How To Make Happy Place-Inspired Choco Pinata Cupcake
Happy Place includes all things nice and colorful just like this choco pinata cupcake with chocolate frosting, peanut butter topping, and sprinkle surprise.
Serves:
Ingredients
Option 1: Prepared Mix
- 1boxGreat Value® Deluxe Moist Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake Mix,or any brand preferred
- 1cupwater
- ⅓cupvegetable oil
- 3largeeggs
Option 2: From Scratch
- ¾cupcocoa powder
- 1cupboiling water
- 2cupsAll-Purpose Flour
- 1¼cupsgranulated sugar
- 4largeeggs
- 1cupvegetable oil
- ½cupwhole milk
- 1¼tspbaking soda
- ½tspsalt
- 1tspvanilla extract
Additions
- 2tspRainbow Sprinkles
- 2cupschocolate frosting
- chocolate sauce,for drizzling
- mini peanut butter cup,for topping
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
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Line 2 12-cup cupcake tins with paper liners.
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If using prepared mix, in a medium bowl, whisk together the cake mix, water, oil, and eggs.
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If making the cupcake batter from scratch, in a small bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder and boiling water until the cocoa powder is completely dissolved.
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In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, milk, cocoa mixture, baking soda, salt and vanilla extract.
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Fill the cupcake cups halfway with batter.
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Bake for 18 to 21 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
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Let the cupcakes cool completely before decorating.
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Using a large piping tip, poke a hole in the center of each cupcake.
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Discard the scraps or save for another use.Fill each hole with the sprinkles.
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Top each cupcake with chocolate frosting, a drizzle of chocolate, and a mini peanut butter cup.
Nutrition
- Calories: 422.14kcal
- Fat: 22.68g
- Saturated Fat: 3.82g
- Trans Fat: 0.10g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 13.51g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.18g
- Carbohydrates: 53.85g
- Fiber: 2.05g
- Sugar: 35.29g
- Protein: 5.18g
- Cholesterol: 54.76mg
- Sodium: 320.28mg
- Calcium: 54.57mg
- Potassium: 205.04mg
- Iron: 2.49mg
- Vitamin A: 25.89µg
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