Chocolate Root Beer Cupcakes

These chocolate root beer cupcakes are so fun and festive. This adorable recipe for root beer float cupcakes starts with a boxed mix to keep things simple! It is really easy to make cupcakes with a boxed mix. I love using cake mixes to simplify baking sweet treats…then I can spend my time making them cute, fun, an flavorful instead.

Author: Cake Mix Recipes

Meal Type: Peanuts Free

Cuisine: American

Difficulty: EASY

Prep. Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 24 cupcakes

Calories: 120 kcal per serving

Ingredients

Dark chocolate fudge cake mix
12 ounces - root beer
Chocolate frosting
24 - root beer barrel candies

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners.
Add cake mix and soda to a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, and beat on medium for 2 minutes.
Fill cupcake liners halfway with cake batter.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, until you can insert a toothpick, and it comes out clean.
Cool for 1 hour on a baking rack.
Snip the corner of a ziplock bag or the end of a piping bag and insert the frosting tip.
Fill a ziplock bag or piping bag with frosting.
Pipe frosting onto cupcakes by starting in the middle, swirling around the cupcake, then meeting back in the middle.
Top each cupcake with a root beer barrel candy.
Cut straws in half, then in half again (each straw will give you 4 mini straws), and insert a mini straw into each cupcake.

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