Peppermint Cream Cheese Cupcakes Recipe


Soft chocolate cupcakes with a peppermint chocolate filling and a delicious peppermint cream cheese frosting. These will become your new holiday favorite.

YIELD: 12 CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS:

CUPCAKES
1 box Betty Crocker Hershey�s Chocolate Premium Cupcake Mix (15 oz)
ingredients as directed on the box
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

PEPPERMINT CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
8 oz cream cheese , softened
3/4 cup Betty Crocker Whipped Vanilla Frosting
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
2 finely crushed candy canes
red food coloring (optional)
2 candy canes , crushed

DIRECTIONS:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Open package and set the small chocolate filling packet aside.
  2. Place the filling into a small bowl and stir in 1/2 teaspoon of peppermint extract.
  3. Prepare cupcakes as directed on the box using.
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