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Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting

You’ve seen it all over the internet.  Some of you might be cringing over it and some might be jumping for joy.  Either way it should come as no surprise that it’s pumpkin season!  Pumpkin scones, pumpkin bread, pumpkin cookies, and pumpkin beverages.  It’s pretty hard to escape and I don’t mind one bit! I also love the combination of pumpkin and chocolate together and try to pair them up together as often as I can.  That’s one reason I created these Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting. It’s the perfect fall dessert, yum!

Are you kidding me!? Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting, holy YUM factor! These easy pumpkin cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert, love this fall recipe, mm!

Yes.  There’s Nutella in the frosting and I wish I could spread it on everything!  

Are you kidding me!? Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting, holy YUM factor! These easy pumpkin cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert, love this fall recipe, mm!

Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting

Amazing and easy Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with creamy Nutella Buttercream Frosting, a perfect fall dessert!
Author My Name is Snickerdoodle

Ingredients

FOR CAKE

  • 1 box Devil's Food cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 3/4 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp nutmeg
  • 1/8 tsp cloves

FOR FROSTING

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1/3 cup Nutella
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 3-4 TBSP milk
  • Mini chocolate chips

Instructions

CHOCOLATE PUMPKIN CUPCAKE

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line two muffin tins with paper liners.
  • In a large standing mixer, mix together all cake ingredients for 2 minutes on medium speed. Make sure to scrap down the sides.
  • Fill each paper liner 2/3 full and bake for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  • Cool completely before frosting.

NUTELLA BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

  • Cream together butter and Nutella until smooth.
  • Add in powdered sugar a little at a time and blend until smooth.
  • Add in milk 1 tablespoon at a time to create a smooth consistency.
  • Pipe or spread over cupcakes and sprinkle with mini chocolate chips.

Are you kidding me!? Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting, holy YUM factor! These easy pumpkin cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert, love this fall recipe, mm!

These cupcakes are the perfect balance of both pumpkin and chocolate flavors.  The pumpkin puree help make these super moist and the frosting is incredibly creamy and chocolatey!

Are you kidding me!? Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting, holy YUM factor! These easy pumpkin cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert, love this fall recipe, mm!

Please pin these so your friends can enjoy them too!

Are you kidding me!? Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes with Nutella Buttercream Frosting, holy YUM factor! These easy pumpkin cupcakes are the perfect fall dessert, love this fall recipe, mm!


Check out all of Amy’s amazing recipes like Pumpkin Bread with Fudge Frosting,

and her yummy Mini Peach Crisps.

Mini Peach Crisps recipe. SO GOOD! You

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39 Comments

  1. Good morning! Just a little note to let you know that this post has been *FEATURED* today on the Art of Home-Making Mondays (at Strangers & Pilgrims on Earth) on our special pumpkin edition. Thank you for sharing with us! 🙂

  2. You had me at Nutella and chocolate. My family will devour anything that includes those two things. Thanks for sharing your recipe on Merry Monday. Pinned.

  3. I am not a huge pumpkin lover but combined with the chocolate I could totally give these a try! I’m featuring when my party opens tonight. Hope to see you then!

  4. Oh, my goodness! These cupcakes look too good to be true! Thanks so much for sharing at last week’s Creative Ways Link Party! This post will be one of the features at tomorrow’s party.

  5. You had me at pumpkin, chocolate, and cupcake. These look delicious.Thanks for sharing at Your Inspired Design. Can’t wait to make them.

  6. I am nutella obsessed and pumpkin obsessed so naturally, I feel an obsession coming on with these cupcakes. I almost can’t handle how delicious these sound!

  7. I’m finding it so hard to believe that it’s fall already. These look like the perfect dessert to start off the season with!

  8. I think I’m one of the few people that don’t love chocolate or Nutella. I’ve always been a white cake, white frosting kind of girl. I know, boring! lol! But they look super yummy and everyone else would love them! 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

  9. Pumpkin and nutella sound like a wonderful flavor combination! These cupcakes are so pretty, too. I want to make some this Fall! Thanks for sharing your recipe over at the Wednesday Showcase today.

  10. Pumpkin and nutella sound like a wonderful flavor combination! These cupcakes are so pretty, too. I want to make some this Fall! Thanks for sharing your recipe over at the Wednesday Showcase today.

  11. Yum! Those cupcakes look delectable. Pumpkin and chocolate; what a wonderful combo. The peach crisps look lovely too. Thanks for sharing.

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