These Guinness Cupcakes with sweet cream chocolate frosting are to die for, and such an easy recipe to make! Not one for the kids as they are made with everyone’s favorite Irish beer, but such a perfect dessert for that adult St. Patrick’s Day Party! Start your gathering with these mouthwatering 4 ingredient Guinness Ribs! Seriously, I used to buy this sauce until someone told me how easy it is to make it. You will keep a jar in your fridge at all times! You might also like this round up of St. Patrick’s Day appetizers! Enjoy!
Guinness Cupcakes
Cupcakes Ingredients
1 C butter
2/3 C hershey cocoa
2 C sugar, split
1 tsp sea salt
2 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 C Guinness
2 eggs
Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake liners with shamrock themed cupcake papers.
- Heat the butter, Guinness, cocoa and sugar in a small sauce pan and whisk until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.
- Medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients, flour, sugar, soda, salt, and the cooled Guinness mixer and mix on medium speed for a minute or until combined.
- add eggs and mix more until incorporated
- Divide batter evenly into the liners and bake for 21 minutes.
Chocolate frosting ingredients
1 C sweet cream butter, unsalted, softened
1/4 C hershey cocoa
2 C powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-4 T heavy whipping cream
Directions for frosting:
- in a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on low.
- If mixer starts to look like rocks, add a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
- mix until stiff peaks form.
- if to then add 1/2 C powdered sugar.
- Frost cupcakes
Guinness Cupcakes with Sweet Cream Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- Cupcakes Ingredients
- 1 C butter
- 2/3 C hershey cocoa
- 2 C sugar split
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 C Guinness
- 2 eggs
- Frosting Ingredients
- 1 C sweet cream butter unsalted, softened
- 1/4 C hershey cocoa
- 2 C powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-4 T heavy whipping cream.
- Directions for frosting:
- in a standing mixer combine all ingredients and mix on low.
- If mixer starts to look like rocks add a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
- mix until stiff peaks form.
- if to then add 1/2 C powder sugar.
- Frost cupcakes
Instructions
- Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake liners with shamrock themed cupcake papers.
- Heat the butter, Guinness, cocoa and sugar in a small sauce pan and whisk until the mixture is smooth. Set aside.
- Medium mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients, flour, sugar, soda, salt, and the cooled Guinness mixer and mix on medium speed for a minute or until combined.
- add eggs and mix more until incorporated
- Divide batter evenly into the liners and bake for 21 minutes.
- Chocolate frosting ingredients
- Frosting Directions
- in a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on low.
- If mixer starts to look like rocks, add a tablespoon of heavy whipping cream.
- mix until stiff peaks form.
- if to then add 1/2 C powder sugar.
- Frost cupcakes
Looking for more St. Patrick’s Day desserts? Check out this round up of 26 St. Pat’s Day Desserts!
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Nancy Burgess says
March 10, 2016 at 12:30 PMThese cupcakes look delicious thanks for sharing this.
Kara Marks says
March 11, 2016 at 7:29 AMThese cupcakes sound wonderful–interesting recipe. Thanks!
Lisa Ellen Niver says
March 17, 2017 at 12:23 PMYUM! I also love Guinness bread! I was there for St. Patricks Day in Dublin in 2014!
Kelly Stilwell says
March 17, 2017 at 12:33 PMGirl, you are my hero! Trying hard to follow in your footsteps!!
Cathy Lawdanski says
February 19, 2018 at 5:15 AMSo cute and delicious looking! My husband would love them.
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
February 19, 2018 at 6:11 AMThey look delicious!
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
February 19, 2018 at 9:12 AMOh my – how amazingly delicious they must be! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party!
Maria | passion fruit, paws and peonies says
February 19, 2018 at 11:56 AMThese look utterly irresistible! Happy St Patricks day! x
Sandra L Garth says
February 21, 2018 at 12:56 PMI’m looking forward to these. Thanks for the recipe and great pictures.
Of Goats and Greens says
February 24, 2018 at 9:37 AMDefinitely looks like St. Pats here! They sound tasty; my brother would love!!!
Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!
Miz Helen says
February 26, 2018 at 4:24 PMYour Cupcakes will be a perfect treat for the season! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
Antonia (Zoale) says
February 26, 2018 at 8:05 PMLove the decorations! These look wonderful. Thank you for sharing over at Fiesta Friday!
Karren Haller says
February 27, 2018 at 12:34 PMYour cupcake look amazing, how fun for St Patrick’s!!
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Teresa says
February 27, 2018 at 6:27 PMMmmm! I want one…now! These look so good. Thank you for sharing with us on Party in Your PJ’s.
Theresa says
February 28, 2018 at 1:30 AMOh yummy! I made a similar recipe years ago. Glad I spotted this. Thanks for sharing your post with us at the Inspiration Spotlight party @DearCreatives. Pinned & sharing.
Beverly says
February 28, 2018 at 9:38 AMThee cupcakes look so yummy and so perfect for St Patrick’s day. That frosting looks amazing too.
Hope you stop by Thursday Favorite Things since you are being featured.
Hugs,
Bev
Kerryanne says
March 2, 2018 at 12:34 AMLooks like the perfect St Patrick’s Day sweet treat Kelly!!
Thank you for sharing this recipe at ‘Create, Bake, Grow & Gather’ on Shabby Art Boutique this week. I’m delighted to be featuring it at tonight’s party and pinning too!
Nina says
March 29, 2018 at 3:34 AMThese cupcakes look pretty and give me a reason to try cooking with Guinness. Sadly i missed this for st. paddy’s day but a good cupcake can be eaten anytime. Thanks for sharing.
Nina
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Kelly Stilwell says
April 1, 2018 at 12:41 PMThey are good anytime, Nina! Enjoy!
Cindy says
April 24, 2018 at 8:06 PMMay I ask what decorating tip that you used for the frosting? They look so perfect!
Nellie Stubbs says
January 27, 2019 at 3:30 PMThis is perfection! I know what I’m making for the next St Patrick’s.
Kelly Stilwell says
January 28, 2019 at 8:35 AMThey are so good, Nellie! Enjoy!