Thursday, August 30, 2012

Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Cheesecake Frosting

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My son's 1st birthday party is next week so I am starting to work on desserts for the party.  Coincidentally, the party is a dessert-only party.  Thought I would make it easier on myself since I went all out on my 3 year old's birthday party last month (see pictures here).  I saw a recipe for no-bake nutella cheesecakes from My Baking Addiction and really wanted to make those, which I still might, but then I thought, how good would a lighter version of that cheesecake filling be as a frosting for chocolate cake?  Well let me tell you:  Really good!  The frosting takes like  5 minutes to make, I will definitely be using it again.  Combine that with a boxed devil's food cake mix and some oreo cookie crumbs, and this is one classy dessert with no effort at all!

For me this made 70 mini cupcakes, but depending on how much frosting you use, it may need to be doubled.  I used mini cupcake liners from Wilton that I found at target.

MINI CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH NUTELLA CHEESECAKE FROSTING
(Adapted from My Baking Addiction)

Ingredients:
  • 1 box devil's food cake mix, prepared as instructed on box
  • 3/4 cup nutella spread
  • 1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 16 oz cool whip, thawed
  • 5-6 oreo cookies with the cream center removed
Directions:
  1. Using the prepared cake batter, fill mini muffin tin cups 3/4 full.  Bake at 325 degrees F for about 12-14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  2. For the frosting, in a medium bowl mix cream cheese, nutella and vanilla until well combined and smooth, using either a spatula or hand mixer.
  3. Add the cool whip and fold in until there are no streaks remaining.
  4. I used a piping bag to add the frosting to the cupcakes, but a ziploc bag with the corner cut will work great too.
  5. Crush the oreo cookies and sprinkle over frosting.
  6. Store in refrigerator until ready to eat.

27 comments:

  1. One word...YUM!!! Wow, I can't even imagine a child that won't like these - will have to be making them soon for a 4th birthday over this way!

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  2. Oh if I could jump through my monitor, I'd be a happy lady! You on the other hand would have no cupcakes left :)

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  3. wow.... my husband was just asking for a nutella recipe! makin' this one!!

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  4. These look so delicious! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday! Don't forget to come back and VOTE on Sunday!

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    1. Aww hunny, have no fear, I just went in the kitchen and whipped up another batch of frosting to put on the rest of the cupcakes...you aren't the only one who missed them :) I did not need much incentive :) Happy to oblige! Enjoy, I know I am, hehehe!

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  6. Hi Lindsay,
    I would just love to have one of your awesome Mini Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting, they look delicious! Hope you are having a fabulous holiday week end and thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
    Come Back Soon!
    Miz Helen

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  7. Those sound amazing! I would love for you to share them with my readers at Mealtime Monday!

    Kaylee
    www.couponingncooking.com

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  8. These sound incredible. Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday and hope you will join us next week with some more great recipes.
    http://marlys-thisandthat.blogspot.com

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  9. These look amazing. I wanted to let you know I featured them as part of my link party wrap up and features!

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  10. Nutella! I love Nutella. It is like Mama Crack!


    I hope you'll stop by my link up. http://www.five4fivemeals.com/main/2012/8/30/friday-five-link-up-aug-31-2012.html

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  11. Oh Em Gee...you had me at Nutella! I love it! Thanks for sharing at Church Supper. Have a blessed week & come back soon ~EMM

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  12. Wow, these look so moist and yummy!! Thanks so much for linking up to Tasty Thursdays at The Mandatory Mooch. I hope you will link up again this week. The party will be live tonight!! www.mandatorymooch.blogspot.com

    Thanks, Nichi

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  13. Oh, these look awesome! And super easy! :) I definitely pinned this one. ;)

    Thank you for sharing at Mom's Test Meal Mondays!

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  14. Yummy. I love all things Nutella!
    http://throughbetsyslookingglass.blogspot.com

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  15. Can't wait to try this frosting nutella and cream cheese is genius. I would love it if you would share this recipe with us today on foodie friday.

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  16. These look amazing! My girls love Nutella, I'll have to give these a try!

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  17. Excited about these. I love Nutella! I will also be checking out your homemade Nutella Spread too. Thanks for sharing at Mom's Library!

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  18. These look so good also. I am amazed at how you get all of this done with little kids. I hope that you had fun with your son's birthday. I'm sure everyone had a great time eating all of the beautiful things that you made. Thank you so much for sharing with Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party last week. This weeks Link Party is opened at
    http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/09/reeses-smore-brownies-and-wednesdays.html
    from Wednesday until Sunday.
    Hope to see you there.
    Debi Bolocofsky
    Adorned From Above
    www.adornedfromabove.com

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  19. These are so cute! How do you get your frosting to swirl like that? I am fairly new to nutella. I made some really yummy Nutella brownies a couple months ago, I bet these are worth making too :)
    Thank you for linking up to Friday Fascinations! Don't forget to come back and link up to this week's party! http://domesticrandomness.blogspot.com/2012/09/friday-fascinations-6-everything-linky.html

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  20. Is it possible to freeze this frosting? I have a daughter with allergies and if I could supply something like this for her school to thaw when others bring cupcakes I would be the best mom! Thank you so much for the wonderful recipe. Stephanie

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    1. I believe it would freeze. It would actually probably tasting like amazing ice cream. I just am not sure about freezeing and unfreezing it repeatedly. Maybe scoop out what you need and defrost that portion in the fridge for a few hours, or on the counter for a little bit.

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  21. These are fantastic. Love that you're doing a desserts only party! So smart, going right for the best! Pinned.

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  22. These look delicious! I'm a college student and have been looking for simple cupcake recipes so this is great :) Would the baking time be the same for regular sized cupcakes?

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    1. It will be longer, just bake them according to the package directions and you should be golden!

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  23. Thank you for this recipe! The frosting is fantastic. I made it for my son's 16th birthday cake. He loves Nutella. Since I was making a two layer cake, I mixed about 1/3 of the whipped topping into the Nutella and cream cheese mixture, then spread it over the top of the bottom layer. Then I mixed in the rest of the whipped topping and frosted the rest of the cake. I wanted to make sure the center frosting would be thick enough to support the cake. It turned out great, I hope he likes it!

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