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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Products Used:
-Cupcake Corer: https://amzn.to/3tcR0tG
- Decorating Tip # 3 for Squiggle: https://amzn.to/3fZgver

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
- It is really helpful to use a cupcake corer when filling your cupcakes! Gadget can be found here: https://amzn.to/3tcR0tG
-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
-Use any store bought decorator icing for piping the squiggle pattern. I like using the Betty Crocker since it can be used straight out of the tube, no need to adjust the consistency. A decorator Tip # 3 was used and can be found here! https://amzn.to/3fZgver

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