Chocolate Mint Cupcakes

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Cathy

I love chocolate and i love mint so making these were a no-brainer. And boy oh boy oh boy, i am going to make them again and again.

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- December 4, 2019
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situ

I made this but reduced the amount of mint extract to about 1 teaspoon. It was perfect. I didn’t use mint extract in the buttercream frosting but substituted vanilla. Both my kids, my husband and our guests gobbled them up. Thanks for the great recipe!
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Aileen

I didn’t want to go out and buy a whole bottle of peppermint extract, so made these with vanilla extract instead and they were absolutely delicious – very chocolatey and moist! Can’t wait to try them with the peppermint extract now. Thank you so much for another great recipe! I can always count on your website for yummy treats!

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Jenny

Hi Elise,

I was wondering how to replace the Dutch processed cocoa with natural processed cocoa because that is all I have. Thanks!

Check out David Lebovitz’s post on Cocoa powder FAQ: Dutch-process and natural cocoa powder. I’m guessing that a straight substitution in this recipe will work. ~Elise
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Sandra

hi elise! we have so much mint growing in our garden, and i’d really like to try baking these or anything really, with it, and i don’t know how exactly you’d get the flavor from the leaf into something you could use for the cupcake. i’m not an experienced baker, but i cook all the time, and i’m using the summer to “hone my skill”. :) anyone have any suggestions? maybe boil the leaves in milk or water or something…? thanks! :)

I would recommend either making mint tea with your mint (put leaves, not stems, into a tea pot, cover with boiling water, let seep for 5 minutes), or mint ice cream. My attempts to bake with garden mint didn’t turn out that well. ~Elise
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Chelsea

I made these last night and they were absolutely delightful :) I dyed the buttercream with one drop of green food coloring and it turned out to be a beautiful mint color. A wonderful cupcake :)

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Corina

These cupcakes are AMAZING & come out just as fabulous everytime!! I just love the luxurious creaminess of the mixture & the cupcake is the best I have ever tasted – thank you SO much for sharing! :)) I accidentally used Self Raising flour the first time instead of plain flour but still with the baking powder & baking soda, & the result was so deliciously light & fluffy I do this everytime now! :) For any Australian readers, 1 tspn Queen’s Peppermint Essence is just perfect in the cupcakes, and I cook 15min @ 170C fan forced. Thanks again Elise! :D

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Theresa

Attention all people with muffins that sag in the middle! The same happened to me so I Googled it, and found it could be a few different things:
1. the oven temperature is too hot
2. over-beating the batter
3. over-filling the cups/liners (should be 2/3 full before baking)
4. underbaking
Even though I cook a lot, I am a very inexperienced baker, and I think I probably did get overzealous with the mixer. BUT…these cupcakes were still the perfect balance of mint and chocolate, and very moist! I made the cream cheese frosting and used McCormick’s peppermint extract, turned out fantastic! I will try to make a proper dome-top batch next time ;-)
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Stephanie

I made these last night for a co-worker’s birthday, and took them to work to share with everyone today. I made them without any mint (as we have someone with a severe mint allergy at my work), and EVERYONE LOVED THEM!!! *Especially the sour-cream frosting. I can’t wait to make these again. Deeeeee-licious! :o)

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berries

can’t try these as of now, but i agree with liz. i chose mint extract over peppermint and it was a terrible waste. couldn’t use the rest of the bottle and ruined my batch. what a disappointment. i just bought some peppermint extract, so can’t wait to try these
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Theresa

I made these for my wedding, froze them for a week before and they were FANTASTIC! The hit of the night. I also made lemon and red velvet cupcakes with lemon and cream cheese icing respectively. These were good but the chocolate ones were the first to go. I wish I had made more (cause they were the easiest to make out of the three–tough to screw up).

Also, EAT THEM FROZEN with chocolate butter icing on them. Oh dear, dear God…how yummy art thou’s creations!

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Eva

Alright, I need some help here. I made these tonight and tasted the batter before baking. It was delicious!! I was so excited about these cupcakes after reading all the reviews. I baked the cupcakes exactly as directed and when I pulled them out of the oven, the middles were saggy. :( Rather than rising in the middle, the middles drooped lower than the pan. I’ve had this happen once before with a different cupcake recipe. What might I be doing wrong?

Great question, I have no idea. Anyone else with a suggestion, feel free to chime in. ~Elise
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Lizzy

HELP! I made these tonight– I used “Simply Organic Peppermint Flavor” as opposed to mint extract. I’m thinking that was a big mistake: the mint is OVERPOWERING and disgusting. I can’t even taste the chocolate bc all I can taste and smell is mint. I only baked half the batter, and still have half left. Is there any way of salvaging this? Adding milk or vanilla yogurt maybe? ugh :(
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Stacey

Delicious cupcakes! Made a batch for a friend’s birthday. This being the first time I’ve ever made cupcakes, I made the mistake of overfilling the cups. I was using individual foil-lined baking cups, didn’t realize how much these guys rise, and completely missed the part about spooning the batter “evenly”! Got about 10 and 1/2 of them filled and assumed my tins were just bigger than normal. So of course I ended up with one normal cupcake, and 10 totally funky-shaped cupcakes :). Haven’t gotten to frosting them yet, but from nibbling on the little bits that fell off the overflowing ones, I can already tell these will be awesome. I might even make a second batch of normal-shaped ones to give away. I’m sure I can easily make the first batch disappear… into my stomach, that is. Thanks so much for this recipe!

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ruen

Thanks to everyone who mentioned that McCormick’s mint extract isn’t peppermint extract! I was uncapping the bottle to measure out the ingredient when I remembered reading those comments–just in the nick of time. These cupcakes came out extremely moist and tender–almost *too* tender; even after spraying the muffin pan, I still had to use a knife to get the suckers out. Be forewarned: use muffin tins or risk decapitating your little creations.
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Sportsgirl

Thanks for this recipe. I made it today for a party and they were very well received. I looooove choc mint recipes – rich but refreshing. I used pure peppermint essential oil instead of the extract and it was wonderful.

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Nourhan Kay.

Thank you so much for this recipe! All of the other chocolate mint recipes required actual chocolate mints, which I cannot get, and this recipe seemed perfect.
My friend is a HUGE fan of chocolate mints, and she absolutely loved this when I made it for her birthday. They even turned out looking adorable! Thanks again! :)

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Carol

I made these last night; they are thin-minty delicious as promised. I used a 2 oz. Dagobo Rosemary-Mint dark chocolate bar and super dark cocoa; my cupcakes are a beautiful pitch black. I only had enough extract for the batter, so for the frosting I pulverized a candy cane and dissolved the fragments in the milk. My buttercream came out smooth, minty and a lovely shade of pale pink. I also think these, like most bundt cakes, are even better the next day. Thank you Elise!
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Monique

Anything that resembles a peppermint patty or thin mint gets my vote! I made this recipe and I used cake flour thinking it would make them velvety. Instead the cake flour made them dense and almost mealy. FYI use regular flour! I also grabbed a bottle of McCormick’s Pure Mint extract and much to my dismay, their “Mint” is spearmint, not peppermint. Sadly, I was already in the throws of mixing up the batter so I used it anyway. Yech! I went back to the store and noticed that McCormick’s does have peppermint extract and it is labeled “Peppermint,” so make sure you don’t just grab a bottle of “Mint,” or you’ll end up with a really funky tasting cupcake! I have not remade these with the peppermint yet as I have a bag of organic carrots in the fridge and Elise’s Carrot Cake recipe with pineapple and coconut looks mighty fine. And I still have cream cheese left over for the frosting from the cupcakes!
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Rocqui

Hi Elise,

I recently made some mint jelly and discovered I made a bit much. When I saw your recipe for Chocolate Mint Cupcakes, I became more interested and after reading the ingredients and instructions, became more excited and decided that this is a Must Do. I really enjoyed making them and my family experienced something new and different and loved it. I decided to add something special and fill the center of the cupcake with mint jelly and was a hit. Thank you for sharing.

Rocqui

Oh, what a great idea, thanks! ~Elise
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