Dark Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes
By: Heather Fogg
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2011 - 11:30pm

Ingredients




Ingredients
Cupcakes:
•	1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
•	1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa
•	1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
•	1/4 teaspoon salt
•	1 large egg
•	1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
•	1/2 cup granulated white sugar
•	1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons half & half
•	1/3 cup strong brewed coffee or espresso
•	1/2 cup butter, melted
Frosting:
•	1 bag Ghirardelli Semi-Sweet Chocolate pieces (Prefer 60%)
•	3/4 cup heavy cream
•	3 tablespoons butter

Preparation

1 Directions 2 1.	Preheat the grill to 350 degrees F. Line 12 cupcake molds or muffin tins with paper liners or spray with nonstick spray. 3 2.	To make the cupcakes, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. 4 3.	In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, brown sugar, and white sugar. Whisk in the milk, coffee, and melted butter. 5 4.      Whisk in the dry ingredients but do not over mix. 6 5.     Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake molds, filling them about three-quarters full. 7 6.	Place cupcake tin in the center of the grill and turn the burners off or to the lowest setting (will depend on your grill) Bake for 18 minutes, or until 8 a tester inserted in the middle of the cupcakes comes out clean. Check at 15min) Cool for 10 minutes. Using a small spatula or knife, remove 9 the cupcakes from the pan. Continue to cool on a wire rack to room temperature. 10 7.	To make the frosting, melt the chopped chocolate in the top of a double boiler, or in a heatproof bowl, over barely simmering water, stirring 11 occasionally until smooth. 12 8.     Heat the cream until hot. 13 9.     Remove from the heat and whisk in the chocolate. Transfer to a bowl and cool to just warm. 14 10.    Whisk in the butter until smooth. 15 11.    Let sit until it reaches a spreading consistency, about 1 hour. Spread the frosting on top of the cupcakes. Sprinkle them with chocolate chips, 16 nuts, coconut flakes or dry topping of your choice.

About

Dark Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes
Prep Time: 20 Min Cook Time:20 Min  Ready In: 2 Hrs 10 Min
Here where I live in California, it gets really hot in the summer and heating up the oven to bake is not an option. That doesn't mean we give up having homemade cupcakes. Instead of heating up the house, I heat up the grill and bake them outside. These are some of the moistest cupcakes! Everyone loves them AND they love the fact that we don't have to heat up the house to make them. I have found these are also great to make when you go camping because you don't have to have an oven. The recipe is adapted from a Ghirardelli®  recipe.

Comments:
Heather Fogg

I've used whole milk, half and half and cream for these and there really wasn't a difference.
Karlyn Oyama

I've never seen or tried using the grill to make cupcakes, but it sounds delicious. Any photos to show? :)
Heather Fogg

I added a picture of the finished products, but they really don't look different from the oven baked kind.