Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes

Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes are a chocolate cupcake filled with hot fudge and decorated to look like a hot fudge sundae. This summer cupcake inspiration is great for birthday parties and more.

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Keyword birthday cupcake, easy cupcakes, fun cupcake recipe, hot fudge sundae cupcake, ice cream cupcakes, summer cupcake

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 18

Additional Time 1

Total Time 29

Servings cupcakes

Calories 418kcal

Author Kelsey

Equipment

Ingredients

12 chocolate cupcakes
4-5 tablespoons hot fudge
2 sticks butter softened
4 cups powdered sugar
2-4 tablespoons milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
½ cup chocolate candy melts
Sprinkles
12 maraschino cherries

Instructions

Bake up your cupcakes as directed on the box or following the directions for a homemade chocolate cupcake.
Once your cupcakes are cooled you will take a pairing knife and use it to cut the center out of the cupcakes. I just did it a little ways just enough to add a little hot fudge into the hole.
Now you will take your hot fudge, and if you need warm it up a bit in the microwave so it pours easily. Add just a bit of fudge in each center of the cupcake to fill in the hole.
Cover the hole with the cupcake pieces you removed.
In a stand mixer you will now work on the frosting. Add in your softened butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla. Mix up until creamy, and slowly add in the milk. You will add a tablespoon at a time. You might not use it all.
You just want it to be a thicker frosting so it pipes well. Look for the frosting to form stiff peaks.
Pour frosting in a piping bag, and frost your cupcakes with the buttercream.
Melt up your candy melts and drizzle over the cupcakes, top with rainbow sprinkles and a maraschino cherry.
Serve up these easy fudge sundae cupcakes for birthdays, after dinner dessert, bake sales and more.

Notes

Cupcakes need to be refrigerated once made, so the frosting doesn't meltdown.
You can double the fudge sundae cupcake recipe if you need it.
I used a Devil's food boxed cake mix to make my cupcakes.
Get creative on toppings if you want and have fun.
You can use chocolate chips in replace of candy melts with 1 teaspoon of shortening mixed in.
You can swap out the hot fudge filling with chocolate syrup or any other type of filling you want.
If you don't want to make the homemade frosting you can swap it out with store-bought frosting, you will find it doesn't pipe as well.
You can use a spoon to drizzle chocolate on or buy a plastic bottle with a small tip to drizzle on.

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