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Cherry Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes Recipe

Gourmet Cherry Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes Recipe with coconut chocolate filling are absolutely tasty…The filling is made from flake coconut, chocolate covered cherries and HERSHEY’®S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips.The icing on these cupcakes is our cream cheese icing topped off with flake coconut and Hershey Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips drizzled on them for the finishing touch is absolutely devine.They taste a lot like a mounds candy bar with a hint of cherry flavor.This freshly baked cupcakes, are always a childhood favorite.This delicious recipe, will have your children wanting to lick the bowl as well. These tasty treats can be described as light, fluffy and sweet.



Cherry Chocolate Coconut Cupcakes Recipe

100% would make it again

24 Servings
Prep: 35 min. + chilling Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Ingredients
1 package (10 to 12 ounces) vanilla or white chips
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1 cup heavy whipping cream

1 teaspoon coconut extract
1 can (21 ounces) cherry pie filling
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar

Chocolate Cherry  Coconut Cupcakes Recipe
3/4 cup HERSHEY®’S Cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 packages (1.9 ounces each) chocolate-covered coconut candy bars
1/2 cup HERSHEY’®S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 teaspoon shortening
24 maraschino cherries, well drained
3-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoons coarse sugar
Directions
  • For ganache, in a small saucepan, melt vanilla chips and butter with cream over low heat; stir until blended. Transfer to a large bowl; stir in extract. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, stirring occasionally.
  • In a large bowl, beat the pie filling, buttermilk and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into pie filling mixture until blended.
  • Fill paper-lined muffin cups one-third full. Cut candy bars in half; place half of a candy bar in center of each cupcake. Cover each with 2 tablespoonfuls batter. Bake at 375° for 16-20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, in a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Dip cherries in chocolate mixture; place on a waxed paper-lined baking sheet. Refrigerate until set.
  • Remove ganache from refrigerator; gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until frosting is light and fluffy. Pipe over cupcakes; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Garnish with chocolate-dipped cherries. Yield: 2 dozen.
Nutrition Facts:
  • 1 cupcake equals 426 calories, 16 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 44 mg cholesterol, 255 mg sodium, 67 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.
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