Mint Chocolate Cupcakes

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I’m going to be entirely honest when I say that mint-chocolate has never been one of my favorite combinations. I hardly ever grab an Andes mint when I’m leaving a restaurant and York Peppermint Patties don’t really thrill me. However, I can’t deny that mint-chocolate certainly is a classic dessert combo. With Girl Scouts selling Thin Mints all around me and an approaching St. Paddy’s Day calling for all green everything, you better believe I’m getting out those green sprinkles and whipping up something minty.

I made these cupcakes last week for one of my best friend’s birthdays. She couldn’t decide if she wanted to be “surprised” with coconut cupcakes or mint chocolate cupcakes, and who am I to squash someone’s double dessert dreams? Coconut cupcakes are an old favorite of mine, and I threw those together pretty quickly. But mint-chocolate was a different story. I haven’t dabbled too much in the mint scene, but after grabbing a box of mint Oreos and taste-testing just one,  I knew it was time to give it a go.

The base of these cupcakes was made using my favorite chocolate fudge cake recipe. The cake is moist and chocolatey, and it pairs perfectly with almost any kind of frosting. Several drops of peppermint extract turn my classic chocolate buttercream frosting into a chocolate-mint frosting that is minty, cool, creamy and fudgy. They are topped off with a mint Oreo and some green sprinkles, and there you have it: mint-chocolate cupcake heaven. If you are a mint-skeptic like my naive self used to be, you have to give this recipe a try.

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