Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes are moist, flavorful, and a fun twist on a traditional chocolate cupcake. Serve up this cupcake with a dollop of vanilla ice cream and it's pure perfection.
Heat oven to 350 or other required temperature on the cake mix.
Make the cupcakes
Prepare the cake mix according to directions and bake accordingly. Add 1/2 cup of chopped cherries to the batter.
Place the cupcake papers in the muffin tins. Add the 1/4 cup of batter to the muffin tins tin. If you are not using papers, spray the tins with cooking spray.
Make the Cherry Frosting
Add powdered sugar to a large bowl and add in water, 1 tbsp. to get the frosting to the texture you are looking for. Slowly add in one tbsp. at a time of the juice from the cherries. Your goal is for your frosting to taste just like the cherry juice.
After your cupcakes have cooled, frost them, drizzle the chocolate syrup on top and then add the cherry.