Chocolate Cherry Cola Cupcakes with Red Licorice Filling and Marshmallow Frosting

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Yummy, but very sweet! I agree it was hard to taste the cherry cola. It's one of my favorites, though! Love the filling especially! Definitely make the glaze, because that's the most cherry cola flavor you can get.Will make again!

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These are ALOT of work! Granted the were good in the end..but VERY sticky! For you Canadians, as cherry cola is almost impossible to find in Canada, the only place I could find anything of the sort was the Co-Op brand of cherry cola (it is called something else though and it worked very well. The cupcake itself was very moist and delish. I found I could taste the coke put I also mixed 1/4 c coke with 3/4 c cherry cola. And as for the marshmallow topping, I attempted the recipe TWICE..and failed epically both times. I opted to buy jet puff in a jar and use that instead. It worked well but they have to be eaten quickly..it just melts and makes a huge mess (still tastes the same though!. O, and the filling made WAY too much for me. I would suggest cutting it in half or even 3/4. That way you don't put too much in and they aren't too sweet. All in all, pretty good if you have LOTS of time ;

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I second that the cake portion of this recipe is great--I've never made such moist cupcakes. They have no cola flavor whatsoever so calling them anything else but chocolate cupcakes is a flat out lie. The frosting is very sticky so it's messy to handle and it’s so sweet I didn't add the glaze. In the end, I just piped small buttons of the frosting on the cupcakes and topped them with a chocolate dipped cherry and they went over well. Another note about the frosting, this recipe makes a HUGE amount of frosting that if piled on the cupcakes would be disgusting. I truly missed the cola flavor so if I were to do these cupcakes again, I'd fill them a cola-reduction filling or even use an extract in the a batter with a reduced amount of coca powder to so that there is some apparent cola taste with the chocolate.

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The cake was very good, moist and delicious but I didnt notice a "cherry coke" flavor about it. The licorice filling had good flavor but was just so sweet with the cake and frosting that I would omit it next time. This is the second time I've made the marshmallow frosting and both times it's turned out thin. Maybe a technical error on my part, but I followed directions and beat it between 10-15 minutes. I thought it had a nice smooth flavor though, just didnt work for frosting.

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Cupcake was wonderfully moist and chocolately. I would give the cupcake a five! As for the frosting, I heated the sugar, egg whites, and cream of tartar longer than the recipe suggested and frosting was still grainy.

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It was hard work but my family loved it!!!!!! It was delicious!!!!!

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These were a lot of work,but my family and friends loved them! they didnt last long in my house, or around my friends. I think everyone should try these. different and very yummy so much fun to make!

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By far one of the best recipes I have ever made!!!! This was so delicious. time consuming but definitely worth taking the time to make them

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If you change the recipe, you aren't actually reviewing the recipe! There is a reason it calls for soda reduced to a syrup....

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I must admit that I made only the cupcake and will not be stuffing them or topping them with anything but the glaze. I made a few changes. I decreased the amount of sugar in half to 1 cup. When I added the soda I used Dr. Pepper and didn't microwave it. By not reducing the soda into a syrup in the microwave it did make the batter a little runny. To fix that I added 1/4 cup of flour. Still a little runnier than normal but I've had chocolate cake recipes like that before. Next time I will simply cut the amount of soda in half. But despite all of that, they are fantastic! So moist and chocolaty. Not too sweet either. The glaze on top adds a touch more of sweetness and Dr. Pepper flavor. Makes about 24 cupcakes and I also had to bake them the full 15 minutes because of the runny batter. I will repost a different version of changes when I get around to making them again