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October 23, 2015

Dark Chocolate Butterfinger Cupcakes

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Butterfinger lovers unite and eat these Dark Chocolate Butterfinger Cupcakes! Dark chocolate cupcakes topped with over the top Butterfinger buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache. The ultimate way to eat your Halloween candy.

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The first Halloween that we moved to our new neighborhood we had no idea how many Trick or Treaters we would get. Common sense would have told us to ask the neighbors but no one ever accused us of having common sense. 🙂 So we just started buying bags of candy every time we went to the grocery store…and food bloggers go to the grocery store a lot. We had so much candy. So much. And while we ate our weight in candy before Halloween we still had a ton. We got one Trick or Treater that year, the neighbors dressed up their pug as a bumble bee since they felt bad that no one came by. And while he was too cute for words, he wasn’t really going to take our Snickers. We did give his mom and dad some candy but at the end of the day we had more candy than I knew what to do with.

Nowadays I just pretend we get a ton of kids so that I have an excuse to buy candy. Because when everything is fun sized it doesn’t have calories…I read that on the Internet so you know it’s true. 😉

I had a variety of candy to choose, from but I asked my Culinary Concoctions by Peabody readers on Facebook which would they like to see in a cupcake and hands down the winner was Butterfingers. I don’t blame them. The hard part was not eating them before they went into the frosting.

Dark Chocolate Butterfinger Cupcakes 001If you are reading cake mix and groaning feel free to make your own cupcake from scratch (THIS is the recipe I use most for chocolate cupcakes). I went with box this time because cake mix was on sale for $.97 a box and you just can’t beat that especially when you have teens at home who can eat a whole pizza without blinking an eye (or gaining a pound…grrr that youthful metabolism), so we are all about saving money where we can.

If you are not a fan of dark chocolate feel free to use a different chocolate cake mix (or scratch recipe). I just felt that the dark chocolate help cut some of the sweetness from the candy in the buttercream frosting.

My hockey team were the recipients of the cupcakes and they thought they were insanely good and I’m sure you will too!

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Dark Chocolate Butterfinger Cupcakes

Dark Chocolate Butterfinger Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 box (15.5 oz) Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • For the frosting:
  • 8 oz. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 3 TBSP heavy cream
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 5 fun sized Butterfingers, chopped
  • For the chocolate topping:
  • 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
  • 4 TBSP butter
  • Optional: Butterfinger Bites for garnish

Instructions

  1. For the cupcakes:
  2. Prepare the cupcakes according to the directions on the box.
  3. Set aside to cool while you prepare frosting.
  4. For the frosting:
  5. Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment beat together the butter, cream, and vanilla on medium-low until smooth and well-combined.
  6. Slowly add powdered sugar.
  7. Once powdered sugar is barely mixed in, increase speed to medium-high and beat for 2 minutes. Add in the Butterfinger pieces and beat until the Butterfingers are crushed and the frosting is back to smooth.
  8. Generously frost or pipe frosting on cupcakes.
  9. For the chocolate topping:
  10. In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and butter, stopping every 30 seconds to stir until combined and smooth.
  11. You have two options at this point.
  12. If you are skilled you can dip the cupcake into the chocolate. If you do that you are going to want to refrigerate the frosted cupcakes so as not to melt the cupcakes. I am not skilled. 🙂
  13. Option two is to let the chocolate cool slightly and pipe it on to the top of the cupcake. I went with option two.
  14. Add a Butterfinger Bite to the top as a garnish.
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  1. Christi @ Love From The Oven says

    October 23, 2015 at 4:20 pm

    Wow, these look amazing. Dark chocolate and Butterfingers? Count me in!

  2. Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says

    October 23, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    This gives me a perfect excuse to buy Butterfingers for Halloween!

  3. Carolyn says

    October 23, 2015 at 4:57 pm

    Peabody, these are just gorgeous and you would make Joan so proud! This is JUST the sort of thing she would love to make. Great photos too. Pinning all over the place…

  4. Aimee says

    October 23, 2015 at 5:25 pm

    Oh, how gorgeous are those cupcakes?! So happy they were posted as scheduled – bittersweet for sure.

  5. Aimee @ ShugarySweets says

    October 23, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    I’m sure Joan must have requested samples prior to posting, these look amazing!!

  6. Zainab says

    October 23, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    I love butterfingers too and I am sure I would have requested these cupcakes too!!

  7. Nettie Moore says

    October 23, 2015 at 9:03 pm

    These look fabulous <3 Nettie

  8. Crumbs in my Mustachio says

    October 23, 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Yummy!! I am sure Joan is smiling down!! 🙂

  9. TidyMom says

    October 24, 2015 at 6:59 am

    I think this is the most fitting cupcake to post, Joan would love them!! My family LOVES butterfingers, so we’ll be making them soon…my 19 yo is always looking for something yummy to bake (she takes after her mom 😉 )

  10. Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says

    October 24, 2015 at 8:15 am

    What a gorgeous cupcake! I’m just drooling looking at them and I’m sure Joan would love these cuties too!

  11. Tonia from TheGunnySack says

    October 24, 2015 at 10:23 am

    These look amazing! Butterfingers were my favorite candy bar as a teenager!

  12. Nana Diana says

    October 24, 2015 at 1:02 pm

    AMAZING cupcakes. Amazing blog all the way around!!!! Love it! xo Diana

  13. Holly N @Spend With Pennies says

    October 24, 2015 at 5:30 pm

    Joan would’ve loved these delicious cupcakes! I bet that frosting is amazing, I love Butterfingers!

  14. Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says

    October 24, 2015 at 5:50 pm

    Joan would love these cupcakes… they look so incredible! I love Butterfingers SO MUCH.

  15. Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking and More says

    October 24, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    Fabulous cupcakes, Peabody! Butterfingers have always been one of my favorites, so I’m very excited to make these!

  16. Lynsey @ Lynsey Lou's says

    October 25, 2015 at 12:38 am

    Butterfingers are one of my absolute favorites! I actually have some in my pantry right now, can’t wait to make these!

  17. Linda says

    October 25, 2015 at 11:34 am

    A sweet toast to one of the sweetest ladies I’ve met while blogging. These will be the centerpiece of the Halloween pot luck.

    Wishes for tasty dishes,
    Linda

  18. Jamie | My Baking Addiction says

    October 25, 2015 at 11:39 am

    These look and sound amazing, Peabody! I’m positive Joan would have absolutely loved them. My dad loves Butterfingers, so we’ll be trying these very soon.

  19. heather @french press says

    October 26, 2015 at 11:57 am

    now how do I convince my kids to pass over all the butterfingers 🙂 cupcake perfection

  20. Jodi @Garlic Girl says

    October 26, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    Hey Peabody, these look delish. And thanks for the reminder that bite-sized candies have zero calories. Now I’ll eat more every day. 🙂

    • Peabody Johanson says

      October 26, 2015 at 6:31 pm

      @jodi- yes, zero calories…which is odd since I always gain weight at Halloween. 🙂

  21. Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says

    October 28, 2015 at 8:02 pm

    I think dark chocolate is the perfect accompaniment to that rich, sweet, Butterfinger frosting (that I totally wanna eat with a spoon!)

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