Cake Mix Chocolate Cupcakes

These are the BEST Chocolate Cupcakes, and they start with a cake mix! You won’t believe how soft and rich in chocolate flavor these cakes are. You will have everyone begging for the recipe!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword cake, cake mix, cake mix hack, chocoalte, cupcake

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Servings cupcakes

Calories 121kcal

Author Jesseca

Ingredients

1 (15oz) box devils food cake
1 (5.9oz) box instant chocolate pudding mix
1/4 cup cocoa powder optional
4 large eggs
3/4 cup oil
3/4 cup water
1 cup sour cream
1 cup chocolate chips optional
1 cup chocolate ganache or frosting

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2, 12 cup, muffin tins with paper liners and set aside to use later.
Stir the dry cake mix with the dry pudding mix in a mixing bowl. Mix in the eggs, oil, water, and sour cream until fully combined and the batter comes together, roughly 2 minutes of mixing.
Fold in the chocolate chips if using.
Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full with batter, about 1/4 cup. Bake 12-15 minutes or until the tops are domed and spring back when touched or a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from the pans and transfer to a cooling rack. Cool completely.
Once cooled, dip the tops of the cupcakes into chocolate ganache and add sprinkles.

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