Root Beer Chocolate Cupcakes
When I saw this Root Beer Float Cake from Brown Eyed Baker, I just knew I had to make it! I love Root Beer and the thought of it in cake intrigued me!
Root Beer. Cake. Yum. Yes please.
So I decided to try out the recipe, and instead make cupcakes! I used a grocery store Root Beer, but next time I would use a premium brand. I think the flavour would be much stronger. While this was the MOST moist chocolate cupcake I have ever had, it didn’t pack the Root Beer flavour punch I would have liked. But I will try it again, but like I said, next time I would use a cream-of-the-crop Root Beer!
Oh, and this is where I admit that I cannot ice a cupcake if my life depended on it. 🙂
Root Beer Chocolate Cupcakes
- Yield: 15 cupcakes 1x
Ingredients
Root Beer Chocolate Cupcakes
- 2 cups Premium Root Beer – regular (not diet. And use the GOOD stuff.)
- 1 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs (beaten)
Root Beer Chocolate Frosting
- 1 ounce of dark chocolate (I used Bakers Semi-Sweet Chocolate)
- 1/4 cup butter (softenend)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tbsp Root Beer
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1 1/4 cups icing sugar
Instructions
Root Beer Chocolate Cupcakes
- In a saucepan, on low-medium heat, combine Root Beer, cocoa powder and butter.
- Mix until butter is melted.
- Add sugars, mix until dissolved.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a separate bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Once the Root Beer mix has cooled slightly, add beaten eggs, and combine.
- Then combine the flour mix and the Root Beer mix.
- Stir until just combined.
- In a muffin tin, add muffin liners, then fill your cupcakes about 2/3 full.
- In a preheated 325 degree oven, bake for about 18-20 minutes.
- Set aside to cool, before icing them.
Root Beer Chocolate Frosting
- Mix all icing ingredients, until the icing is nice and smooth.
- Then ice your cooled cupcakes.
Adapted From Brown Eyed Baker
My mouth is watering even thinking about these little treats! Just might have to make them this weekend!
Enjoy!
These sound soooo good 🙂
I love root beer!! (I used to work for A&W.) How yummy!
I’m gonna try this!
Root beer… rocks! My mom and I use to go to A&W. Mouthwatering recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my god! This looks superbly delicious and also one way of getting a true beer devotee into the kitchen! I know, i am off my couch and halfway to the grocery store to get the supplies and of course my root beer!
OH MY…I drink root beer EVERYday…..this is going to be sinful! Making them now. :o)
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-natalie
Those cupcakes look delicious! Thanks for stopping by. I’m your newest follower. See you at the recipe swap Wednesday 🙂
Katie
Looks so good! Love root beer! What a perfect dessert for the fourth of July!
Root beer cupcakes, brilliant combination!
Love your blog! These cupcakes look great.
gorgeous little cupcakes for sure
Any advice for finding “PREMIUM” root beer would be greatly appreciated. We haven’t had root beer in years and would love to know where to get it. We won’t drink/use A&W UNTIL they bring back their old version/formula, and since we highly doubt that is going to happen, A&W is OUT!! We don’t like Shasta, Mug, Dad’s, or ANY of the other brand name or generic root beers in the market that is available here in Southern California, so we will have to get them online, through the mail, or elsewhere if people can help us out. If you know of any REALLY good/great root beers, please contact the website owner and let them know to let us know. We would really, really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Dee Dee
Hi Dee Dee
You are right, good root beer is hard to find! Sometimes we have better luck with locally made root beers, as they tend to have less ingredients and taste much better. I would recommend checking to see if you have any companies in your area that make a root beer – I often find them in specialty stores or in the grocery store. Hope that helps!
Jo-Anna