Chocolate Lava Cupcakes

Chocolate Lava Cupcakes say love and chocolate! A delicious and elegant Valentine's treat

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 20

Total Time 50

Servings cupcakes

Calories 222kcal

Author Leigh Anne Wilkes

Equipment

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.

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Notes

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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