This Devil’s Food Snickers Cheesecake Cupcake recipe is easy and fantastic!
These cupcakes are against the grain for me…Notice there’s no giant swirl of frosting up there? Really, what’s a cupcake without a giant swirl of frosting? But just stick with me here.
These cupcakes have something even better baked inside…cheesecake. And Snickers.
I’ll wait a second while you let that sink in.
What’s even better is the recipe is SUPER simple. And can be made and eaten in under an hour…
DANGER!
So let’s discuss the virtues of these Devil’s Food Snickers Cheesecake Cupcakes.
First and foremost, if you aren’t a Snickers girl or have a nut allergy or something you could totally just sub in chocolate chips or another favorite candy… mix and match.
But I used Snickers. Because you have the salty/sweet…caramel/nuts. YES.
Just chop up about a cup of the candy you are using…
Then in a medium bowl use your hand mixer to make your simple cheesecake filling…cream cheese, brown sugar, an egg and vanilla…
Fold the candy in at the end.
Then in a separate bowl whisk together the ingredients for the cake portion.
It’s SUCH an easy Devil’s Food cupcake recipe…no mixer needed at all. Just a whisk and a bowl.
Also, it’s an egg-free Devil’s Food recipe… I’m not forgetting the egg!
Sift the dry ingredients into the wet…
And simply whisk until combined!
Fill your cupcake liner half full…
Then add a heaping tablespoon of the cheesecake mixer …
After they’re baked they will look like this…
And when they’ve cooled go ahead and add some hot fudge sauce. I mean, only if you want…
And I think it’s pretty to top them with some more chopped Snickers.
And it’s gorgeous guts…
You guys need to make these!
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Devils Food Snickers Cheesecake Cupcakes
Description
Makes 20 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cheesecake Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup finely chopped Snickers Candy Bars
Devil’s Food Cupcakes
- 1/3 cup Canola Oil
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 Tbsp white vinegar
- 1 Tsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder ( I prefer Hershey’s Special Dark)
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- *optional ~ chocolate and/or caramel sauce for drizzle
- *optional ~ extra chopped Snickers for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*
- Line muffin pan with cupcake liners, set aside.
- In medium bowl beat cream cheese, light brown sugar, egg and vanilla with a hand mixer until smooth. Stir in chopped Snickers.
- In a larger bowl whisk together oil, brown sugar, water, vinegar and vanilla until brown sugar is dissolved. Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Stir until batter just comes together.
- Fill cupcake liners halfway full with Devil’s Food batter. Top with a heaping tablespoon of the cheesecake mixture.
- Bake for 20 minutes until tops of cupcakes are set.
- Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
adapted from The Butch Bakery Cookbook
These look insane!! Love this idea!
YES! Snickers on a chocolate cheesecake cupcake, I am totally in love.
YUM! These look like a serious indulgence, but absolutely worth it!
Another one to add to the must bake list. I love the combination of everything in these and the hot fudge sauce instead of buttercream sounds divine =)
Gorgeous guts is right.
I just had a huge wedding planning disaster. And all I could think was :I need some friggin cake NOW…and then I saw these. You’re speaking right to me.
You are the QUEEN of mixing a million delicious things into one gorgeous treat!! These sound amazing!
I’m normally not a huge cupcake fan (I only get/make them if I want frosting!), but these are calling my name! Candy, cheesecake, and cake all in one. Yesssss.
You would have to lock me up and away from these before I ate every single one. You are like a dessert temptress!
I would for go the frosting any day for the cheesecake and Snickers topping.
I have been making a very similar version for years….but I now “cheat” and use a cake mix from the store…so yummy!