Name: Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 18 cupcakes
Ingredients: 1/4 cup butter (unsalted - room temperature); 1 cup sugar (, I used Imperial); 3.2 ounces Mexican Chocolate (, I used 1 disc of Ibarra); 2 eggs (room temperature); 3 egg yolks (room temperature); 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract (, I used Rodelle); 1/3 cup buttermilk; 1 cup flour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 cup cocoa powder (, I used Rodelle); 1/2 cup espresso (cooled to room temperature); 1/2 cup unsalted butter; 4 cups Confectioner's sugar (, I used Imperial); 1/3 cup heavy cream; 3.2 ounces Mexican chocolate; 1 ounce instant hot chocolate mix (, 1 packet); 1 tablespoon chocolate instant pudding mix; 1 cup unsalted butter; 4 cups Confectioner's sugar (, I used Imperial); 13 ounces marshmallow creme; 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

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Warm cinnamon and deep chocolate flavors give these Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes a unique, spicy chocolate flavor reminiscent of the Mexican hot chocolate we drink in my area of the country. These airy cupcakes are topped with a thick spiral of Mexican Hot Chocolate buttercream and a smidge of marshmallow buttercream to really give you that hot chocolate experience! Welcome to #Choctoberfest day 3 – hope you’re not tired of chocolate yet! A big thank you to #Choctoberfest sponsors Imperial Sugar, Rodelle Vanilla, and Davis Chocolate for providing the sugar & powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and dark chocolate garnish!

For this recipe you’ll need: unsalted butter, Imperial sugar, Mexican chocolate (I used Ibarra), eggs, oil, vanilla extract, buttermilk, all -purpose flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, Rodelle cocoa powder, espresso coffee, Imperial Confectioner’s sugar, heavy cream, cocoa mix, chocolate instant pudding mix, marshmallow creme, almond extract

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Ok… so we don’t get a lot of winter in Texas, I’ll admit, but when the barb wire between the North Pole and Dallas City Limits blows down it gets bone shatteringly cold. There’s something about going from 70 degrees one day to 15 degrees the next day that will jar you to the center of your soul.

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Seriously. One time when I was around 14 I decided to go visit a friend that lived down the hill from where I lived. It was Christmas break but a gorgeous 75 degree afternoon so I strolled down the street barefoot and in cut-off shorts and a t-shirt. We retreated to her room to hide from her pesky brothers and listened to Partridge Family, Bobby Sherman, and Three Dog Night albums. Back then you stacked your vinyl records up on the record player and as one finished the next one dropped so that you had uninterrupted listening pleasure.

We were lounging on the thick, pink shag carpet on her bedroom floor and painting our nails while talking about … well you know. Those things 14 year old girls talk about. I didn’t notice that the sky had darkened until she jumped up and flipped on her bedroom light.

As she did she caught sight of what was going on outside her window and she turned to me with a look of horror. “It’s sleeting,” she whispered hoarsely.

And it was.

I walked up that hill barefoot, without a coat, and with most of my skin exposed to a brisk wind that whipped my hair around my face and made my legs go numb in seconds. I was never SO glad to get home in my life!

When it’s that kind of cold my favorite drink is a frothy Mexican hot chocolate.

Mexican chocolate is different than other kinds of chocolate. It’s gritty, for one thing, and has cinnamon and spices added. It comes in a round disc and you break off a couple of wedges and melt it in your milk for hot chocolate. If you really want to warm up, and you’re over 21, you add a couple of gluggs of tequila!

SO good.

These Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes taste like my favorite hot chocolate. They won’t warm you up but they ARE a great way to end a meal.

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Mexican chocolate is available in grocery stores here in Texas but you may need to find a Mexican or Latin American market where you are. OR you can do it the easy way and order from Amazon. Ibarra is my favorite brand but there are several. Rodelle Baking Cocoa has a great flavor and you can really smell the chocolaty goodness when you open the package! I used these cute, squiggly Davis Cocktail Sticks for garnish. They are made of Ecuador single bean origin chocolate and I just love how they look. They’re great to serve with an after dinner espresso, too!

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe

Warm and cozy flavors make these Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes especially nice during the cold weather months. The flavor is unique and a little exotic – and who doesn’t need a little more exotic in their lives? This cupcake recipe is so much fun to make with the kids because even the littlest guys can add the garnish to the top!

Although the cupcakes and chocolate frosting are adaptions of my own recipes I did find the marshmallow frosting on one of my favorite blogs, The Gracious Wife.

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