Let me just start off by saying how much I love whoppers. Not the burgers, but the chocolate covered malt ball candy. They’re delicious! It only makes sense to use them in just about every dessert I can think of. The only problem with that is if they are left out or in the wrong temperature, they gradually become stale. Oh well, that doesn’t stop me from baking with them.
The problem with this cupcake was that I couldn’t really get it to be “cupcake material.” The texture was off and they weren’t as light and fluffy. They sank in in the middle and didn’t seem to cook all the way, even though they were. As for the frosting, I’m an impatient girl and although heavy whipping cream always intrigued me, I’d rather not wait ten minutes to fluff up some frosting, only to have it sink back down later on. Despite all the trouble, my brother was the first one to take a taste and said, “Kimmy, out of all the things that you have baked, THESE are my favorite. They’re DELICIOUS!” Now, he has tried basically everything that I have baked and I bake A LOT, so that’s quite a bold statement. Nevertheless, they still turned out pretty and the batter was delicious.
they look great! i just bought some whoppers so i may have to give these a try!
I am loving these! Too delicious!
They look tasty!
My favorite cupcake that uses a candy is butterfinger banana cupcakes. Best stuff ever.
yum! do you mind posting the recipe for these? thanks!
I would really appreciate a recipe for these; my mom’s birthday is next month and she loooves Whoppers! 😀
recipe as requested here:
Chocolate Whopper Malted Cupcakes
Chocolate Malted Cupcakes
1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup malted milk powder
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups whole milk
1 tsp vanilla extra
Preheat oven to 325F
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, malt powder, and cocoa together and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk. Add vanilla a beat well.
Spoon batter into cupcake papers, filling cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 25(15 minutes for mini) minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.
Chocolate Malted Milk Whipped Cream Frosting
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup powdered sugar
4 TBSP malted milk powder
2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
In a large bowl, whip the cream until it forms soft peaks. Add sugar, malt powder, and cocoa powder. Beat until stiff.
Frost cooled cupcakes with whipped cream frosting. Top with crushed Whopper(malted milk balls) pieces.
These cupcakes are good, moist. You better really LOVE malt balls though to eat more than one. Or make them, eat one, then give them away. They are very sweet and I rarely can eat one of anything let alone cupcakes. The malt in the cake part is overwhelmed so I would make regular chocolate cupcakes and add the malted frosting-much easier and no big flavor difference.