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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes with Cool Whip Frosting

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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

When the weather gets cold outside, it makes me want to fire up the oven and bake!

Last week it turned cold here in Nebraska. The weather went from 80 to 40 in a day. It suddenly felt like fall has disappeared and winter was upon us.

We had thunderstorms and snow coming directly for us. That is something that I have dubbed “Thunder Snow” and have only seen since we’ve lived here. It’s interesting to hear thunder and see lightning when it is snowing outside.

I became inspired by the weather to bake some cupcakes. I need something sweet in the house and feel like cupcakes are a better option for me than chowing down on a bag full of candy.

Since it had gotten so cold, I started craving Hot Cocoa and thought, well, I’ll just make that into a cupcake!

It’s a win – win really.

I found some excellent new frosting to use for the tops of the cupcakes. View my entire shopping experience here: Google + Album.

Cool Whip Frosting

Normally I use a regular cream cheese frosting when I frost my cupcakes, but this stuff is amazing.

First, it comes out of the container and loads perfectly into my decorator and secondly, it isn’t as sticky as a regular frosting. I was worried about the consistency since it was something that comes from the frozen section, however I am in love with this frosting!

It is the perfect consistency to frost cupcakes and you can even move it around a bit more than a traditional stiff frosting. Or at least I felt so anyway.

Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

Hot Cocoa Cupcakes Recipe

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Hot Cocoa Cupcakes

Hot Cocoa Cupcakes with Cool Whip Frosting

★★★★★ 4.7 from 3 reviews
  • Author: MidwesternMoms
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 19 minutes
  • Total Time: 29 minutes
  • Yield: 18 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Bake
  • Cuisine: American
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Ingredients

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  • 1 Box Devil’s Food Cake Mix
  • 1 Package Hot Cocoa Mix
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1/2 Cup Oil
  • 1 1/3 Water
  • Kraft Cool Whip Frosting in Vanilla
  • Peppermint Chocolate Pieces to top

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. Line 12-hole muffin tin with cupcake liners.
  3. Mix devil’s food cake mix, eggs, oil, water, and cocoa mix until well blended.
  4. Fill liners 3/4 of the way full with mixture.
  5. Bake for 19 minutes.
  6. Top with Cool Whip Frosting and peppermint pieces.
  7. Yields approx. 18 cupcakes.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 192
  • Sugar: 13 g
  • Sodium: 244.6 mg
  • Fat: 9.9 g
  • Saturated Fat: 2.3 g
  • Trans Fat: 0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 24.9 g
  • Fiber: 0.7 g
  • Protein: 2.5 g
  • Cholesterol: 31.1 mg

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Would you like to see more recipes with this frosting? Please be sure to visit the Pinterest board to see more awesome recipes from other bloggers! You can also visit the Walmart website or their Facebook page for more information.

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About amanda

Amanda is a work at home mom and owner/editor of Midwestern Moms. She enjoys reading, crafting and finding great new projects on Pinterest!

Comments

  1. Lynn says

    October 26, 2012 at 9:44 am

    Amanda this looks really good…is the cool whip icing similar to the whip cream icing walmart uses in their bakery? I bet its delicious!

    ★★★★

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    • amanda says

      October 26, 2012 at 4:57 pm

      That is what my mom asked today! haha! I usually use whipped frosting on all of my cupcakes, however this seems even a bit lighter than that. My personal preference is to have the icing compliment the cake/cupcake rather than overpower it and I feel like this does that much better than any other frosting I’ve tried. It also held it’s shape really well in my decorator.

      Reply
  2. Jennifer says

    October 27, 2012 at 11:33 am

    OH my gosh I didn’t know they made actual cool whip frosting now!!! That’s my favorite and I never knew how to make it. And these cupcakes look SO YUMMY!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • amanda says

      October 27, 2012 at 5:58 pm

      Yes! It is super tasty. Comes in vanilla, cream cheese, and chocolate! yum!

      Reply
  3. Alicia says

    October 27, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Oh wow! Does that look delicious!!!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • amanda says

      October 29, 2012 at 11:33 am

      They were very yummy. I realized after I photographed them that I should have added some mini marshmallows on top of the icing also. ;) mmmmmm yum!

      Reply

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