Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

These decadent chocolate cherry cupcakes are baked with a delicious Maraschino Cherries inside the cupcake! They’re topped with a cherry buttercream frosting and decorated with pretty sprinkles.

This decadent chocolate cherry cupcake recipe just made our list of favorites. I was thinking about the yummy flavor combination of cherry and chocolate, which I love and how I haven’t made one of my fave chocolate cakes in awhile.

The good news is, that disgusting cherry cough syrup my mom gave me as a child didn’t fully ruin my love for cherry! I like cherry if it’s paired with chocolate and especially if it involves Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries, because they’re seriously insanely delicious.

How to Make Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

For these chocolate cherry cupcakes, I used a trusted chocolate cake recipe passed down many years ago and made 24 deliciously moist cupcakes with a cherry in the middle and homemade meringue cherry cookies on top!

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients together.
• Add in the eggs, oil, vanilla, cherry sauce and milk and mix until combined.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Add in the boiling water. Divide batter into lined cupcake pan.
• Bake for 12 minutes.
• Do not over bake, but do not undertake either or the middle will collapse. Check them around d11 minutes and see how much longer they need.
• Once cooled, press a cherry straight down into the middle of the cupcake. Add a little more cherry sauce to it.
• Then you will pipe frosting over the cupcake to cover the hole.

The maraschino cherry in the middle makes this one of the best cherry cupcakes!

Chocolate Cherry Cupcake Toppings

They’re also so pretty! Here’s a list of what we topped them with!

• Fresh cherries – Dip them in chocolate too!
• Fancy Sprinkles – These are so pretty!
• Meringue cookies
• Freeze-dried cherry dust

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Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

You are going to love these fancy cupcakes!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cherry and chocolate cupcakes, cherry cupcake recipe, chocolate cupcake recipe

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 37 minutes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Calories: 311kcal

Author: Eden

Ingredients

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

• 2 cups all purpose flour2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar2 cups sugar
• 1¾ cups cocoa powder1¾ cups cocoa powder
• 1½ teaspoon baking soda1½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1½ teaspoon baking powder1½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs2 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoon vanilla2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water1 cup boiling water
• 3 tablespoons Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar3 tablespoons Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar
• 24 Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries for the center of each cupcake24 Luxardo Gourmet Maraschino Cherries for the center of each cupcake

Cherry Buttercream Frosting

• 1 cup softened butter1 cup softened butter
• 3 cups powdered sugar3 cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons Luxardo the Original Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar2 tablespoons Luxardo the Original Maraschino Cherry sauce from the jar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons whole milk2 tablespoons whole milk

Instructions

Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix all of the dry ingredients together.
• Add in the eggs, oil, vanilla, cherry sauce and milk and mix until combined.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl.
• Add in the boiling water. Divide batter into lined cupcake pan.
• Bake for 12 minutes.
• Do not over bake, but do not undertake either or the middle will collapse. Check them around d11 minutes and see how much longer they need.
• Once cooled, press a cherry straight down into the middle of the cupcake. Add a little more cherry sauce to it.
• Then you will pipe frosting over the cupcake to cover the hole.

Cherry Buttercream Frosting

• Using an electric mixer with the paddle attachment, beat butter until light and fluffy.
• Add in the sugar 1 cup at a time and beat until incorporated.
• Add in the cherry sauce and continue to beat. You can add more for extra flavor if you prefer.
• Add in vanilla and milk and beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
• Put into a piping bag with a large round tip and pipe into cupcakes, filling the hole in the middle where the cherry is.
• Decorate the cupcakes with cookies, cherries and sprinkles.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Decadent Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 311 Calories from Fat 126

% Daily Value*

Fat 14g22%

Saturated Fat 9g56%

Cholesterol 35mg12%

Sodium 199mg9%

Potassium 156mg4%

Carbohydrates 48g16%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 35g39%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 310IU6%

Vitamin C 0.3mg0%

Calcium 39mg4%

Iron 1.5mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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