Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Cupcakes

Gluten Free Chocolate Mint Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS:

2 cups all purpose GF flour

½ cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coconut oil melted
1/4^th cup brown sugar or coconut sugar

1/4^th cup organic sugar or stevia
2 organic free range eggs
1-1/4^th cup organic milk or coconut milk
1 tsp organic vanilla extract

1 tsp mint extract

FROSTING:

8 oz organic cream cheese, softened at room temperature

1 Tbsp coconut oil melted

1 tsp vanilla

3 oz of mint chocolate bar melted OR 1 tsp mint extract ( I used Green & Black Organics)

1.5-2 cups powdered sugar

Rest of mint chocolate bar for garnishing last.

 DIRECTIONS:

1. Pre heat oven to 350 degrees. Place all dry ingredients into a medium sized bowl and give it a good stir.
2. Add all wet ingredients and whisk together.
3. Put cupcake liners into a cupcake pan and fill cupcake liners 2/3-3/4ths full.
4. Place into oven for 25-30 min or when fully done. Insert toothpick to verify center is cooked well.
5. For the frosting- melt coconut oil and mint chocolate and place into a medium sized mixing bowl. Add the cream cheese and vanilla and using a hand mixer blend together. Slowly add the powdered sugar to desired thickness or sweetness. You can easily add more powdered sugar which will yield more frosting and make it thicker. I only had that much in my house as I don't use powdered sugar often.
6. Frost cupcakes after they have cooled off a bit. 15-30 min is enough time. Lastly, using a cheese grater, grate the mint chocolate bar on top of each cupcake for a nice presentation and a wonderful mint flavor!

* NOTE- The frosting recipe is a basic classic frosting. I don't make this one often as I don't personally care for cooking with powdered sugar. There are definitely healthier frosting recipes out there. So depending on how healthy you want your cupcake you may have a better frosting recipe to try.