Quick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting-rich and creamy, 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!
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.
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for a thicker frosting add more powdered sugar, for a thinner frosting add more cream
recipe source ChocolateChocolateandmore.comQuick Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
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My sweet friend Mia of Tiny Hands, sent me this gorgeous 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?
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.
I think my favorite is the chocolate chip cookie. It is my favorite and I am always looking for the perfect recipe.
The Bavarian pretzel is my fave although each design is very lovely and inspired.
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.
All her things are amazing and creative! Love them, but LOVE the Snow cone earrings!
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!
How cute! Hard to pick just one. I like the scented candy cane necklace – thinking it would be cute to wear at Christmas time.
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday you sweet young thing! I hope your day is Fabulous! Love, Nettie
Happy Birthday Joan! I love lots of the Tiny Hands jewelry , but love the multi-colored sno cone earrings! Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m following Tiny Hands on FB. Thanks!
Also following in Pinterest. ๐
I absolutely love the mint chocolate cupcake charm. It is so adorable!!!
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Candy Cane Scented Bookmark
My favorite charm is the chocolate chip cookie because baking chocolate chip cookies is the BEST smell and my husband’s fave!
Happy Birthday!
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!
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.
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!
I’m crazy about cupcakes, so the charm I like the best is the cupcake…..:)
Thanks for the giveaway, and Happy Birthday, I like the mint chocolate chip cupcake.
I love Christmas, so I love the Christmas cookie earrings!
Happy Birthday:) Today is my birthday also:) I like them all can’t decide on a fave
I love the s’mores! reminds me so much of summer
How can you choose just one. They are all so pretty.
Happy birthday! I love the candy corn necklace!
Happy Birthday Joan!! I think the mint chocolate chip ice cream cone is adorable ๐ Thanks for the birthday giveaway!! Have a beautiful day!!
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.
So many cute items but the Snow Cone earings bring back so many childhood memories!
My favorite charm is the raspberry french macaron! I’ve never seen anything like these before, they’re too cute!
I’m following Tiny Hands on Pinterest!
I’m also following Tiny Hands on Instagram
The chocolate chip cookie earrings have my name on them. I’m not the Cookie Queen for nothing, you know!!!
I think my favorite charm is the scented popcorn. Everything is very creative and well crafted.
Happy birthday and have a great day!!!
I liked and pinned. I love the birthday cake that has the scent. everything is nice.
I’m following by facebook
I followed by pinterest
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.
My favorite is the grape cluster. Having a small winery it fits!!! I love it, I am that grapey kind of person.
OOOsps!! that was my comment about the grapes and not Lana,s. So sorry. Read before I write. ๐
But I do love the grapes
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.
The candy cane earrings! I am obsessed with Christmas earing and these would smell festive too!
Oh my word I love them all but my favorite is the Scented Whipped Cream Strawberry Shortcake Necklace!
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A good friend of mine passed away last spring and she loved red velvet cake. The red velvet cupcakes remind me of her.
The snow cone charm is cute ๐
Ohh, that didn’t take long… The scented Cherry Chocolate Truffle Necklace caught my eye!
Happy Birthday! I love the little chocolate doughnut.
My favorite us the chocolate cherry truffle necklace!!
I liked Tiny Hands on Facebook!
I’m now following Tiny Hands on Pinterest.
I love the chocolate covered strawberry necklace…adorable!!
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Happy Birthday! I am going to save & use this recipe for sure!
the chocolate strawberry cupcake ear studs
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”.
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!!!!!!
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.
I like the scented signature charm the best from the collection.
I like the key lime pie necklace.My daughters favorite!โบ
I like Tiny Hands on Pinterest.
I liked on FB. ๐
My favorite is the Scented Chocolate Chip Mint Ice Cream Cone. Love everything I see but that is my favorite!
My favorite charm is the blueberry muffin charm because I love blueberry muffins, they’re delicious!
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!!
So many cute charms. My favorite ones were the chocolate cherry truffle and the Christmas cookie earrings.
Happy Birthday!!!
My favorite charm is the chocolate chip cookie, because cookies are my favorite sweet treat!
Happy birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day. I liked tiny hands on Facebook.
I think all of her charms are adorable!! My favorite would be either the maple syrup waffle or strawberry shortcake.
I like the christmas tree and chocolate chip cookie, because christmas is my favorite time of year and chocolate chip cookies are my favorite…
G’day there;-) My favourite charm would have to be the cake yummmmm….
I think the candy cane necklace is my favorite.
I love the snowcone necklace and earrings but everything is adorable!
I liked on facebook
Happy B-Day!
So many cute charms! Love the snow cone.
This looks amazing! Hope you had a fabulous birthday!
I love them all and I can’t just choose 1 so here are me 2 favorites:
Candy Corn
Pop Tart
i love the birthday cake!
I like all cookies ๐
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!
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
I love the cupcakes ๐
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I follow Tiny Hands on Instagram – I hope you had a wonderful birthday, Joan! ๐
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!!!
Aww! There are so many adorable ones to choose from.
My favorite is the Scented Cinnamon Roll Necklace.
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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!
The Bubble Gum Scented Lollipop!
Happy Birthday!
I love the scented strawberry doughnut!
I follow Tiny Hands on FB
I follow Tiny Hands on Pinterest
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.
I liked Tiny Hands on facebook.
I’m following Tiny Hands on pinterest.
I absolutely love the chocolate chip cookies! It will be the perfect gift for my sister!
thank you very much. the charms are just preety. i’d really love the cupcakes and cookies..hmmmmm..thanks again
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”
Excellent icing and here’s to a very happy birthday to you!
I love the pancakes charm.. well, ok, that is my favourite one… but honestly, I really do like them all! SO freakin cute!!!
I’ve been looking for a good chocolate buttercream frosting. It looks like I finally found it. Thank you for sharing!
I love the fortune cookie charm!
I like the SCENTED CHARMING CANDIES BRACELET.
I follow Tiny Hands on Pinterest as Linda K.
I like the snowcone necklace. So cute!
Happy happy birthday Joan! This buttercream looks so tasty and creamy – I am always on the look out for a quick chocolate frosting and can’t wait to give this one a try ๐ Pinning ๐
My favorite is the snow cone!
Wishing you a Happy Birthday! I love the cupcake and donut charms!
Wishing you aHappy Happy Birthday! Love your blog! I followed TinyHands on Instagram and I love the cupcake charms! So cute!
Happy birthday!!! WoW these charms are just too cute. My favs are cupcake, snow cone, waffle and donut.
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Happy Birthday To You! My favorite charm is the chocolate chip cookie.
I like the Scented Candy Corn Earrings
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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
Love the popcorn charm!
I follow Tiny Hands on FB!
I follow Tiny Hands on Pinterest!
The chocolate chip cookies …. so simple, but makes me want to go mix up a batch!
Sooooooooooo cute Iยดm in love with the Scented Cinnamon Roll Necklace, my favourite taste & smell ๐
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I follow Tiny Hands on FB
I follow Tiny Hands on Pinterest
I follow Tiny Hands on Instagram
My favourite is the Scented Cinnamon Roll Necklace ๐
I like Tiny Hands on Facebook.
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!!
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.
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.
Liked Tiny Hands on Facebook.
Especially like the cinnamon roll, churro & ice-cream cones too! = )
The triple scoop ice cream cone is my favorite!
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
Happy Birthday and since my son talked me into playing “Tapped Out” it’s all about collecting doughnuts!
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.
My favorite is the pink frosted cupcake.
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 ๐ I spent two days trying to figure out where i was supposed to comment lol now im too late, bummer ๐ i hope to be able to participate nxt time. Happy Birthday!!
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 ๐ I also liked tiny hands on facebook and followed her on pinterest,
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
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I loved ALL the Tiny Hands jewelry! But my personal favorite is the chocolate cake. WHo can turn down chocolate cake ๐
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.