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.
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.
If 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!
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
- For the cupcakes:
- Prepare the cupcakes according to the directions on the box.
- Set aside to cool while you prepare frosting.
- For the frosting:
- Using a stand mixer with a paddle attachment beat together the butter, cream, and vanilla on medium-low until smooth and well-combined.
- Slowly add powdered sugar.
- 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.
- Generously frost or pipe frosting on cupcakes.
- For the chocolate topping:
- In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and butter, stopping every 30 seconds to stir until combined and smooth.
- You have two options at this point.
- 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. 🙂
- Option two is to let the chocolate cool slightly and pipe it on to the top of the cupcake. I went with option two.
- Add a Butterfinger Bite to the top as a garnish.
Want more recipes with Butterfingers?
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Christi @ Love From The Oven says
Wow, these look amazing. Dark chocolate and Butterfingers? Count me in!
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
This gives me a perfect excuse to buy Butterfingers for Halloween!
Carolyn says
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…
Aimee says
Oh, how gorgeous are those cupcakes?! So happy they were posted as scheduled – bittersweet for sure.
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
I’m sure Joan must have requested samples prior to posting, these look amazing!!
Zainab says
I love butterfingers too and I am sure I would have requested these cupcakes too!!
Nettie Moore says
These look fabulous <3 Nettie
Crumbs in my Mustachio says
Yummy!! I am sure Joan is smiling down!! 🙂
TidyMom says
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 😉 )
Lyuba@willcookforsmiles says
What a gorgeous cupcake! I’m just drooling looking at them and I’m sure Joan would love these cuties too!
Tonia from TheGunnySack says
These look amazing! Butterfingers were my favorite candy bar as a teenager!
Nana Diana says
AMAZING cupcakes. Amazing blog all the way around!!!! Love it! xo Diana
Holly N @Spend With Pennies says
Joan would’ve loved these delicious cupcakes! I bet that frosting is amazing, I love Butterfingers!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
Joan would love these cupcakes… they look so incredible! I love Butterfingers SO MUCH.
Lynne @ 365 Days of Baking and More says
Fabulous cupcakes, Peabody! Butterfingers have always been one of my favorites, so I’m very excited to make these!
Lynsey @ Lynsey Lou's says
Butterfingers are one of my absolute favorites! I actually have some in my pantry right now, can’t wait to make these!
Linda says
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
Jamie | My Baking Addiction says
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.
heather @french press says
now how do I convince my kids to pass over all the butterfingers 🙂 cupcake perfection
Jodi @Garlic Girl says
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
@jodi- yes, zero calories…which is odd since I always gain weight at Halloween. 🙂