Chocolate Frosting

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: about 1 pound (enough for 12 cupcakes)
  • Total: 7 min
  • Prep: 5 min
  • Cook: 2 min
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Ingredients

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at room temperature

3 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup whole milk, at room temperature

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips, such as Ghirardelli

Directions

  1. In a medium bowl, using an electric hand mixer, beat the butter until light and smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
  2. Place the chocolate chips in a small bowl and place over a small pan of barely simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate is melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the melted chocolate to the vanilla frosting and stir until smooth.

Let's Get Cooking!

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Melanie Ceciro

Super simple and comes together really fast! I added a couple of tablespoons of dark cocoa powder to give it a little extra rich chocolate flavor, but it was definitely great without it! This is my new go to chocolate frosting!

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