Chocolate Caramel Cupcake
Serves 1835 mins prep45 mins cook
This chocolate cupcake is the perfect combination of sweet and salty! We like to call it our movie night cupcake as it has chocolate covered caramel pretzels and popcorn on top of the caramel buttercream frosting! Drizzled with more melted chocolate
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What you need

cup caramel sauce

unsalted butter

cup unsweetened cocoa

cup granulated sugar

cup powdered sugar

tbsp heavy cream

tsp baking powder

cup vegetable oil

cup all purpose flour

pretzel

cup semi sweet chocolate chips

tsp salt

tsp baking soda

tsp vanilla extract

popped popcorn
Instructions
In a medium bowl combine pretzels and popcorn. Set aside. In a small bowl melt chocolate chips. In two pipping bags put caramel sauce in one and chocolate sauce in the other. Drizzle both sauces over crushed pretzels and popcorn to liking and mix together. Set aside. Make buttercream by beating butter for 2 minutes till fluffy. Add powder sugar and mix together. Add caramel sauce and heavy cream, and whip till smooth. Place in a piping bag and put in fridge while making the cupcakes. Make cupcakes by combining all dry ingredients in a stand-in mixing bowl. Add all wet ingredients to the bowl one at a time, reserving boiling water till the end. Mix together till smooth. Add boiling water and mix for another minute. Fill lined cupcake pan about 3/4 way full. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and put on cooling rack for 45 minutes. Take frosting out of the fridge. While cupcakes are cooling, melt chocolate chips in a small bowl for the center of the cupcake. Add to a piping bag. Scoop out small hole in center of the cupcakes and fill with chocolate. Pipe frosting on top. Add chocolate caramel pretzels and popcorn to the top of each cupcake and enjoy!View original recipe

