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Mini Chocolate Love Bites
Prep: 20 min Cook: 20 min Servings: 42by Tracy Rosenberg-Roso4 recipes>Wow, this is rich! The perfect chocolate bite! Yum! Ingredients
- Batter:
- 1/4 pound unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
- 1-11.5 ounce bag of Bittersweet or Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 5-1 ounce squares of Unsweetened Chocolate
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extra
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- For the ganache:
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1-11.5 ounce bag of Semisweet Chocolate Chips
- 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules, optional
Directions
- Line mini muffin pans with paper liners.
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Batter:
- Melt all the chocolate together either over a double boiler or in the microwave, stopping every 30 seconds to stir. Do not let chocolate burn. After melted, set aside.
- Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitter with a paddle attachment until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Add the eggs, 1 at a time.
- Mix in the melted chocolate and vanilla.
- Add the flour and salt until just combined.
- Don't overbeat as this could create a tough cake.
- Fill the mini cupcake pans to almost the top because this batter does not rise very much.
- Ganache:
- Cook the heavy cream, chocolate, and instant coffee in the top of a double boiler over simmering water until smooth and warm, stirring occasionally.
- Dip the top of the cupcakes in the ganache while still a lttlie warm.
- Do not refrigerate.
- This recipe makes approx. 3 1/2 dozen mini cupcakes. And a dozen regular size cupckes. To bake regular size, bake for 30 minute. Rotating the pan after 15 minutes.
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