Thin Mint Cupcakes
Author: A Frugal Chick
Recipe type: Dessert
- 1 box of milk chocolate cake mix
- 3 eggs
- ½ C oil
- 1 C water
- (measurements for the eggs, oil and water will change based on which brand of cake mix you purchase)
- green cupcake liners
- cupcake pan
- box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies
- 1 tablespoon of mint extract
- Directions for cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners
- In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, extract and water and mix until combined
- Take half a package of the cookies and place into a ziplock bag, crush the cookies into small pieces and then mix in with the cake batter
- Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about ¾ of the way full
- Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes
- Pull out and place on the side to cool
- Frosting Ingredients
- C unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- /2 C powder sugar
- tsp vanilla
- -5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- /4 C cocoa powder
- tsp mint extract
- drops of leaf green coloring
- chocolate fudge sauce to drizzle
- bowls
- medium star tip and pastry bag
- Directions
- In a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream. Mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form.
- If frosting is soft, add ¼-1/2 C powder sugar until you get thick frosting
- split the frosting in half, add the mint extract and green food coloring to one bowl of frosting.
- Add the second bowl of frosting back into the standing mixer and add the cocoa powder.
- mix until the cocoa powder is combined and chocolate frosting is made.
- Scoop the green frosting into one side of the piping bag and the chocolate frosting on the other side.
- Take the cooled cupcake and start piping frosting from the edge to the center.
- Drizzle the chocolate sauce and top with a thin mint cookie
Recipe by A Frugal Chick at https://www.afrugalchick.com/thin-mint-cupcakes/
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