Valentine’s Day Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate the day of love. These rich chocolate brownies are excellent Valentines cupcake ideas for parties and family gatherings.
These Valentines cupcakes are an extreme cupcake that you won’t see at any old bakery. These rich Fudge Brownie Cupcakes come directly from your kitchen.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Rich and chewy these Chocolate Brownies Cupcakes are so festive for your holiday party.
- While these may seem like a lot of work, they are not very complicated to make.
- Easy to find ingredients that you can pick up at your local grocery store to help you stay on budget.
🛒Ingredients
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Brownies
- unsalted sweet cream butter, melted and cooled
- canola oil
- sugar
- light brown sugar, packed
- pure vanilla extract
- large eggs
- flour
- cocoa powder
- kosher salt
- baking powder
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
Cupcakes
- Triple chocolate cake mix
- large eggs
- whole milk
- unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
Chocolate Frosting
- Unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
- powdered sugar
- Hershey cocoa powder
- heavy whipping cream
- pure vanilla extract
- mini valentines day heart confetti sprinkles
Chocolate Ganache
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
- heavy whipping cream
- mini heart Valentine’s Day confetti Sprinkles
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🔪 How to Make Valentine’s Day Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes
Brownie Directions
Preheat oven to 350 and spray a 9×13 baking pan with pam baking spray Using a medium bowl, melt the butter.
Using a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, and sugars Whisk in the eggs and 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Using a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Pour batter into the baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the brownies to cool completely before cutting into small bite-size bars and setting them aside.
Chocolate Cupcake Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners Using a hand mixer, beat all ingredients until combined and smooth.
Scoop batter into the liners, filling it about ¾ way full.
Bake in the oven for 21 minutes and allow to cool before removing from the pan.
Chocolate Frosting Directions
Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, heavy whipping cream, and vanilla extract until combined, smooth and stiff.
Scoop the frosting into the piping bag and set it aside.
Chocolate Ganache Directions
Using a small pot, bring the heavy cream to a boil.
Pour over the chocolate chips in a medium bowl and let sit for 1-minute Whisk until smooth.
Scoop the ganache into the piping bag and cut the tip-off.
Drizzle the ganache over the brownies and sprinkle the confetti sprinkles on top Allow to harden for 30 minutes.
Building the cupcake directions
Using the chocolate frosting, frost a ring of frosting around the top of the cupcakes Sprinkle Valentine’s Day sprinkles on the frosting
Carefully place the brownie bite in the center of the frosting
Pipe a dollop of frosting in the center and sprinkle some more confetti heart sprinkles on top
🍴 Substitutions
Don’t have everything you need on hand to make this Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes recipe? Here are some of my favorite tried and true swaps.
- Brownies – instead of making homemade brownies, you can use store-bought brownie bites.
- Butter – Salted butter can be used in place of the unsalted butter.
📝Variations
Do you want to change up this recipe and make it your own? Here are some ways that you can do that!
- Frosting – Change up the frosting by using cream cheese or vanilla frosting instead of chocolate.
- Nuts – If you are a fan of nuts, fold in 1/2 cup of chopped nuts into your brownie batter.
- Cupcakes – You can use devil foods or even vanilla cupcakes instead of chocolate for this recipe.
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🥄 Equipment
Here is what you need to make this delicious Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes recipe.
- Measuring cups and spoons
- 9×13 baking pan
- Medium bowl
- Large bowl
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Toothpick
- Hand mixer
- Cupcake pan
- Cupcake Liners
- Stand Mixer
- Small pot
- large piping bag fitted with star tip
- disposable piping bag
🥫 Storage
Make sure this Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes recipe is stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
💭 Tips
- Red velvet cupcakes would look amazing as the base to these cupcakes instead of chocolate.
- Make sure that your frosting ingredients are room temperature before you start making the frosting. Cold ingredients will cause a lumpy frosting.
- If your chocolate ganache is too thin, you can use a squeeze bottle to apply it or you can add in more chocolate chips to thicken it up.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
You can freeze leftover cupcakes for up to 3 months. Make sure that the cupcakes are in airtight containers and store them in the freezer.
Cupcakes will last for up to 3 days at room temperature, After three days they will start to dry out.
Yes, just skip the steps to make the frosting for this recipe.
🍽 More Valentine’s Day Recipes
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🧾Valentine’s Day Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes Recipe
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Valentine’s Day Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes
Equipment
- measuring cups and spoons
- 9×13 Baking Pan
- Medium bowl
- Large bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- Toothpick
- hand mixer
- Cupcake Pan
- Cupcake Liners
- stand mixer
- Small pot
- large piping bag fitted with star tip
- disposable piping bag
Ingredients
Brownies
- 1 cup unsalted sweet cream butter melted and cooled
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Cupcakes
- 1 box Triple chocolate cake mix
- 3 large eggs
- 1 ¼ cups whole milk
- ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter softened
Chocolate Frosting
- 1 cup Unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- ¾ cup Hershey cocoa powder
- 5 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups mini valentines day heart confetti sprinkles
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 ½ cups mini heart Valentine’s Day confetti Sprinkles
Instructions
Brownie Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 and spay a 9×13 baking pan with pam baking spray Using a medium bow, melt the butter
- Using a large bowl, whisk together the melted butter, oil, and sugars Whisk in the eggs and 2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Using a large bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder Gradually whisk in the dry ingredients into the wet
- Fold in the chocolate chips
- Pour batter into the baking pan and bake in the preheated oven for
- 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely before cutting into small bite size bars and setting aside
Cupcake Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners Using a hand mixer, beat all ingredients until combined and smooth
- Scoop batter into the liners, filling it about ¾ way full
- Bake in the oven for 21 minutes and allow to cool before removing from the pan
Chocolate Frosting Directions
- Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract until combined, smooth and stiff.
- Scoop the frosting into the piping bag and set aside
Chocolate Ganache Directions
- Using a small pot, bring the heavy cream to a boil
- Pour over the chocolate chips in a medium bowl and let sit for 1 minute Whisk until smooth
- Scoop the ganache into the piping bag and cut the tip off
- Drizzle the ganache over the brownies and sprinkle the confetti sprinkles on top Allow to harden for 30 minutes
Building the Cupcakes
- Using the chocolate frosting, frost a ring of frosting around the top of the cupcakes Sprinkle the Valentine’s Day sprinkles on the frosting
- Carefully place the brownie bite in the center of the frosting
- Pipe a dollop of frosting in the center and sprinkle some more confetti heart sprinkles on top Grab a large glass of milk before enjoying this cupcake.
Notes
- Red velvet cupcakes would look amazing as the base to these cupcakes instead of chocolate.
- Make sure that your frosting ingredients are room temperature before you start making the frosting. Cold ingredients will cause a lumpy frosting.
- If your chocolate ganache is too thin, you can use a squeeze bottle to apply it or you can add in more chocolate chips to thicken it up.
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