These Snickers Cupcakes with Chocolate Mousse Filling are wonderfully decadent and full of Snickers flavors! An easy dessert to whip up that’s sure to impress and satisfy.
After our cupcake taste-testing extravaganza at Disney, Jenny and I headed back to the Picky Palate kitchen to create some cupcakes of our own. Talk about being in the happiest place on earth! :) We were inspired by our absolute favorite cake from Joan’s on Third, the Snickers Cake (I posted about how in love I was with this cake the first time I went to LA). It’s rich, decadent layers of chocolate cake and chocolate mousse topped with a chocolate buttercream frosting and crushed Snickers. Heaven! Here’s how our tribute cupcakes turned out…
How to Make Snickers Cupcakes
We started with The Best Chocolate Cake Ever recipe and turned it into some fabulously fudgy cupcakes.
Next we whipped up a super easy, two-ingredient chocolate mousse filling. Good thing it made a lot, because I could not stop taste-testing this mousse!
Here it is in the piping bag, almost ready to fill up the cupcakes.
You’ll have to excuse my inconsistent lighting in these photos.. We talked and gabbed and ate so much chocolate that we ended up losing the light before we finished our cupcakes! :)
When the cupcakes have cooled, insert the tip of the piping bag about 1″ into the middle of the cupcake. Squeeze the mousse into the cupcake while pulling the tip out.
Perfect!
You will *love* this fabulous chocolate buttercream frosting… Jenny whisked it together by hand and I definitely think this was the secret to this frosting. It was so deliciously rich!
To finish, top with a handful of crushed Snickers. To die for!
Isn’t that chocolate mousse gorgeous?? I can’t wait to make these again. You will love these over-the-top cupcakes! :)
Snickers Cupcakes with Chocolate Mousse Filling
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Prep Time: 25 minutes -
Cook Time: 20 minutes
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Total Time: 45 minutes
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Yield: 24 cupcakes 1x
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Category: Dessert
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: American
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These Snickers Cupcakes with Chocolate Mousse Filling are wonderfully decadent and full of Snickers flavors! An easy dessert to whip up that’s sure to impress and satisfy.
Ingredients
- 1 box Devils Food Cake Mix
- 1 small box Jello Chocolate Fudge instant pudding mix
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sour cream
Chocolate Mousse Filling
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 24 cupcake tins with liners. To prepare the cupcakes, place the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, oil, milk and sour cream into stand mixer. Beat until well combined, about 2 minutes. Scoop the batter evenly into the cupcake liners. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cupcakes are cooked through and a toothpick comes clean from center. Remove the cupcakes from the tin and let cool.
- To prepare the mousse, melt the milk chocolate chips in the microwave, stirring every 30 seconds. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, whip the heavy cream with a stand or electric mixer until it looks like whipped cream and stiff peaks form. Fold melted chocolate chips into whipped cream until well combined, then transfer batches into a piping bag. When cupcakes have cooled, press the tip of the piping bag into the center of the cupcake, about 1 inch deep. Squeeze the mousse into the cupcake while pulling the tip out. It doesn’t take much, just one firm squeeze is perfect. Continue filling all the cupcakes.
- To prepare the frosting, beat the butter, powdered sugar, cocoa and vanilla until well combined and a nice frosting consistency. Spread over cupcakes then top with chopped Snickers.
Do these have to be refrigerated
These look incredible. Snickers are my sons favorite, so I will have to make this for his upcoming birthday.
I have had this pinned for several months now, I finally had an opportunity to make them. First of all, photos: epic. Secondly, recipe: simple! Everyone LOVED them. They were just amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!
I made these today but something went HORRIBLY WRONG! I followed the recipe exactly but I used Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and the cupcakes came out flat and not sweet. Idk what happened. I want to try them again tomorrow but I’m scared the same thing will happen. PLEASE HELP!
Hello, I’m not sure if I missed something when reading the recipe, but how do you make the chocolate buttercream frosting? Do you add the mouse filling + the frosting ingredients after we’re done with the filling part? Thank you!
Yummy, yummy, yummy!!! Just finished making some for my best friend’s birthday, and so happy to have left overs for my self! Thanks so much for this recipe, it’s definitely a keeper.
Do you know if these can be made 24 hrs in advance? Wanted to make for hubbys surprise party but didn’t know if mouse would hold up? Thanks for the great recipe
OMG in love with these cup cakes i tried them they were AMAZING my friends loved it i just changed the filling LOVE IT
I dont understand why you use boxed cake mixes for your cupcakes. Your frostings and fillings are AWESOME! It would take no time to measure out ingredients. Plus it tastes a thousand times better
want to make these this weekend for son’s birthday. do they have to be refrigerated because of mousse filling?
I have been wanting to try to make some cupcakes with different candies in them, snickers is one of my favorite candies
I have made this for the first time and I tried to not eat one since I been doing so well on my diet. Well… The cupcake won! It was so amazing! The only problem is.. I followed it to the T. Problem was the buttercream icing. I made it twice and it was so thick I could form something. It was very tasty but I couldn’t get the snickers to even stick on top. What I doing wrong? Thanks for posting this cupcake.. I am sure my mom will fall in love with it tomorrow for her suprise birthday! :)
Has anyone tried the mousse in between layered cake yet? I am looking for a filling that is delish and thick so cakes don’t slide. Help!
I made these for the girls at work and got great reviews! I love this chocolate cake! The only problem I had was that the centres of the cupcakes fell in a bit. Do you have an idea as to why? Or can you tell me how to avoid this?
Thanks!
I made these for Christmas dinner this year and they were AHHHmazing!! Such a hit. The mousse was so simple yet extremely addicting….we did however use that as topping instead of the buttercream frosting(not too many fans of it). I’m thinking of using it with your “Best Choco Cake” recipe as a frosting as well. Thanks for sharing!
I made these last night to bring to work today…
I made my chocolate cake from scratch.. but did everything else the same..
these were delicious… the mousse filling is to die for and I wish I would have squeezed a little more inside….
extra yummy !!!
thanks for the receipe
I’m making these for work tomorrow…should I refigerate or just wait for the morning to make the mousse and frosting?
Just wondering if these have to be kept in the refrigerator
My mom always made that cake for us growing up…. except she added a bag of minichips…………….. when I got older………. I could never make the glaze she did right, so I started just making ganache…………………… Honestly the BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE/CUPCAKE on EARTH!!!!!!!!!!
I have just started my new hobby of baking cupcakes and these cupcakes are the bomb!! They are soo delicious. I also had to add milk to my icing. I had quite a bit of mousse left over as well….let me think of what i can do with it…Mmmmm. Thanks for the great recipes!!
Today is my hubby’s birthday. I made these for him to take to his office, and oh my!! These are, hands down, the best made from scratch chocolate cupcakes I’ve ever had or made!! SO YUMMY!! They were a hit at the office! The ones I didn’t send to the office I gave to neighbors so I wouldn’t eat all of them!
I did have to add a little milk to the frosting to thin it out though. Otherwise it would have ripped the cupcakes apart while frosting them.
Do you think halving the mousse recipe would be enough for 24 cupcakes? I had SO much left over I didn’t know what to do with it.
Thanks for posting and sharing this divine recipe with all of us! LOVE YOUR BLOG!
This Christmas I was meeting my boyfriend’s family for the first time and was desperately searching for something I could take to the event. I decided on these and holy cow were they delicious! Everyone loved them.. so many thanks for posting this recipe
Oh my those look to die for! Yum!
Thanks for posting.
Ooh these look delish and I’ve decided to make it for my dad’s birthday on Friday! I can’t wait. Mmm…
These cupcakes look good!!! I’m going to have to try making them!!! Yummmm………….can’t wait to try them. :) Olga
I think there is only one word for these – YUM!!
OMG!!! These are the best cupcakes I have ever had. Not being a huge chocolate fan (I know that’s a sin in itself)….I am now craving these a lot! Took them to a large party and made them mini-size. I actually recommend this more than the normal size cupcakes because you can pop a mini in your mouth and it explodes with the mousse! DELICIOUS!!! Thank you so much for the recipe!!!
That is such a good idea! I will definitely need to try a mini version!! Thanks for the idea!
Those look AMAZING!
I am in the process of making these, so far…YUM!! However, did you guys add any milk or something to the frosting? I ended up adding some because it was way to powdery.
I ended up having to add a little milk too. Glad I wasn’t the only one :)
Ok, I cannot stop drooling. I’m definitely trying these out for my family this year! Thanks for sharing!
Amanda…can you please give me the instructions how to make the Ribbon Box? It is simply beautiful!!!I have a small scrapbook business and would love to make a couple of boxes to organize my ribbons in style!!!
Thanks!
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I was thinking if I could use this same idea to make like a Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake. Yellow Cake, white chocolate mousse/or strawberry mousse, buttercream frosting and a strawberry on top.
What do you think?
So did you try doing the Strawberry Shortcake version? It sounds really really yummy! Sounds like a perfect summer dessert. Thanks for sharing your idea!
Hey Amanda…I didn’t see the nutritional values listed for the cupcakes (just kidding). You know what? It’s the holidays and it really doesn’t matter. :) Pleeeeeease send more of these lovely recipes !!!!
SO…I made these DIVINE cupcakes last night and brought them to work this morning…they are a HIT!!! Thank you for sharing your amazing recipes!!
P.S….I have a photo of them and would like to share it…How can I post it?
OMG…so I told my sister about this blog a few weeks ago, and she is now completely hooked on it, just like me! She made these cupcakes last night and brought them to work this morning. You guessed it…I had one for breakfast. THE BEST cupcake I’ve ever eaten. Ever. I’m battling the temptation to eat another one. Way to go Amanda & Jenny, this one’s a winner!!
These look amazing! I posted a link to this post on my blog last night. Check it out! I can’t wait to try these cupcakes!
Oh, these look SO good! And easy to make also.
Those look absolutely DEEE-LISH! Your pictures are great, day light or not! I think I might try these…maybe with red velvet? Is it bad to add chocolate to a red velvet cake mix?
You rock. You have no idea how much I love your blog, seriously. Thank you for sharing all you share!
This looks wonderful!
I’m SOOOO excited, ever since you posted about the cupcakes at Disney I’ve been praying that you’d put up some new cupcake recipies on the blog! I have been baking all of them and bringing them to work so everyone here is also super thrilled that there’ll be a new recipie to try :)
These look so wonderful and I’m just drooling right now because they look SO good!!!!! Why must you always tease us??î‰
Oh my!! I can almost taste it…ouch, darn screen is in the way:-) You know what that means, I have to make my own. Yum!
oh.wow.
these look pretty much like heaven for a chocolate lover like me! thanks for sharing!!
these look dangerously yummy!! can’t wait to make these!
Wow!! These look amazing! Next on my baking list:)
Those look so scrumptious! I am going on sugar overload this season around here!
Yum!! They look gorgeous.
And please, never apologize for your photography! It’s always gorgeous.
I have to bring something “bite size” to our Christmas Eve gathering, so I think I will bring these. More than a bite, but I don’t think anyone will object!
I can’t wait to try them!
Yummmmm!!! I’m thinking I need to make these in the near future or drive right on over to the cupcake store to get me some. Thanks for sharing!!!
Thanks Amanda, I just licked my screen! LOL.. delicious.. I have to try these, soon!
They look delicious! I have to try them. Will they need to be refrigerated? I’m thinking so.
YUmmmmmO—-:–)-I just gained 10 lbs looking at the pics. How do you and Kev stay sooo trim eating all these goodies ? Do you give them all away and only eat one ? )))Lots of luvin from the oven.(((
Good LORDY~LORDY~LORDY!
Did I say GOOD LORDY!
xo
These look so sinfully delicious. I would like to have one now please!
It’s still breakfast time here, but I WANT ONE. It’s almost like a muffin, and that’s acceptable for breakfast, right?
OMG! These look wonderful!
That’s incredible!
oh man. Seriously drooling on my keyboard. These look beyond fabulous! Now to think of a reason to whip some up. :)
Oh Amanda…you’ve done it again. How can anyone try to stay on a diet with all these rich and tasty recipes?? LOL! Can’t wait to try it out. Maybe I’ll make these for my sisters birthday…yum yum! Thanks Amanda and have a delicious day! :)
My son, the Snickers lover, will be so happy I read this today! Thanks.
Seriously. Delish! Can’t WAIT to try these!
Oooooo, I had to go brush my teeth after reading this!!! YUMMOOOOOO!!!! your blog is THE BEST!
Wow. My blood sugar doubled just looking at those!!
I totally plan on making these! I felt like I got hit in the head when I saw that first picture… o. m. g. :D!!!
oh.my.goodness…perfection!
OH MY WORD!!!!
What a diet blower – I bet it would be good with peanut butter cups too. OMG these look soooo good.
decadent is right!!! these are beautiful and i can only imagine how delicious they are!
Why oh why do you tease us all the time?? YUM!!
eeeeeeeeeeeek ! I can’t wait to try this… The ice cream cupcakes were a big hit for my daughters 9th birthday… Thank you :)
Oooh, or maybe peanut butter? Probably could just use peanut butter melted for that, right?
This sounds devine! My husband’s absolute favorite candy bar is Snickers, I’m going to have to make these. He likes chocolate, but not a ton of it though, am thinking a caramel flavored mousse would be better if I can do that. Any ideas on how that could work?
The chocolate cake recipe is already great..It makes my mouth water thinking about these cupcakes! Definately going to try these.
One word. Yum!
OMG My diet just gave up, crashed, and burned! How delicious is that?
YUMMY!
Oh myyyyyyy I died :D
Yummm!! I want one!!
OH my gosh those look amazing!I could probably only take one bite before I went into sugar overload!
Oh goodness…this looks completely decadent and delicious!
Yummm, my daughter will love this recipe!
This cupcake is truly amazing! I so wish I had one in front of me right now :)
This is an absolute sin.
I loooove Snickers so much (favorite candy bar ever!) and just can’t even imagine the deliciousness going on in this cupcake.