Hot Chocolate Mint Cupcake

You can't go wrong with chocolate...but it's more fun to give it a twist! We added an Andez mint garnish and mint green sprinkles for a wintery cake that makes you think of cozy nights by the fire.

We played with "Texas Sized" cupcake cups today. Big JUMBO cupcakes. Experimenting with how much batter to put in the cup was interesting. Most of our cakes overflowed on the first batch, but by the second and third we had it down to a science.

Buuut... the Jumbo papers were kind of plain and ugly... so we added a regular sized sleeve at the base for a fun layered effect.

This cupcake and a mug of hot chocolate would be a chocolate lover's heaven!  Mmm!