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    Published: Oct 28, 2015 · Modified: Jan 27, 2022 by serena · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes

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    These easy chocolate pudding cupcakes are moist and loaded with chocolate. We've added some Halloween decorations to this chocolate cupcake recipe, but they are perfect for making any time.

    Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes are moist, delicious and full of chocolate. Start by doctoring up a boxed cake mix and top them with a flavorful frosting. Chocolate frosted cupcakes can be decorated for any holiday. We added Oreo crumbs and Halloween peeps for a fun Halloween Chocolate cupcake recipe.

    We recently had a house full of friends staying with us for a charity bike ride that we participated in, so what better way to use a house full of tasters. It was the perfect opportunity to try out a new chocolate cupcake recipe. There is nothing better in my world than when I want one cupcake, and I have five other willing participants who want to eat the other 23 cupcakes. Win/Win!

    Ingredients in Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes

    Baking from scratch is wonderful, but there are occasions when I start with a boxed mix and doctor it up, and that's exactly what I decided to do for these chocolate frosted cupcakes. Honestly, there is no shame, and when paired with a store-bought pudding mix, you will end up with the moistest chocolate pudding cupcakes ever!

    • Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
    • Instant chocolate pudding mix 
    • Semisweet chocolate chips
    • Sour cream
    • Vegetable oil
    • Warm water
    • Eggs
    • Almond extract
    • Whole milk
    • Whipped topping
    • Oreos

    How To Make Easy Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes

    Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes Process Collage
    1. Combine the cupcake ingredients and fill 24 cupcake liners before baking until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
    2. While the cupcakes bake, prepare the pudding filling and refrigerate for at least one hour.
    3. When the cupcakes have cooled, use a knife to core the center of each cupcake. Fill with pudding and cover with the cake piece you removed.
    4. Frost the cupcakes and decorate as desired before serving.

    Halloween Themed Chocolate Frosted Cupcakes

    I was out and about town the other day looking for Halloween items that had been marked down already and to pick up decorations I needed for the house. I was at Target and stumbled upon Peeps. Now for me, Peeps have always been an Easter treat. It never occurred to me that there would be Halloween peeps. These were cute! Ghosts and gravestones. I certainly wasn't going to hold those until next year, so I figured I'd put them to use this last weekend as topping on these Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes.

    I went simple and easy with these cupcakes. I doctored up a packaged cake mix, piped pudding in the middle of the cupcakes, and decorated them with crushed Oreos, cool whip, more pudding, and those adorable Peeps. These are so simple to make and would be really great for a Halloween gathering. I must say, I piled the frosting up pretty high, making them hard to eat without a fork. But if you keep the frosting at a reasonable amount, they are great for any gathering. I also saw some Gummi worms out there. You could also crush up the Oreos to look like dirt with a Peep gravestone and use the worms to crawl out of the top. Halloween cuteness!

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    Chocolate pudding cupcakes

    Chocolate Pudding Cupcakes

    Doctor up a boxed cake mix for moist and delicious cupcakes that are easy to make.
    5 from 14 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Cooling Time: 1 hour hour
    Servings: 24 Servings
    Calories: 174kcal
    Author: Serena

    Ingredients

    Cupcakes

    • 1 package Betty Crocker Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
    • 1 package instant chocolate pudding mix (3.9 ounces)
    • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
    • ¾ cup sour cream
    • ¾ cup vegetable oil
    • ½ cup warm water
    • 3 large eggs lightly beaten
    • 1 teaspoon almond extract

    Pudding

    • 1 box instant chocolate pudding mix (3.9 ounces)
    • 1 ¾ cup whole milk
    • 12 ounce container whipped topping thawed

    Instructions

    Cupcakes

    • Preheat oven to 350°
    • Line muffin tins with paper liners
    • In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, beat together cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, oil, water, eggs, almond extract. Mix for about 2 minutes on medium speed. One mixed fold in the chocolate chips with a spatula.
    • Using a large cookie scoop, distribute the batter into 24 muffin wells.
    • Bake in the oven 19-23 minutes, or until the tops of the cake spring back when lightly touched.
    • Allow cupcakes to cool inside muffin tins for about 10 minutes before removing from the tin. Cool completely on wire rack.

    Pudding

    • In a large bowl beat pudding mix and milk on medium speed until combined and thickened. Fold 1 cup whipped topping into the mix. Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
    • Using a sharp knife, core the center of each cooled cupcake. Reserve the pieces that you have removed.
    • Fill a large Ziploc bag with chilled pudding and pipe pudding into the center of the cupcakes. Cover the pudding with reserved cake pieces.

    Decorate

    • Fill a large piping bag with remaining whipped topping. Pipe onto cupcakes. Sprinkle with crushed Oreos and top with a Peep ghost.
    • Refrigerate until ready to serve.

    Notes

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    Nutrition

    Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 174kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 29mg | Sodium: 32mg | Potassium: 99mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 132IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 1mg
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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Debbe Evans says

      January 05, 2023 at 11:25 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely wonderful! I got more compliments than imaginable. I'm definitely becoming a newsletter subscriber.

      Mahalo and Happy New Year!
      Debbe from Kauai

      Reply
    2. Amy Liu Dong says

      January 18, 2022 at 4:21 pm

      5 stars
      Seeing this makes my mouthwatering!
      It looks delicious and easy to make. My kids will def be happy having this on our table.

      Reply
    3. Stine Mari says

      January 18, 2022 at 7:08 am

      5 stars
      How cute are these cupcakes - and so delicious too!

      Reply
    4. Linda says

      January 17, 2022 at 8:38 pm

      5 stars
      So creamy comforting!

      Reply
    5. Debra says

      January 17, 2022 at 1:23 pm

      5 stars
      For serious chocolate lovers...so rich and decadent...did not disappoint.

      Reply
    6. Emily Flint says

      January 17, 2022 at 1:06 pm

      5 stars
      These are so cute, I can't wait to make them next Halloween!

      Reply
    7. Rob says

      January 17, 2022 at 12:57 pm

      5 stars
      What a fun and delicious way to make a boxed cake even better and unique!

      Reply
    8. Jamie says

      January 17, 2022 at 11:53 am

      5 stars
      Perfect for chocolate lovers like me!

      Reply
    9. Sunrita says

      January 17, 2022 at 11:25 am

      5 stars
      Lush and delicious! Thanks for this

      Reply
    10. Jeri says

      January 17, 2022 at 11:17 am

      5 stars
      These look great! Perfect for bake sale day!

      Reply
    11. Kristina says

      January 17, 2022 at 10:36 am

      5 stars
      Delicious recipe.

      Reply
    12. Swathi says

      January 17, 2022 at 10:35 am

      5 stars
      This chocolate pudding cakes looks yumm.

      Reply
    13. Tally says

      February 19, 2016 at 2:53 am

      Yum!!!!! So easy too. Can’t wait to try

      Reply
      • serena says

        February 19, 2016 at 5:09 pm

        Thanks Tally!

        Reply

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