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Mini Chocolate Cupcakes

The Best Mini Chocolate Cupcakes are super moist! This recipe is so easy to make and these little gems are perfect for parties or get-togethers.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time11 minutes
Total Time26 minutes
Course: Dessert, Party Food
Cuisine: American
Keyword: mini chocolate cupcakes
Servings: 36 mini cupcakes
Calories: 119kcal
Author: Mindy Boyd

Ingredients

For the cake

  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup chocolate chips
  • ½ cup flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • ½ teaspoon white vinegar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • Hershey's Chocolate Frosting

Instructions

Make the cupcakes

  • Preheat the oven to 350° and line a mini cupcake pan with paper liners.
  • Put milk and chocolate chips in a medium microwave safe bowl and heat in the microwave for 30-60 seconds, whisk until the chocolate chips are melted. 
    ½ cup milk, ¼ cup chocolate chips
  • Whisk the dry ingredients in a large bowl; the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. 
    ½ cup flour, ½ cup sugar, ¼ cup cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients; the eggs, oil, vinegar, vanilla and milk mixture and mix until combined. 
    2 eggs, ½ cup canola oil, ½ teaspoon white vinegar, ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • Divide batter between 36 muffin cups (I use a small cookie scoop).
  • Bake 9-11 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  • Allow to cool slightly (about 5 minutes) before removing them from the pans. Let cool completely on a cooling rack before frosting.

Frost the cupcakes

  • Frost cupcakes with Hershey's Chocolate Frosting (or your favorite frosting) with a piping bag or knife.

Notes

As you can see in the photo the batter is thin so it is kinda messy getting it into those mini muffin liners. It will cook and after a little soaking it comes off the muffin tin just fine. I run a knife around the edge of any cupcake that is stuck to the pan because I was sloppy. I am a home cook and I do my best to make everything perfectly but that just isn’t reality. This day I was just not as neat as some days. You have those days too, right?! 
Here is the full blog post for the Chocolate Frosting. 
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Nutrition

Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 97IU | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.4mg