Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes are filled and dipped in chocolate ganache, topped with peppermint cream cheese frosting and have a sprinkle of candy cane on top. These cupcakes are perfect for the holidays or just about any time! If you love the chocolate and peppermint combo check out this chocolate peppermint ice cream cake roll or chocolate peppermint sugar cookies The Perfect Holiday Dessert I love serving cupcakes for dessert at a party. They are the perfect serving size and they look so pretty on a serving plate. These peppermint ganache cupcakes are the perfect holiday dessert. What says Christmas better than peppermint? Chocolate and peppermint is a near perfect combination. These chocolate cupcakes are rich and moist and the best part is the peppermint chocolate ganache on top of and inside the cupcake! It turns the cupcake into a chocolately, fudgy piece of heaven. Every time I have served these they have met with rave reviews. And if you end up with any leftovers, they taste even better the second day. How to Make Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes Prepare. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Combine. Mix together wet ingredients and then gently mix in cake mix and sour cream. Fold until combined. Fill. Using a scoop, fill each muffin tin 2/3 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Ganache. While the cupcakes are baking prepare your ganache. Frosting and Filling. After the cupcakes bake, while they are still warm , use a wooden spoon to poke a hole in the middle. Fill the hole with ganache and then dip the top of the cupcake into the ganache If your ganache is a little thin, add a bit more sugar or let it sit for a few minutes and it will thicken as it sits. To prevent the ganache from running off the sides of the cupcake, just dip the middle of the cupcake into the ganache. The crowning glory on the cupcakes though is the peppermint cream cheese frosting. Be sure to allow your cream cheese to sit at room temperature to soften up before making frosting. Use a decorating bag and a large star tip to pipe frosting onto cupcake. The addition of the crushed candy cane adds a pretty touch and some extra peppermint flavor. They also look great with candy cane kisses on top. As my friend Alison said, “These are SO worth the calories!” For more peppermint treats try: White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel Bites Peppermint Bark Dip Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake For all of my other favorite kitchen products and tools visit my Amazon Store. Did you know I wrote a cookbook? Check out my Holiday Slow Cooker Cookbook for 100 delicious recipes Peppermint Ganache Cupcake Recipe Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are filled and dipped in chocolate ganache, topped with peppermint cream cheese frosting and have a sprinkle of candy cane on top. They are perfect for the holidays or just about any time! 3 eggs ½ cup water ¼ cup milk ½ cup oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 box devil’s food cake mix 1 cup sour cream Peppermint Ganache: 1/2 cup butter 5 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa 6 Tbsp buttermilk (or 5 ½ T milk, ½ T lemon juice) 3 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp peppermint extract Peppermint Buttercream: 8 oz cream cheese ½ cup butter (softened) 2 cup powdered sugar ½- 1 tsp peppermint extract Preheat oven to 350 degrees Mix the eggs, water, milk, oil and vanilla together Add in cake cake mix and sour cream until well blended Fill cupcake liner ¾ full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean While cupcakes are baking, make the peppermint ganache In a bowl, sift 3 cups powdered sugar In a small pan, melt butter and add cocoa and buttermilk and bring to a boil Pour mixture over powdered sugar and, add peppermint extract and stir until smooth Dip the tops of the warm cupcakes into the warm ganache and let cool before frosting You can also poke a hole in the middle of the cupcake with a wooden spoon and fill the whole with ganache Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy Gradually add powdered sugar Add extra sugar if needed for right consistency Add peppermint extract and beat again Pipe frosting onto cupcake and then top with candy cane kisses, crushed candy cane or even mint M & M’s If you’ve tried these cupcakes or any other recipe on Your Homebased Mom, then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how it went in the comments below, I love hearing from you! You can also FOLLOW ME on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and PINTEREST to see more delicious food, party ideas and travel tips and what I’m up to on a daily basis! Continue reading Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes. This post is from Your Homebased Mom. If you are not reading it from our feed, it has been STOLEN. Please contact Leigh Anne to let us know. Enjoy the posts.

 Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes are filled and dipped in chocolate ganache, topped with peppermint cream cheese frosting and have a sprinkle of candy cane on top.

These cupcakes  are perfect for the holidays or just about any time! If you love the chocolate and peppermint combo check out this chocolate peppermint ice cream cake roll or chocolate peppermint sugar cookies

The Perfect Holiday Dessert

I love serving cupcakes for dessert at a party.  They are the perfect serving size and they look so pretty on a serving plate.  These peppermint ganache cupcakes are the perfect holiday dessert.  What says Christmas better than peppermint?   Chocolate and peppermint is a near perfect combination.

These chocolate cupcakes are rich and moist and the best part is the peppermint chocolate ganache on top of and inside the cupcake!  It turns the cupcake into a chocolately, fudgy piece of heaven.  Every time I have served these they have met with rave reviews.  And if you end up with any leftovers,  they taste even better the second day.

How to Make Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes

Prepare. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line muffin tin with cupcake liners.

Combine.  Mix together  wet ingredients and then gently mix in cake mix and sour cream. Fold until combined.

Fill.  Using a scoop, fill each muffin tin 2/3 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Ganache.  While the cupcakes are baking prepare your ganache.

Frosting and Filling.  After the cupcakes bake, while they are still warm , use a wooden spoon to poke a hole in the middle.  Fill the hole with ganache and then dip the top of the cupcake into the ganache

If your ganache is a little thin, add a bit more sugar or let it sit for a few minutes and it will thicken as it sits.  To prevent the ganache from running off the sides of the cupcake, just dip the middle of the cupcake into the ganache.

The crowning glory on the cupcakes though is the peppermint cream cheese frosting.  Be sure to allow your cream cheese to sit at room temperature to soften up before making frosting.   Use a decorating bag and a large star tip to pipe frosting onto cupcake.

The addition of the crushed candy cane adds a pretty touch and some extra peppermint flavor. They also look great with candy cane kisses on top.

As my friend Alison said, “These are SO worth the calories!”

For more peppermint treats try:

White Chocolate Peppermint Pretzel Bites

Peppermint Bark Dip

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Milkshake

For all of my other favorite kitchen products and tools visit my Amazon Store. 

Did you know I wrote a cookbook?  Check out my Holiday Slow Cooker Cookbook for 100 delicious recipes

Peppermint Ganache Cupcake Recipe

Chocolate Peppermint Ganache Cupcakes

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are filled and dipped in chocolate ganache, topped with peppermint cream cheese frosting and have a sprinkle of candy cane on top.  They are perfect for the holidays or just about any time!

• 3 eggs
• ½ cup water
• ¼ cup milk
• ½ cup oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 box devil’s food cake mix
• 1 cup sour cream

Peppermint Ganache:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 5 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
• 6 Tbsp buttermilk (or 5 ½ T milk, ½ T lemon juice)
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp peppermint extract

Peppermint Buttercream:

• 8 oz cream cheese
• ½ cup butter (softened)
• 2 cup powdered sugar
• ½- 1 tsp peppermint extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix the eggs, water, milk, oil and vanilla together
3. Add in cake cake mix and sour cream until well blended
4. Fill cupcake liner ¾ full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
5. While cupcakes are baking, make the peppermint ganache
6. In a bowl, sift 3 cups powdered sugar
7. In a small pan, melt butter and add cocoa and buttermilk and bring to a boil
8. Pour mixture over powdered sugar and, add peppermint extract and stir until smooth

9. Dip the tops of the warm cupcakes into the warm ganache and let cool before frosting

10. You can also poke a hole in the middle of the cupcake with a wooden spoon and fill the whole with ganache

Frosting:

1. Beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy
2. Gradually add powdered sugar
3. Add extra sugar if needed for right consistency
4. Add peppermint extract and beat again
5. Pipe frosting onto cupcake and then top with candy cane kisses, crushed candy cane or even mint M & M’s

If you’ve tried these cupcakes or any other recipe on Your Homebased Mom, then don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how it went in the comments below, I love hearing from you!

You can also FOLLOW ME on FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM and PINTEREST to see more delicious food, party ideas and travel tips and what I’m up to on a daily basis!

 

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