Easy Homemade Peppermint Frosting For Chocolate Cupcakes
Our recipe for peppermint frosting onlyrequires four ingredients and makes a flavorful impact to your cupcakes. Top agenerous amount on a batch of your favourite chocolate cupcakes, and you’ve got yourself a holiday dessert that everyone will appreciate!
SERVINGS
Ingredients
- 12 chocolate cupcakes cooled down completely
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1-2 tbsp milk
- ¼ tsp peppermint extract
- Red frosting
- 12 peppermint candies
Instructions
- Add softened butter, powdered sugar and one tablespoon of milk to a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to mix all ingredients together, starting on low and working your way up to medium-high.
- If the buttercream is too dry, add your second tablespoon of milk.
- Once the buttercream is smooth and forms semi-stiff peaks, add the peppermint extract and mix to incorporate.
- Scoop the buttercream into a piping bag with a star piping tip attached. Frost each cupcake.
- Attach a small round piping tip to your red frosting (store-bought is fine) and pipe a stripe going around each peppermint buttercream mound.
- Top each cupcake with a peppermint candy.
Servings: 12 cupcakes