Delicious and Decadent Milky Way Cupcakes

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Moist chocolate cupcakes flavored with caramel and topped with the most amazing creamy frosting, more chocolate, more caramel, and a piece of Milky Way bar. Heavenly!

Prep Time1

Cook Time21

Total Time1 21

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 284kcal

Author: Kelly Stilwell

Ingredients

For Cupcakes

1 1/2 C flour
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 cup Ghirardelli cocoa
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup unsalted sweet cream butter
3/4 C sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 C milk
2 tsp caramel

For Frosting

1 C unsalted butter
1/2 C cocoa powder
3 C powdered sugar
1 tsp Caramel
5 TBS heavy whipping cream
Topping
Ghirardelli Chocolate Sauce
Ghirardelli Caramel Sauce
4 Milky Way bars

Instructions

To Make the Cupcakes

Preheat oven 350 degrees
Line cupcake pan with liners and set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt together and set aside.
In standing mixer, cream butter and sugar.
Add in eggs, 1 at a time and mix until fully mixed before adding the second one.
Add in vanilla and caramel.
Add in flour mixture and milk, alternating between the two.
fill cupcake liner 3/4 of the way with batter and bake for 21 minutes.

To Frost the Cupcakes

Combine all ingredients in the standing mixer and combine until stiff peaks form.
If frosting looks like pebbles, add in more heavy whipping cream.
If frosting is frosting is too thin, add in 1/4 C powder sugar
How to test if frosting is done: Scoop some frosting with a spoon and tilt it upside down. If it doesn't fall off then the frosting is ready.
Pipe on the frosting using a star tip and drizzle caramel and chocolate sauce and top with a milky way.

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