Black and White Cupcakes

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 24 cupcakes
  • Total: 1 hr
  • Prep: 35 min
  • Cook: 25 min
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Ingredients

1 1/3 cups chocolate milk

1/2 cup canola oil

3 large eggs

One 19.5-ounce package dark chocolate cake mix

3 tablespoons unsalted butter

One and a half 7-ounce jars marshmallow creme

One 10-ounce bag dark chocolate chips

2/3 cup heavy cream

1 tablespoon light corn syrup

Half 12-ounce can whipped vanilla frosting

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line twenty-four 2 1/2-inch muffin cups with paper baking cups and set aside. In a large bowl, combine the chocolate milk, oil, eggs and the cake mix; beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down sides of the bowl and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes more. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 18 to 24 minutes. Remove from the muffin tins and cool on wire racks. For the marshmallow filling, in a large microwave-safe bowl, microwave the butter on high setting (100 percent power) for 20 seconds. Stir in the marshmallow creme. Microwave on medium setting (50 percent power) for 1 minute more. Cool for 2 minutes, and then beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Make a 1/2-inch slit in the bottom center of each cupcake. Spoon the marshmallow filling into a pastry bag fitted with a round tip. Pipe the filling into the slits in the cupcakes. Place the chocolate chips in a medium microwave-safe bowl and set aside. In a small saucepan, combine the cream and corn syrup. Cook over medium heat just until boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until completely smooth. If not completely smooth, microwave on medium setting (50 percent power) for 2 minutes. Cool until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes. Dip the cupcake tops into the chocolate mixture. If necessary, use a knife to smooth the tops. Place the cupcakes into another paper liner and let the chocolate harden a bit. Spoon the vanilla frosting into a pastry bag filled with a small round tip. Pipe a line of small loops across the center of each cupcake. Allow the chocolate mixture to set.

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Diana W.

I give this a 4 only because the filling broke down in the cupcake and made the center soggy, not creamy. But, this will for sure be my go to chocolate cupcake/cake recipe. I used Duncan Hines Dark chocolate cake  mix and these were the moistest cupcakes ever.  One thing in the recipe though, make sure you read the box of cake mix and follow the oil amount on the box, not in this recipe. My cake mix called for 1/3 cup, not 1/2 as the recipe is written. If you fill them from the top, you can "patch" the hole with a dab of the vanilla frosting before dipping them in the ganache. Lastly, only fill the cupcake liners 1/2 full, not 2/3.

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