or mocha buttercream frosting, and occasionally cream cheese frosting, Later this season I will introduce mint frosting and raspberry buttercream, both of which are delightful on chocolate cupcakes.
10/21/2008 8:37 PM
Anonymous said…
Hey thanks for the chance to win. My favorite chocolate cupcake it German Chocolate with Pecan Frosting. But I must say I have never met a chocolate cupcake I did not want to get to know better.

Debbie
dolcedebsdesigns@yahoo.com
10/21/2008 9:53 PM
Tiffany said…
I love chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter candy filling and a chocolate ganache icing. Once I make the Smores cupcake from Blondie and Brownie, that might be my favorite, though. Hmmm.... maybe my favorite is whatever I'm eating right then!
10/21/2008 10:40 PM
Anonymous said…
Chocolate bliss from Cocos here in Pittsburgh is THE BEST!

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10/22/2008 9:07 AM
cupcake momma said…
I usually prefer a choco-peanut butter combo but chocolate almond w/buttercream is very nice!!
10/22/2008 1:03 PM
Anonymous said…
Homemake chocolate Duncan Hines with applesauce instead of oil.
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10/22/2008 3:46 PM
Aya said…
My husband's aunt makes a decadent german chocolate cupcake. We had these at my baby shower, and even though I was on a low sugar diet, I couldn't resist. I ended up cutting out sugar for the rest of the weekend to make up for it, but it was worth it!

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10/22/2008 5:59 PM
Anonymous said…
Unbelieveable! There is it great day between all the other "senseless" holidays and I didn't realize it for years *snief*.
I love chocolatge cupcakes with fresh raspberries.
Sonja (sonja@rudnicki.de)
10/24/2008 5:14 AM
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