I am in love with chocolate mint. Who would have thought that such an odd-couple combination would be so tasty. Honestly, sometimes I eat chocolate right after I brush my teeth and think about how good it tastes. But I’m weird. These are some normal cupcake recipes that really harness the deliciousness of chocolate and mint in cupcake form.

The cool thing about making lists like these is that I get to watch a lot of videos and see really how diverse recipes can be. Even with something so specific as chocolate mint cupcakes, you can get a wide range of techniques.

No list of chocolate mint cupcake recipes would be complete without replicating the famous thin mint girl scout cookies. This is also a fun recipe though because it features some unique things like vanilla pudding, crushed cookie topping, and a full cookie dipped into the buttercream frosting.

The cupcake itself is also green, and you don’t see that often! Most mint chocolate cupcake recipes are featuring chocolate cupcakes with mint frosting. So we’re going to get started with with white cake mix instead of chocolate so that we can add food coloring to make green cake.

Here’s a twist on mint cupcakes that we’ve been posting this week. These are called “mini cakes” because they’re stacked like a cake, but it’s essentially a decked out cupcake. But do we really need an excuse to get more chocolate mint cake ideas published? Nope.

So we’re going to start out with any cake recipe you like. You pick! For this recipe, I recommend something dense, dark, and chocolatey. We’re going to freeze these, and personally, I think fluffier recipes don’t stand up to the freezer as well. I also think that a denser recipe will stand up to getting cut an handled better.

Surprisingly, there aren’t a lot of gluten free or grain free mint chocolate chip cupcake recipes out there! Of course, you can invent your own by creating chocolate gluten free grain free cake, then looking up a suitable “cream” recipe and just add your own peppermint extract, but it’s not quite the same.

I prefer to let someone else do the recipe testing and just follow it step by step. So I was happy to stumble upon this recipe on YouTube.

This was a fun recipe because it took a slightly new spin on the buttercream frosting that other mint chocolate cupcake recipes have not. This recipe actually creates a meringue beforehand, then mixes in butter to make a buttercream meringue topping for the cupcakes. It’s pretty easy to make with a mixer, but it does take some time.

To start off, just make your favorite chocolate cake recipe and bake in the oven in cupcake tins. A box cake mix will do just fine! We’re focusing on the chocolate mint topping here. I’ve also seen some folks put peppermint extract into the cake mix, so you could try that as well for extra minty flavor.