decadent cherry-chocolate cupcakes for a crowd

Hingham, MA
Updated on Jun 25, 2010

These go over very well at family reunions and other big pot-luck gatherings. You need a couple of the muffin tins that make little muffins and the papers to fit. These bite-sized cupcakes are easier to grab off the buffet and pop in your mouth as you head over to talk to a relative. A single recipe makes many little cupcakes.

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yield several dozen

Ingredients

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix that calls for melted butter. one is made by duncan hines.
  • 1 can cherry pie filling
  • 1 large package semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1 stick butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 or 2 - eggs (or however many are called for on the box of cake mix
  • 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract

How To Make decadent cherry-chocolate cupcakes for a crowd

  • Step 1
    Preheat the oven as instructed on the cake mix box.
  • Step 2
    Stir together the cake mix, melted butter, egg(s), as instructed on the box but DO NOT ADD WATER.
  • Step 3
    Stir in the cherry pie filling and almond extract.
  • Step 4
    Distribute the batter in small, paper-lined cupcake tins, trying to get a cherry in each cupcake.
  • Step 5
    Bake as instructed on the cake mix box. The cupcakes will be moister than normal -- more like a very soft brownie.
  • Step 6
    Melt the chocolate chips, stir and add in just enough milk to make a thick sauce when hot. Spoon some of this on each cupcake. If it hardens in the bowl before you finish, zap in the microwave to re-melt.
  • Step 7
    Allow to cool and serve.

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