Fudgy Chocolate Strawberry Cupcakes

Oh hey there, beautiful. I’ve been waiting for you my entire life. I want to stare into the depths of your chocolate-swirled beauty fooevaaaaa. And by stare I mean SHOVE IN MY FACE.

I know some of my readers are based in the lands of ice and snow, and I wish I could reach through the screen and offer up a condolence cupcake because California is lookin’ migghhhtttyy fine these past few weeks. I’m talking mid-70s to mid-80 degrees and nothing but sunshine. Spring is here! And you know what that means… I need to start preparing myself for all the healthy Spring produce that’s coming my way! With cupcakes! Because I wouldn’t want to be toooo healthy and a balanced diet for myself often includes a Strawberry Spinach Salad with Poppyseed Dressing in one hand and dessert in the other.

And yes yes yes, I know that strawberries are technically not quite in season yet, but can you blame me for wanting to spruce up a boring (albeit delicious) chocolate cupcake with some strawberry flair? They’re the food equivalent to sparkly sequins on a new dress. Who am I kidding. TOTALLY NECESSARY.

So let’s chat a bit more about these.

First, you start off with a decadent fudge brownie cupcake base that comes from the lovely Sally from Sally’s Baking Addiction. Then, you cleverly make and separate a quick buttercream frosting, adding diced strawberries in one part and cocoa powder in the other. Now, STOP! Put that spoon down and try your hardest to not eat half of it. Don’t ask me how I know this.

Moving on to more good things!

Here comes the fun part. Grab a trusty piping bag and tip (which can be found in must grocery stores for a very reasonable price) and stuff those cupcakes with the strawberry frosting, top them with a gorgeous swirl of the chocolate buttercream, top them with a strawberry, and sift powdered sugar/cocoa powder for garnish. BOOM.

And voila! Share or save them all for yourself. No one will ever know 😯 .