Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes Recipe

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Most Helpful Positive Review

Sep 16, 2010

WOW! If you LOVE Chocolate and you LOVE Bacon you have to try this! This definitely is the perfect marriage of sweet and salty. My husband thinks bacon should be a food group so I thought I'd surprise him with this for his birthday instead of making a regular 'ol birthday cake. This definitely fit the bill. The cake in and of itself is beyond moist and chocolately. You could tell that right away from the buttermilk and oil that it was going to be good. I used 1 cup of Hershey's cocoa but other than that didn't change a thing. I think I'll use this cake recipe with or without the bacon because it was so rich and decadent! I didn't want huge chunks of bacon in this so I put the bacon in a mini-food processor and then added it to the batter. I didn't want to do small cupcakes because I needed a "WOW" factor so I made a dozen Texas sized cupcakes in a oversized muffin pan. They took a little longer to bake but ended up looking like mini-cakes. I iced them with "Rich Chocolate Frosting" from this site which is to die for and toppped them with the additional crumbled bacon. When I tried one for the first time I felt a little like Bill Cosby and thought why not have these for breakfast - it's got everything. Why this even has two additional breakfast items: coffee and bacon. It's got it all!!!

—Jillian

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Most Helpful Critical Review

Mar 23, 2009

I had such high hopes for this recipe! I made it for a girls' weekend, thinking it would be just the thing - we all love chocolate, bacon, and coffee. I followed the recipe exactly, and found the batter VERY difficult to work with - extremely runny. I would suggest using a container with a spout to pour into the cups. I also thought the bacon was a lot of extra work and didn't add anything extra to the cupcakes, just weird little chewy bits in them (and I crumbled them very small). And while the batter was very runny, the finished cupcakes were pretty dry. Interesting idea and I'm glad I tried them, but I won't make them again - I'd just as soon make cupcakes from a box, which I never do. No one who tried them really liked them, even before they were told the ingredients. Their only saving grace was the chocolate ganache icing from this site.

—timbertiger

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Mar 27, 2008

These had an awesome depth of flavor. I am not a coffee drinker so I only had gourmet chocolate caramel coffee, and I am made it real strong (3 tablespoons for 1 cup). I finely crumbled the bacon. Within the mixture, they end up being almost undetectable, except for a slightly salty bit everyso often which mixes wonderfully with the chocolate flavor. Not to mention these cupcakes are supermoist and fluffy! Note: My first batch flattened cause I took them out too early to check them...second batch came out perfect I left them in there, when I saw that they rose nicely, I turned off the oven and let them sit for 5 minutes in the oven.

—The Messy Cook

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Mar 15, 2008

As soon as I saw this recipe I knew I would have to try it. My curiousity got the best of me tonight and I whipped up a batch. These are seriously THE best cupcakes I've ever eaten, let alone made. Moist, full of flavor, and heavenly rich. I love the depth that the bacon and coffee add to the chocolate flavor. I highly recommend this!

—CookinBug

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May 04, 2009

Do NOT be scared of these! They are FABULOUS! The bacon adds a nice salty/smoky flavor and the coffee (I HATE coffee/coffee flavor) serves only to bring out the depth of the chocolate taste. I'm also not a fan of *from scratch* cake recipes (they never taste as good as the box to me), but THIS does! Unbeknownst to me, Mr. LTH had used the last of our milk, so I had to use heavy whipping cream in its place, but that was the only change I made (other than to halve the recipe, which gave me 11 cupcakes). DO try these; TY for a great recipe!!! EDIT: I made these for the second time as minis for a meeting I was catering in case people were a little *intimidated* by them. They make 10 dozen minis!

—lovestohost

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Apr 06, 2008

I couldn't believe these, and my boys couldn't either. They loved them! I followed this recipe exactly EXCEPT I added some 71% dark chocolate which I grated into the batter, I only put in like 1/4 of a bar. I wanted to make sure they were chocolately enough and they definetly were.

—Halo

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Aug 15, 2008

I was browsing youtube one night when I came upon a video that praises this recipe. I just had to try it! I substituted dark baking chocolate bits for the cocoa, reduced the oil and sugar, and they came out fantastic. ^_^ I brought them to work... and they keep asking for them! I'm keeping this one, for sure.

—li'l miss baker

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May 25, 2008

This is one of those recipes that you just have to try. So I did and they really are good. I followed the recipe exactly, except that I halved it. I used some coffee with cinnamon in it and it turned out nice. Also, I frosted them with some semi-sweet chocolate ganache. So they were super chocolatey and yummy! Very moist. I do think that next time I will try to really crumble the bacon very finely so there's no visible pieces, or honestly I might just make them without the bacon all together because the actual cupcake is just awesome and I hate frying bacon. But this recipe is fantastic as is.

—Mrs.Williams

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Nutrition

Calories
185 kcal
9%

Carbohydrates
26.8 g
9%

Cholesterol
23 mg
8%

Fat
7.5 g
12%

Fiber
1.2 g
5%

Protein
4.2 g
8%

Sodium
286 mg
11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Dark Chocolate Bacon Cupcakes

Serving Size: 1/24 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 24
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 185
Calories from Fat: 68

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 7.5g 12 %
Saturated Fat 1.7g 8 %
Cholesterol 23mg 8 %
Sodium 286mg 11 %
Potassium 108mg 3 %
Total Carbohydrates 26.8g 9 %
Dietary Fiber 1.2g 5 %
Protein 4.2g 8 %
Sugars 17.3g
Vitamin A < 1 %
Vitamin C < 1 %
Calcium 4 %
Iron 15 %
** Thiamin 12 %
Niacin 15 %
Vitamin B6 2 %
Magnesium 7 %
Folate 13 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.