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Chocolate Lava Cupcakes are a tender chocolate cupcake with warm, gooey, chocolate ganache in the middle. A chocolate lava cake in cupcake form.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe!
One of my favorite restaurant desserts is Chocolate Lava Cakes. Not only are they delicious but they are just so fun to eat. Who doesn’t love spooning into the cake and watching the chocolate lava just flow out of the cake!? Now you can make the same dessert at home.
These chocolate lava cupcakes are the perfect amount for one person and the great way to feed a crowd as the recipe makes 24 cupcakes. It is the perfect treat to make for Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, a Birthday or just a regular weekend!
Ingredients Needed
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Chocolate Chips
- Vanilla Extract
- Devil’s Food Cake Mix
- Chocolate Fudge Instant Pudding Pie Filling
- Vegetable Oil
- Eggs
How to Make Chocolate Lava Cupcakes
- In a sauce pan, heat whipping cream until it is hot but does not boil.
- Add in chocolate and whisk together until melted and smooth and a pudding like consistency.
- Refrigerate for one hour so it thickens up. Stir occasionally.
- Prepare Pan. Use cupcake liners or spray and flour your muffin pan really well! You don’t want these babies to stick.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, oil and eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer and mix on low for 30 seconds and then medium for 2 minutes. You can also use a hand electric mixer.
- Place 1/3 C of batter into each muffin cup.
- Spoon 1 Tbsp of ganache on top of batter and press into batter with back of spoon.
- Bake 20-22 minutes or until top springs back when touched.
- Cool 1 minute in muffin tin.
- Remove from pan and place on cooling rack or parchment paper.
- Cool for 10 minutes.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar or serve with ice cream and fresh berries or whipped cream.
- Finish off the cupcakes with a dusting of powdered sugar and then serve them warm with a scoop of ice cream and some fresh berries.
You want to eat these babies warm so be sure and time the baking so that they are coming out of the oven right before you want to eat them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I make them ahead of time?
This dessert is best when prepared and baked right before serving.
Can I reheat chocolate lava cupcakes
If you end of up with leftovers, don’t worry! They are easy to pop in the microwave and warm up in about 15-20 seconds and all that warm gooeyness in the middle reappears! Keep leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Chocolate Lava Cupcakes
Ingredients
Ganache
- 3/4 cups whipping cream
- 1 1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 tsp vanilla
Cupcake
- 1 Devil's Food cake mix
- 1 4 oz. chocolate fudge instant pudding pie filling
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
Ganache
- In a sauce pan heat whipping cream until it is not but does not boil. Add in chocolate chips and stir until melted and smooth. Refrigerate for one hour so it thickens up. Stir occasionally.
Cupcakes
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour cupcake/muffin pan. Combine cake mix, pudding, water, oil and eggs in mixer and mix on low for 30 seconds and then medium for 2 minutes. Place 1/3 C of batter into each muffin cup. Spoon 1 Tbsp of ganache on top of batter and press into batter with back of spoon.
- Bake 20-22 minutes or until top springs back when touched.
- Cool 1 minute
- Remove from pan and place on cooling rack or parchment paper. Cool for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with ice cream.
Kim says
These look delicious. I am definitely going to try these. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Colleen says
Oh my goodness, these look amazing and will totally fulfill my pregnancy craving of chocolate! If I were at home, I’d be making them right this instant! 🙂
Laurie says
Can’t wait to try these. They look wonderful! I have been looking for a recipe just like this.
Thanks
Sarah says
Yum…thanks for sharing! Do you make the pudding, or just mix in the powder?
Leigh Anne says
You just add in the dry powder mix – don’t mix it up.
Jess Wakasugi says
These are so cute and what a perfect Valentine’s Day treat! I pinned this recipe, maybe my Valentine will get lucky and I’ll make these for him 🙂