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Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-rich and creamy, perfect every time!

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-just minutes to make, perfect every time!

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me! That’s right, today’s my birthday. I’m turning 29 again. Really it’s 48 but it’s all just a number anyway. We’re as young (or old) as we feel. Most days I’m probably in my early 30’s. Every now and then I feel ancient, like when I’m trying to figure out my Iphone. Seriously, I’ve filled up my Cloud and I didn’t even know I had one!

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-perfect every time!

As I plan my cake, I realized not everyone may know about the best chocolate buttercream recipe ever. I’m still working on the cake, I tried 2 recipes today but neither was worthy of this buttercream. I’m not even sure what flavor the cake will be. I just know this buttercream has to be on top. It’s smooth and creamy. Rich and chocolaty. If you plan on being generous with your decorating (or eating half a batch with a spoon) double the recipe.

I’ll figure out the cake later. In the meantime, I did make a double batch, so I can have a spoonful of frosting as a snack for now.

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-rich and creamy,perfect every time!

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Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup butter, room temperature
  • 1/4 cup shortening
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 3/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, cream together butter, shortening and salt until smooth. Add in cocoa and vanilla, beat until well combined, making sure to scrape down sides of bowl with a spatula.
  2. Add in powdered sugar, one cup at a time, mixing on low speed. Add cream, once combined, beat on medium speed until creamy.

Notes

for a thicker frosting add more powdered sugar, for a thinner frosting add more cream

recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.com

Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-perfect every time!

My sweet friend Mia of Tiny Hands, sent me this gorgeous bracelet.

Tiny Hands Chocolate Bracelet

The charms are so cute. I just want to eat them up! They are almost too hard to resist. You see, the charms all smell like CHOCOLATE! Can you imagine walking around with that delicious smell of chocolate just floating up every time your wrist get’s near your face?

Tiny Hands Collage of Charms

Every Charm she makes smells like the food it is. Key Lime Pie…smells like Key Lime Pie. A Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie…yup, peanut butter! And she makes all sorts of jewelry. Necklaces, Bracelets, Rings, I’m in love with her bookmarks, how cute would those be as Christmas Presents?

This giveaway is now closed.

To help celebrate my Birthday, Mia is giving away two $75.00 Gift Certificates to her online store. Two readers will win! Entering is easy. Just go visit Tiny Hands and then leave a comment telling me your favorite charm from her collection.

You can earn extra entries for Liking Tiny Hands on Facebook, following Tiny Hands on Pinterest  and following Tiny Hands on Instagram, just leave an extra comment for each.

Fine print-giveaway is open World-wide as long as your country doesn’t have restrictions regarding this type of giveaway. Giveaway is sponsored by Tiny Hands and Chocolate, Chocolate and more. Giveaway will end 12:00 am EST, October 1, 2014. Winners will be chosen at random and notified via e-mail. 

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Comments

  1. Karen Oliver says

    I think my favorite is the chocolate chip cookie. It is my favorite and I am always looking for the perfect recipe.

  2. Fontrella says

    I like a lot of the charms. They are so adorable but the slice of chocolate cake and the waffles with the two pats of butter looks so delightful.

  4. Donna T. says

    I love the chocolate donut with colored sprinkles. I bet the smell is amazing! I also thing the bracelet you are giving away is priceless! So cute!

  5. Misha says

    How cute! Hard to pick just one. I like the scented candy cane necklace – thinking it would be cute to wear at Christmas time.

  17. brenley+davis says

    My favorite charm is the chocolate chip cookie because baking chocolate chip cookies is the BEST smell and my husband’s fave!

    Happy Birthday!

  18. Suzanne says

    Happy Birthday! Can’t wait to try the buttercream frosting. I just know it will be a keeper. Have you ever tried it with the special dark cocoa? Thinking that might be really special!

    • Joan Hayes says

      It’s amazing with the special dark but it gets a grayish tone and doesn’t look very pretty, you have to add brown food coloring to make it look right.

  19. Donna+T. says

    My favorite is the chocolate donut with colored sprinkles. The bracelet you are giving away in priceless. So cute!!! I bet the smell would be amazing!

  27. Janet says

    Happy Birthday Joan!! I think the mint chocolate chip ice cream cone is adorable 🙂 Thanks for the birthday giveaway!! Have a beautiful day!!

  28. Lenore says

    Happy Birthday Sweetie! Why did you have to make this giveaway so hard? After going through Tiny Hands all products pages a few times I had to go with which charm had brought out the deepest feeling in me. The winner was the Bomb Pop. That was my favorite goodie to buy from the ice cream truck.

  30. Lana says

    My favorite charm is the raspberry french macaron! I’ve never seen anything like these before, they’re too cute!

  33. Vera says

    The chocolate chip cookie earrings have my name on them. I’m not the Cookie Queen for nothing, you know!!!

  34. Darlene Peterson says

    I think my favorite charm is the scented popcorn. Everything is very creative and well crafted.
    Happy birthday and have a great day!!!

  38. Linda says

    I too love a lot of the charms but I am a sucker for all things Christmas. So I must say the tiny tree stole my heart.

  39. Lana says

    My favorite is the grape cluster. Having a small winery it fits!!! I love it, I am that grapey kind of person.

  40. sandi says

    OOOsps!! that was my comment about the grapes and not Lana,s. So sorry. Read before I write. 🙂
    But I do love the grapes

  41. Marijane says

    Happy birthday! I want to thank you for all your delicious recipes. My hips thank you too. I especially like the ice cream and chocolate treats. I checked out the Tiny Hands jewelry and my favorite is the cookies and cream ice cream cone. I think earrings would be adorable, but I like the necklace, too.

  43. Lindsay says

    Oh my word I love them all but my favorite is the Scented Whipped Cream Strawberry Shortcake Necklace!

  47. Karel says

    A good friend of mine passed away last spring and she loved red velvet cake. The red velvet cupcakes remind me of her.

  49. Kathleen Richardson says

    Ohh, that didn’t take long… The scented Cherry Chocolate Truffle Necklace caught my eye!

  59. Kathleen+Richardson says

    Okay, so I did everything I could to get lots of entries and maybe win a great gift certificate from Tiny Hands. Now, about Chocolate Chocolate and More. I like you here, I like you on FB and I like you on Pinterest, and I love this chocolate buttercream frosting recipe–I’ve pinned it on my Cake Board and my Decorating Cakes and Cupcakes Board. Hope you’ll come see me on Pinterest at “Kathleen Read Richardson”.

  60. Hollin G. says

    Those are adorable!!! They look so realistic! There are a ton I like but have to say I love, love, love the candy corn earrings!!!!!!

  61. Jeanette says

    They are all too cute, but I think my favorite and the one I’d wear all the time would be the Pumpkin Pie slice. Pumpkin is one of my favorite things ever, and pumpkin pie is the crown jewel. I would love to have a little charm to wear around that looked and smelled like my favorite thing.

  68. Lorna Kutchera says

    I love the s’more charm. Just ending summer and getting into campfire season I am sure to be making lots of these soon. My secret is to toast the graham cracker while the marshmallow is toasting. I put the chocolate on the warmed cracker and it makes the whole thing goey and delicious!!

  69. Glenda says

    So many cute charms. My favorite ones were the chocolate cherry truffle and the Christmas cookie earrings.

  70. Cheryl says

    Happy Birthday!!!

    My favorite charm is the chocolate chip cookie, because cookies are my favorite sweet treat!

  72. Terry says

    I think all of her charms are adorable!! My favorite would be either the maple syrup waffle or strawberry shortcake.

  73. Linda Rielly says

    I like the christmas tree and chocolate chip cookie, because christmas is my favorite time of year and chocolate chip cookies are my favorite…

  83. Janet says

    I think all of the charms are so neat. Since I bake pies for 3 Farmers Market, I would love the pumpkin pie charm. For the past several years I have baked about 60 pies each Thanksgiving, and pumpkin has the pie that has been ordered the most. It would be so cool to have a buckeye charm made, which I also sell. Thanks for offering the giveaway!

  84. Scarlett says

    Hi Joan: I made the Chocolate Buttercream this morning for a batch of brownies in honor of your birthday…wish you could have been here to share one!!! Needless to say the icing is DELICIOUS!
    Thanks for all your great posts–you’re the best!
    Scarlett in FL

  88. Jamie+@+Love+Bakes+Good+Cakes says

    I follow Tiny Hands on Instagram – I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Joan! 🙂

  89. Donna+T. says

    Love the Key Lime Pie Necklace! I am milk Product free now to dairy allergy. This would be good because I could still see it and smell it without allergy symptoms!!!

  90. Amy Orvin says

    Aww! There are so many adorable ones to choose from.
    My favorite is the Scented Cinnamon Roll Necklace.

  94. Carol says

    Happy Birthday to you! Mine is Oct. 1st and I love all things fall! So I have to go with the candy corn ear rings and the apple necklace!

  99. Jenn Fox says

    I liked a lot of the charms, the donuts, cupcakes, and blueberry pie were my favorites. I wish she had a pineapple, my daughter loves pineapples.

  104. Nina says

    I’m in love with the Candy Cane Necklace … would be great with my red dress I’m going to wear on our traditional german “Weihnachten”

  106. Kerri M says

    I love the pancakes charm.. well, ok, that is my favourite one… but honestly, I really do like them all! SO freakin cute!!!

  115. Amber says

    Wishing you aHappy Happy Birthday! Love your blog! I followed TinyHands on Instagram and I love the cupcake charms! So cute!

  116. Gina+Guthrie says

    Happy birthday!!! WoW these charms are just too cute. My favs are cupcake, snow cone, waffle and donut.

  125. Susie says

    I posted or tried to on Tiny hands to win this adorable bracelet. her work looks fabulous. I also want to try at your buttercreme this looks like the best chocolate frosting you could ever eat. I have pages and pages saved or printed of all your recipes.Susie

  130. Laura Jabri says

    Sooooooooooo cute I´m in love with the Scented Cinnamon Roll Necklace, my favourite taste & smell 🙂
    following Tiny Hands on FB, Pinterest & Instagram

  136. Donna says

    Oh my goodness! I almost can’t decide which charm is my favorite on Tiny Hands! I think the strawberry shortcake is adorable and so are the cupcake earrings. My daughter would LOVE those! I have posted a comment on Tiny Hands and shared their Facebook page. Thank you for sharing about this unique company!!

  137. Leyla says

    Happy birthday!
    Love, love, love all of the charms (& that the give-away is international. Thanks!). Too cute!
    Like the colourful lollipop & snowcone, the delicious-looking waffles, donuts or cookies! Getting hungry, gotta go.

  138. Traci Neville says

    OMG! How can you not fall in love with the triple scoop ice cream necklace. My daughter would be in heaven! Unfortunately, when I clicked on it it said it wasn’t available. Plus, I did not see it in the necklace section.? My daughter’s birthday is at the end if the month, I think I just might purchase one of them, or maybe some earrings! So many choices.

  141. Becky says

    First of all: Happy Birthday to you! And thanks for the great Give Away! Since I love Donuts, I love the Scented Donuts Bracelet!
    Greetings, Becky

  143. Lynn Harrell says

    Since I live in Florida and we are always looking for a way to cool down during the summer, the snow cone charm is one of my favorites. Of course they are all wonderful.

  145. Cecilia says

    I just found out about your website everything is sooo cute! My favorite one so far would be the chocolate chip cookie because it reminds me of my sons 🙂 I spent two days trying to figure out where i was supposed to comment lol now im too late, bummer 🙁 i hope to be able to participate nxt time. Happy Birthday!!

  146. Anne Marie Lavallee says

    My favorite is the SCENTED STRAWBERRY CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE NECKLACE, I love baking cupcakes. I always like to try new flavours and be creative. Plus, chocolate and strawberries are my two favorite things.. I have never won a contest before..I would love to win this. Thank you 🙂 I also liked tiny hands on facebook and followed her on pinterest,

  147. Jean says

    Happy Birthday Joan .My favorite is the pizza, I love chocolate and strawberry short cake is the best ,I have it on my birthday every year (75) but I also love pizza ..I just printed several of your receipts for my granddaughter who is taking a baking course in collage thanks for the chance to win

  148. Fredda says

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I loved ALL the Tiny Hands jewelry! But my personal favorite is the chocolate cake. WHo can turn down chocolate cake 🙂

  149. Janie says

    I love each and every one. My very favorite is, I think, the Scented Very Berry Strawberry (ice cream cone) Necklace. That is if you can really pick a favorite from such a selection. Very talented and very creative.