Ok, of course I am not going to kill you, but you might just die sitting there looking at these cupcakes. They’re definitely a Friday cupcake.So every year on December 24 we have have a giant and I mean giant bowl of Death by Chocolate. Seriously you guys this is a party size punch bowl. The recipe should serve twenty-five people. Notice that I said it should, not it does. Somehow we seem to finish it off within a day after. Now there is a lot of us (at Christmas it is all nine of us, plus some, sometimes plus seventeen), but not twenty-five.
Really you can’t blame us. For one we only make it ONCE a year. Only once. Trust me everyone looks forward to Christmas Eve just to get some Death By Chocolate. It’s really good, my mom’s recipe is the best. It’s layered with all the good stuff. Chocolate cake, Kahlua, Chocolate Mousse, Whipped Cream and Snickers. They are a little involved, but I promise they are worth it. So, so, so worth it. Really you will not regret these cupcakes.
I guess I got antsy, cause all my brain was thinking was death by chocolate. See, I have these rules. One of my crazy rules is that Death By Chocolate can only be made on Christmas Eve. Only Christmas. Not Easter, not the 4th of July, not Halloween and definitely not Thanksgiving. Only Christmas and only once a year. It’s a sacred Christmas tradition. Don’t mess with my traditions. Seriously, don’t.
Anyway, since I just could not make the real thing, I settled on cupcakes. Cause that totally makes sense, right? Actually settled is the wrong word. Settled makes these cupcakes sound like they are not as amazing as they are. Honestly, and I can not believe I am saying this, they might be better than the giant punch bowl. The cupcakes alone are so good. Moist, chocolate and pure heaven. Really that is what my twelve-year-old brother said,”Whoa, that’s seriously like a little bit of heaven.” Let me note that this kid never give me compliments about food, unless it is his favorite homemade 3 cheese pizza. That’s his favorite. Ok, then there’s the whipped cream filling and the chocolate mousse frosting. Oh the mousse, the mousse it what Death By Chocolate is all about. Gotta love the mousse. I finished off the cupcakes with chopped Snicker sauce, for some reason my mom’s recipe for Death by Chocolate involves chopped Snickers. Not sure why, but it does and well it’s good. Obviously. Oh wait, then because I just had to go a little more over the top (hey, its Friday, over the top is a must) I made a chocolate Kahlua sauce just to drizzle all over the top.
Like I said, your gonna die.
