These M&M Cupcakes are so crazy good! ANDDD there’s M&M Frosting on top of a the moist Milk Chocolate Cupcake!
So these cupcakes. I hate to say it, but they were totally my kid’s idea. Again.
Earlier in the week I shared his Red Velvet Cake Krispie Treats.
And today. Well. He’s nailed. it.
Again.
I honestly need to put him on the pay roll, because these are my new favorite cupcake. It’s the frosting you guys.
We were driving one day last week and he said, “What if you crushed up M&Ms and added them into frosting. Like a Blizzard.” Seriously my heart stopped from love. So basically I raced home because I knew the idea was too good to be true.
It wasn’t. It was truth. A plain, bold, delicious, candy truth. Is there anything better?
SO easy and so delicious!
Ok. More truth. These cupcakes took me 3 tries to perfect.
I knew I wanted a good milk chocolate cupcake…and I knew I wanted melted milk chocolate in the batter.
The first batch. HORRIBLE. Basically inedible. The second batch…slightly closer, but still meh. But finally I got it. Third tries rule. Seriously, these are perfect Milk Chocolate Cupcakes.
But let’s focus on the frosting…because it’s really the ball-hog here.
First just cream some butter and add in powdered sugar. Slowly. Not like I did here.
Rookie move.
When that’s light and fluffy…
Go ahead and blend up those M&Ms.
This is where my kiddo helped…
Right in the blender they go…
Boom. Pow. Smash.
M&M dust.
Then beat that right in the frosting…
And pipe it all up on your cupcake…
Y’all are gonna die. The frosting tastes like a giant M&M cloud.
Ok, that sounded stupid…but it kinda does.
Make these.
PrintM&M Cupcakes
Description
Makes 15 cupcakes
Ingredients
Milk Chocolate Cupcakes
- 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup hot water
M&M Frosting
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup M&M Candies, blended to a coarse dust
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Whisk together flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar together in stand mixer, beating until light, 1-2 minutes. Add in egg and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- In microwave or over a double boiler melt the milk chocolate.
- Stir the chocolate into the butter mixture.
- Add the flour mixture and sour cream in alternating increments, starting and ending with the flour mixture.
- Stir until combined.
- Slowly add in hot water and stir until smooth.
- Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake 15-17 minutes until tops are set and spring back to the touch.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
M&M Frosting
- In blender or food processor crush M&M candies until they are a coarse dust.
- In bowl of stand mixer beat butter until smooth. Slowly add in powdered sugar and then beat at medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Mix in crushed M&Ms and beat until evenly incorporated.
- Pipe or spread onto cupcakes.
Notes
if you prefer a softer frosting, add milk, 1 teaspoon at at a time until you reach your desired consistency.
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I usually can’t eat chocolate cake/cupcakes. But these were awesome. Thank you for sharing. I’m trying the frosting this weekend. Have you tried this cupcake recipe with white chocolate instead?
I adjusted this recipe a bit because I found white chocolate m&m’s. So I made white chocolate macadamia cupcakes with white chocolate m&m frosting. 🙂 Very yummy!
I bet that was fantastic! What a great adaptation 🙂
Oh man, I just made these cupcakes. The frosting is sooo good! I love the crunch the frosting has from the m&m’s. It really does taste like a giant m&m cloud! Kudos to your little guy that came up with the idea this yummy frosting! 😀
These sound SO amazing! I’m so glad you tried the third batch 🙂
I was shoveling ice cream down my gob like a crazy person this weekend, and between scoops, I asked my fiance: “Is there anything better than ice cream with blended m&ms? I love the little hard chocolate bits!”
So, obviously this frosting was made for me. Duh. Thanks!
M&M frosting- it’s almost so obvious it’s like “duh”, but I never would have thought of it! Genius runs in your family. I am SO glad I have M&M’s in the pantry right now…
Yup – he’s a genius! I have some frozen buttercream with no foreseeable use… I wonder if I could just add crushed M&Ms to it and whip it up…
Wow those look amazing! M&M dust in the frosting. I would put that on anything. Great Idea 🙂
You have a very special child. These cupcakes look amazing. Thanks for doing all the hard work.
You’re lucky to have such a smart kid! Love the M & M dust, a new staple ingredient in the cupboard!
What a great idea! Love it!