Chocolate Mint Cupcakes – After Eight Style

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These chocolate mint cupcakes feature a rich chocolate base with fresh mint and After Eight chocolate pieces mixed into the batter. The main attention-getter is the smooth chocolate ganache topping, which takes some patience to prepare and cool properly, but delivers that luxurious, minty chocolate flavor that makes these cupcakes irresistible.

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Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Prepare a muffin tin and line it with paper cupcake cases.
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Heat the butter, cocoa and coffee

Put the butter, cocoa and a cup of coffee into a small saucepan and heat over medium heat. Keep stirring until the butter melts and everything comes together into a smooth mixture. Remove from the heat and set aside.

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250 gram
Unsalted Butter

40 gram
Cocoa

10 gram
Ground coffee
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Mix the dry ingredients

In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar and baking soda. Once thoroughly mixed, add the butter mixture and stir until smooth and all the ingredients are fully combined.

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200 gram
Medium-Fine Wheat Flour

300 gram
Powdered Sugar

12 gram
Baking soda

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Add the remaining ingredients

Finally, add the eggs and sour cream, along with grated chocolate plus larger chunks of After Eight, and torn mint leaves. Mix once more until you have a smooth batter.

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2 piece
Chicken Eggs

100 gram
Sour Cream 15%

100 gram
85% Dark Chocolate

40 gram
Dark Chocolate 50%

30 gram
Fresh Mint
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Bake

Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes. Test with a skewer to check they're done.
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Let them cool

Once baked, let the cupcakes cool completely while you prepare a wonderful chocolate cream. It's called ganache, and it's simple to make yet absolutely perfect in flavour!
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Heat the cream

Pour the cream into a saucepan and place it on the stove. Bring to the boil, stirring occasionally so it doesn't catch on the bottom.

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500 milliliter
Whipping Cream 33%
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Stir in the chocolate

Once it's come to the boil, remove the saucepan from the heat and add the finely chopped chocolate and After Eight into the cream. Leave undisturbed for 5 minutes, then whisk by hand into a smooth, glossy chocolate mixture.

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400 gram
85% Dark Chocolate

50 gram
Dark Chocolate 50%
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Let it set

Now just stir occasionally until it has completely cooled. As it cools, the cream will thicken; towards the end you can pop it in the fridge to make it easier to work with.
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Decorate

Once the chocolate cream is ready and chilled, fill it into a piping bag and pipe it onto the cooled, prepared cupcakes.

Chocolate Mint Cupcakes – After Eight Style

Name: Decadent Chocolate Mint Cupcakes
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 33 min
Total time: 118 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 30 gram Fresh Mint; 500 milliliter Whipping Cream 33%; 12 gram Baking soda; 300 gram Powdered Sugar; 40 gram Cocoa; 10 gram Ground coffee; 250 gram Unsalted Butter; 100 gram Sour Cream 15%; 200 gram Medium-Fine Wheat Flour; 2 piece Chicken Eggs; 90 gram Dark Chocolate 50%; 500 gram 85% Dark Chocolate

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Prep 25 min Cook 33 min

Plus 50 min of resting (not counted in active time)

12 Ingredients

10 Steps

Medium Difficulty

What's in it?

770 kcal

Calories

77 g

Carbohydrates

65 g

Fats

11 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

While staying in London, I fell in love with After Eight chocolates and their minty filling. When I was putting together recipes for a chocolate-themed Christmas week, I couldn't resist trying cupcakes with a chocolate and mint flavour. The experiment turned out brilliantly – I decorated them with pieces of After Eight chocolate, and out of the whole chocolate lineup, everyone loved these the most.

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Step-by-step method

At a glance

Preheat the oven

Heat the butter, cocoa and coffee

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Mix the dry ingredients

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Add the remaining ingredients

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Bake

Let them cool

Heat the cream

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Stir in the chocolate

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Let it set

Decorate

Chocolate Mint Cupcakes – After Eight Style

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