Root Beer lovers will delight in these delicious Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes! Oh, my goodness – so YUM! Not only are they over-the-top moist and delicious, but they are also easy to make using your favorite root beer soda!
Root Beer floats have always been a favorite treat for me. There is something nostalgic about the delicious flavor that reminds me of childhood and hot summer days.
Needless to say, I am head over heels in love with these yummy Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes!
They are super moist and filled with yummy flavors. They are also easy to make using your favorite root beer soda. Just follow the easy recipe below.
And, if you love cupcakes made out of yummy sodas and drinks, take a look at a couple of our other favorites –
Dr. Pepper Cupcakes: These fun cupcakes use one of my son’s favorite drinks: Dr. Pepper! The sweet drink and cherries make these cupcakes moist and delicious. If you’re looking for a new cupcake recipe, try these Dr. Pepper Cupcakes! You won’t be able to resist them. Not only are the cupcakes made from scratch, but so is the frosting! YUM!
Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes: If you are a die-hard chocolate lover, you HAVE to try these Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes! They are spicy and sweet and amazing! These cupcakes bring the chocolate-lover’s game to a new high. I was hesitant to make them at first- I don’t normally like spicy foods. But the combination of the sweet and spicy is intoxicating!
Now, let’s get back to the deliciousness at hand, shall we? 🙂
Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Makes 24 cupcakes
Ingredients needed:
Dark chocolate fudge cake mix
12 oz can root beer soda
Chocolate frosting
Cupcake pan
24 brown paper cupcake liners
24 root beer barrel candies
Brown and white paper straws
1M Wilton frosting tip
How to make these yummy Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line cupcake pan with paper cupcake liners.
3. Add cake mix and soda to a large bowl or bowl of a stand mixer, and beat on medium for 2 minutes.
4. Fill cupcake liners halfway with cake batter.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until you can insert a toothpick, and it comes out clean.
6. Cool for 1 hour on a baking rack.
7. Snip of the corner of a ziplock bag or the end of a piping bag and insert the frosting tip.
8. Fill a ziplock bag or piping bag with frosting.
9. Pipe frosting onto cupcake by starting in the middle, swirling around the cupcake, then meeting back in the middle.
10. Top each cupcake with a root beer barrel candy.
11. Cut straws in half, then in half again (each straw will give you 4 mini straws), and insert a mini straw into each cupcake.
Print this delicious Root Beer Float Cupcakes recipe!
Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes
Root Beer lovers will delight in these delicious Chocolate Root Beer Float Cupcakes! Oh, my goodness - so YUM! Not only are they over-the-top moist and delicious, but they are also easy to make using your favorite root beer soda!
Ingredients
- Dark chocolate fudge cake mix
- 12 oz can root beer soda
- Chocolate frosting
- Cupcake pan
- 24 brown paper cupcake liners
- 24 root beer barrel candies
- Brown and white paper straws
- 1M Wilton frosting tip
Instructions
- Preheat 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 of 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 cupcake 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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