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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes

Delightful Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes that combine rich chocolate cake and fresh strawberries for a perfect treat.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 23 minutes
Total Time 43 minutes
Servings: 15 cupcakes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Calories: 399
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz dark chocolate melting wafers
  • 16 strawberries, washed and dried
  • 4 oz white chocolate melting wafers
  • pink/red gel icing color (optional)
  • 1 cup all purpose flour (130g)
  • 1 cup sugar (207g)
  • 6 tbsp Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa powder (43g)
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup milk (120ml)
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil (120ml)
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup hot water (120ml)
  • 3/4 cup chopped strawberries (149g)
  • 1/2 cup salted butter, room temperature (112g)
  • 1/2 cup shortening (95g)
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (460g)
  • pink/red gel icing color (optional)

Equipment

  • Oven
  • cupcake pan
  • Mixing bowls
  • whisk
  • spatula
  • Wax paper

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven and prepare a cupcake pan.
  2. Melt the dark chocolate melting wafers and dip each strawberry in the chocolate. Place them on wax paper to cool.
  3. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. In another bowl, mix the egg, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla.
  5. Blend the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.
  6. Slowly mix in the hot water and chopped strawberries until combined.
  7. Pour the batter into the cupcake pan, filling each cavity about 2/3 full.
  8. Bake for 23 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool.
  9. Melt the white chocolate melting wafers and mix with pink/red gel icing color if desired.
  10. Frost the cooled cupcakes with the melted white chocolate and top with the chocolate-dipped strawberries.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 399kcalCarbohydrates: 50.3gProtein: 3gFat: 22.2g

Notes

Allow the cupcakes to cool completely before frosting for best results.

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