Dessert

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes is for Dessert.

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes takes 30 minutes to cook.

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes makes 18 servings.

The ingredients for Mint Chocolate Cupcakes are:

2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup Hellman's (Best Foods) Light mayonnaise
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract

1 batch white frosting
additional peppermint extract
green food coloring

Chocolate mints, for garnish

Here is how you make Mint Chocolate Cupcakes:

1. Sift the flour, cocoa, soda and salt together. (I suggest not using a regular sifter as the cocoa does not come out well, use a strainer instead)2. Cream the sugar, mayonnaise, water and vanilla together.3. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture and stir. 4. Pour batter into cupcake pans lined with paper wrappers.5. Bake at 350?F. for about 25-30 minutes.6. Allow to cool. 7. While cupcakes cool, prep the frosting. Stir peppermint extract and green food coloring into the frosting. 8. Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes and decorate with mints.

The nutritional information for Mint Chocolate Cupcakes is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 18
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 238.5

• Total Fat: 7.6 g
• Cholesterol: 3.0 mg
• Sodium: 269.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 41.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.2 g
• Protein: 2.0 g