Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes

  Desserts

These luscious cupcakes have a touch of semisweet chocolate in the batter and white chocolate in the filling. They melt away fast at our house.

Chocolate Gingerbread Cupcakes

Average Rating: 5

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 40 min. Bake: 15 min. + cooling
YIELD: 1 dozen.

Ingredients

  • 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup white baking chips, melted and cooled
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/2 cup marshmallow creme

  • CUPCAKES:
  • 1 package (14-1/2 ounces) gingerbread cake/cookie mix
  • 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
  • Grated semisweet chocolate

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 375°. Beat first four ingredients until blended; gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Fold in marshmallow creme. Refrigerate, covered, while preparing cupcakes.
  • 2. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions, adding pie spice and ginger before mixing. Stir in melted chocolate.
  • 3. Fill prepared cups three-fourths full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 15-18 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • 4. Using a sharp knife, cut a 1-1/2-in. circle, 1 in. deep, in top of each cupcake. Carefully remove cut portion and reserve. Fill each with about 2 tablespoons filling; sprinkle with grated chocolate. Replace tops, pressing down lightly. Dust with additional confectioners' sugar. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition Facts

1 cupcake: 356 calories, 15g fat (7g saturated fat), 38mg cholesterol, 359mg sodium, 52g carbohydrate (41g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

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