Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes

Name: Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1¾ cups all-purpose flour; ▢2 cups granulated sugar; ▢¾ cup Dutch process cocoa powder, sifted; ▢2 teaspoons baking powder; ▢⅔ teaspoon salt; ▢2 large eggs; ▢1 cup whole milk; ▢½ cup vegetable oil; ▢2 teaspoons vanilla extract; ▢1 cup pumpkin purée; ▢1½ cups unsalted butter, room temperature; ▢4 cups powdered sugar, sifted; ▢⅝ teaspoon salt; ▢1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ▢2 Tablespoons whole milk; orange, green, and brown food coloring

Instructions

Prep:35minCook:20min

These extra moist Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes are everything you could want in a single cupcake…and MORE! A simple, stir-together cupcake made with cocoa powder and pumpkin puree, and frosted with the easiest buttercream. Bonus? These cupcakes can be made to look like Jack o’Lanterns for Halloween or cute little pumpkins for Fall/Thanksgiving!

Updated at: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:47:26 GMT