Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes

Experience the harmony of rich chocolate and sweet cherries in every bite of these chocolate and cherry cupcakes!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate cherry cupcake recipe, chocolate cherry cupcakes, chocolate cupcakes with cherry frosting

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Cool Time 30

Total Time 1 10

Servings cupcakes

Calories 455kcal

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
Beat together the butter and sugar in a stand mixer or in a medium-sized mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer. Mix the ingredients on a medium speed until combined and creamy.
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix again on a medium-high speed until the eggs have been fully beaten into the mixture.
Mix in the cherry pie filling until it is evenly distributed throughout the batter.
Add the baking powder, flour, and cocoa powder to the wet mixture. Mix the ingredients together starting on a low speed and working your way up to a medium-high speed until no clumps of flour or cocoa powder remain (just combined).
Fill a cupcake tin with liners and divide the batter among the liners as evenly as you can. Bake your cupcakes for 20 minutes.
Allow the cupcakes to cool for at least 20 minutes. while you prepare your frosting by whisking together the powdered sugar, butter, and cherry juice until smooth and creamy.
Frost your cupcakes using a piping bag and the tip of your choice (I used a star tip).

For the cherry juice in the frosting, I just use the juice from canned cherries. You get a good amount of cherry flavor.