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Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting

These Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting are to die for! The cupcakes are so soft and filled with all the glorious gingerbread flavors. And don’t even get me started on the incredibly tasty frosting!

Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting

So this frosting, you guys.

It’s sort of perfect.

It’s way different from my usual kill-me-now frosting.  So if you’re looking for a really stable buttercream, this isn’t for you.

But if you want something a little lighter (not necessarily healthier) you’re barking up the right tree.

It’s fluffy, it’s sweet, it’s got pudding in it.

Here’s how this happened…last week I was innocently shopping and came across this…

Instant Hershey's White Chocolate Pudding

I didn’t even know Hershey made pudding…so of course I tweeted, instagrammed and obsessed over it.  Typical.

Within a few minutes of tweeting it, Maria tweeted me back saying she had just made Oreo White Chocolate Pudding Cookies...so I decided I needed to make something different.

I saw this frosting a while back and knew it would be the perfect vehicle for the pudding.  I mean, Pudding Frosting?  Hello…yes!

Deciding on a cupcake for this frosting to sit on was easy peasy.

So here’s what I did…

Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting on a Serving Tray

How to Make The Best Christmas Cupcakes

I started by making the cupcakes.  Which required me to break out my very lonely jar of molasses. Homeboy doesn’t get much play.

A Jar of Grandma's Molasses

The batter is super easy…I filled up some cute cupcake liners about 2/3 full and baked away!

Cupcake Liners Filled with Gingerbread Cupcake Batter

While they were baking I made the frosting…

Note, this frosting requires about an hour in the fridge before frosting, so leave a little time for that!

Adding Milk to White Chocolate Pudding Frosting

You’ve got cream cheese, milk, pudding, and powdered sugar in there.  Beat it until it thickens…

White Chocolate Pudding Frosting on a Spoon

I transferred mine into an airtight container to chill for a bit.

Chilled White Chocolate Pudding Frosting in a Tub

When the cupcakes were cooled and the frosting was chilled, I did some piping and I ate.

Seriously.

And I’m just gonna say this, I bet this frosting would make a great “mousse” served in cups or jars topped with fruit, or chocolate.  Nothing like frosting you can eat straight.

A Half-Eaten Gingerbread Cupcake with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting

Now hop over and check out Maria’s (Two Peas and Their Pod) Oreo White Chocolate Pudding Cookies.

I’ve also done some Oreo Pudding Cookies with Oreo Pudding, so check those out too!

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Three Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting and a Gingerbread Garnish

Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting

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  • Author: Shelly
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 18 minutes
  • Total Time: 43 minutes
  • Yield: 10 cupcakes 1x
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American

Description

These Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting are to die for! The cupcakes are so soft and filled with all the glorious gingerbread flavors. And don’t even get me started on the incredibly tasty frosting!


Ingredients

Scale

Cupcakes

  • 1 1/4 cups flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 cup butter (4 Tbsp), room temp
  • 1/3 cup dark brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup very hot water

Frosting

  • 1 box white chocolate instant pudding (3.5 oz box – 4 servings)
  • 1 cup cold milk
  • 1/3 cup powdered sugar
  • 4 oz cream cheese
  • 8 oz tub Cool Whip, thawed

Instructions

Cupcakes

  1. Preheat oven to 350° and line muffin tin with cupcake liners..
  2. In bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
  3. With your mixer, beat butter, brown sugar, and molasses together until creamy and smooth.
  4. Add egg and mix well.
  5. Turn mixer to low and alternately add the dry mixture and water, starting and ending with dry mixture. Mix until smooth.
  6. Fill liners 2/3 full and bake 18-20 minutes.
  7. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting

  1. In stand mixer beat cream cheese until smooth and light, 1-2 minutes.
  2. Add in pudding mix, milk and powdered sugar, beating until blended and thickened, about 2 minutes. Fold in the Cool Whip until evenly incorporated.
  3. Chill frosting for an hour before frosting cupcakes to firm.

Notes

Store frosted cupcakes in refrigerator, or frost just before serving.

frosting recipe adapted from Confessions of a Cookbook Queen
cupcake recipe adapted from McCormick

Nutrition

  • Serving Size:
  • Calories: 319
  • Sugar: 24.4 g
  • Sodium: 224.9 mg
  • Fat: 12.3 g
  • Carbohydrates: 46.9 g
  • Protein: 5.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 43.2 mg

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44 comments on “Gingerbread Cupcakes with White Chocolate Pudding Frosting”

  1. Cookbook Queen

    So yes…the lonely jar of molasses. i have one of those too (I think it’s 7 years old or so…does molasses go bad??)

    That frosting is seriously one of my favorites. So good!!

  2. Gingerbread cupcakes + White Chocolate PUDDING frosting?? I must make these ASAP. Love this combo!!! 🙂

  3. Emily @ Life on Food

    I think that frosting is always the worst part of making cake. This looks pretty simple and delicious. Perfect!

  4. Joy @ Baking-Joy

    These look lovely, I love gingerbread at this time of year! The addition of a white chocolate frosting is genius! P.S I love your website design 🙂

  5. tracy {pale yellow}

    This is so holiday without being overly holiday, you know what I mean? I love finding new products in the grocery store!

    1. how weird! My recipe disappeared. I went in and typed it out, but I will be trying to figure out what happened to my printable recipe! Not sure what happened..darn internets!

  6. so…..um…..you’ve got me salivating here…..i ADORE gingerbread. i got to the end of the post with that mostly-eaten cupcake just sitting there begging me to finish it off and i’m searching EVERYWHERE on you post for the recipe. so….are you just going to tempt us or are you going to share? honestly….i would LOVE to have this recipe. the two of them together….frosting and gingerbread? match made in heaven.

    1. Something happened to my printable recipe! I went ahead and wrote the recipe out so you can get it for the moment, but will try and figure out happened to my printable recipe! Darn internet is making me mad tonight!

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