Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes Copycat Recipe! | How to make Chocolate Snack Cupcakes

-Remember taking a bite out of those cream-filled chocolate snack cupcakes when you were growing up? This Copycat Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes Recipe is a homemade version that takes them to another level! These decadent, moist chocolate cupcakes are filled with vanilla cream and frosted with a layer of chocolate icing- don’t forget that iconic squiggle! Pack them in your lunchbox on-the-go, picnic snack, or at-home treat your family will always want around the house after school/work!
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Recipes
Chocolate Cupcakes:
-1 1/4 cups Flour
-1/2 tsp Baking Powder
-1/4 tsp Baking Soda
-1/2 tsp Salt (or to your liking)
-1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
-1/4 cup Brown Sugar
-1 tbsp Vanilla Extract
-1 Egg + 1 Yolk
-1/4 cup Milk + 1 tsp White Vinegar
-Hot Water + 1 tbsp Instant Coffee
-1/2 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
-1/3 cup Sour Cream
-1/3 Cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
-2 tbsp Butter
-2 tbsp Vegetable Oil
*Tips
-Fill your cupcake pan half way! Avoid overfilling, this will create a peaked top on your cupcake (think volcano top!)
-Bake at 300 for 20-23 minutes! Low and slow also helps to prevent a volcano top

Vanilla Cream Filling:
-3/4 cup Milk
-1/4 cup Flour
-1/2 cup Butter
1/3 cup Shortening
1 tbsp Clear Vanilla Extract
-1 cup Powdered Sugar
*Tips
-Continuously Whisk your Flour and Milk on medium heat, monitor to prevent burning/browning
-Core cupcake from bottom to avoid leaving lines on the top

Chocolate Icing/Glaze
-2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
-1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
-4 tbsp Hot Water
-1/2 cup Semi-sweet Chocolate Chips
-1/8 tsp Salt
-1/2 tbsp Corn Syrup
-1/2 tbsp Clear Vanilla Extract
*Tips
-Work quickly when frosting cupcakes! This icing sets much quicker than chocolate ganache. If it hardens no worries, microwave for 5 seconds and stir. If it is still too thick, add 1/4 tsp of crisco and microwave for an additional 5 seconds, then stir

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[IntheKitchenwithKaren]

So sorry I’m late in commenting my Friend. I’m in the middle of moving 😩. These look even better than the original and I KNOW they taste better!!! Great job Cristina!! Brings me right back to my childhood 🥰

[nancysamuel]

Ur just so fabulous with ur recipes!!!

[NicoleSharmaine]

These look spot on Cristina!! Amazing job 😊 They also look so yummy

[Linkfan]

Omg I want to make these for my little nephew for easter!

[daphnerodriguez]

GREAT VIDEO THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟, DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜, AWESOME

[jenniferlynne]

This looks GREAT....I want to make your recipe...but have a question.... when do you use the semi-sweet chips in the frosting? I didn't see them used in the video but I saw them...and they are listed in the glaze ingredients .... Hmmmm Did I miss something?

[cakerbaker]

How much hot water is needed for the coffee/cocoa mixture…it doesn’t say in the written recipe or on screen?

[creepy-kitty]

Y'all gonna say if y'all made it and if it tastes the same or not plz!