If you ask me, the chocolate chip perched atop this pile of frosting on these mint chocolate cupcakes by blogger Tracey's Culinary Adventures is what really makes it stand out. Click through for the recipe. She writes:
My starting point was a recipe I found in my Whoopie Pies book for mint buttercream. I briefly considered going in the whoopie pie direction, but decided I'd rather have a chocolate cupcake with the buttercream mounded on top. I made Martha Stewart's one bowl chocolate cupcakes, which are one of my favorites. The recipe is super simple and the cupcakes always turn out moist and chocolate-y. I added green gel food coloring to the frosting just to make them more festive, but you could certainly leave it white if that's more your style. The buttercream is fairly sweet but not as buttery as others I've made and I liked the flavor quite a bit - it's minty, but not overpowering. The texture was perfect for piping too. My chocolate-mint craving was definitely satisfied :)
I also think it's cool that she adapted the frosting from a book on whoopie pies! See, media? Desserts are not actually in competition with one another but can be complementary.
My starting point was a recipe I found in my Whoopie Pies book for mint buttercream. I briefly considered going in the whoopie pie direction, but decided I'd rather have a chocolate cupcake with the buttercream mounded on top. I made Martha Stewart's one bowl chocolate cupcakes, which are one of my favorites. The recipe is super simple and the cupcakes always turn out moist and chocolate-y. I added green gel food coloring to the frosting just to make them more festive, but you could certainly leave it white if that's more your style. The buttercream is fairly sweet but not as buttery as others I've made and I liked the flavor quite a bit - it's minty, but not overpowering. The texture was perfect for piping too. My chocolate-mint craving was definitely satisfied :)
I also think it's cool that she adapted the frosting from a book on whoopie pies! See, media? Desserts are not actually in competition with one another but can be complementary.
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