There is something so much fun about “extreme” cupcakes, don’t you agree? Yes, they are piled high but they are oh so delicious! Kit Kat lovers will rejoice in these extreme Kit Kat Cupcakes! All the delicious flavors you expect loaded into a yummy cupcake!
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 13 minutes
Total Time: 38 minutes
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- ½ cup hot coffee
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
Frosting Ingredients:
- 2 sticks, unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. heavy cream
- 6 snack size Kit Kats, crushed
- 5-6 Kit Kats sliced into quarters
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Add your Kit Kat bars into a ziploc bag seal closed.
- Using a rolling pin crush your candy bars.
- In a large bowl add together all the dry ingredients and sift.
- In a medium bowl, add all the wet ingredients, whisk to combine.
- Add your egg and whisk the egg into the wet ingredients.
- Using a stand mixer, add your dry ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed and scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl.
- Divide evenly among the cupcake liners.
- Bake for 13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
Frosting Directions:
- In a stand mixer use a paddle fixture add the butter mix medium speed for about 2-3 minutes.
- Butter will be light and creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream to the butter.
- Begin to mix on low speed.
- Add the crushed Kit Kats and increase speed to medium-high and whip for 6 minutes.
- Chop remaining Kit Kats into quarters.
- Drizzle fudge on top of the cupcakes.
- Garnish the cupcakes with the Kit Kats.
- Enjoy!
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Kit Kat Cupcakes
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Ingredients
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 large egg, room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk, at room temperature
- ½ cup hot coffee
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
- Frosting Ingredients
- 2 sticks, unsalted butter, room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp. heavy cream
- 6 snack size Kit Kats, crushed
- 5-6 Kit Kats sliced into quarters
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- Add your Kit Kat bars into a ziploc bag seal closed.
- Using a rolling pin crush your candy bars.
- In a large bowl add together all the dry ingredients and sift.
- In a medium bowl, add all the wet ingredients, whisk to combine.
- Add your egg and whisk the egg into the wet ingredients.
- Using a stand mixer, add your dry ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
- Mix for 2 minutes on medium speed and scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl.
- Divide evenly among the cupcake liners.
- Bake for 13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
- Frosting Directions
- In a stand mixer use a paddle fixture add the butter mix medium speed for about 2-3 minutes.
- Butter will be light and creamy.
- Add the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and heavy cream to the butter.
- Begin to mix on low speed.
- Add the crushed Kit Kats and increase speed to medium-high and whip for 6 minutes.
- Chop remaining Kit Kats into quarters.
- Drizzle fudge on top of the cupcakes.
- Garnish the cupcakes with the Kit Kats.
- Enjoy!
