And the winners are…

Saturday, October 18, 2008

First for the throwdown – chocolate cupcake style. AND on National Chocolate Cupcake Day! How fitting. I made a half batch of the chocolate cake (I got 15 cupcakes) out of Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss. The recipe is definitely “fussier” than my go-to chocolate cupcake recipe. This one has sour cream and coffee in it. Neither of which are staples in my kitchen. I paired it with the Brown Sugar frosting because I was intrigued by that idea…

The batter came together quite nicely. It does take 3 bowls and like I mentioned, has some ingredients that I had to send hubby out to grab for me… It does have some great flavor combinations going on. It’s got almond extract as well as vanilla and includes coffee. Both almond and coffee go great with chocolate. The batter was quite thick and very tasty. Hubby really enjoyed licking the beater 🙂 And this frosting is AMAZING. We both agreed, it’s one of the best I’ve ever made. Think of a caramel Swiss-meringue buttercream. It paired perfectly with the chocolate cupcake.

Now to the Throw-down results. I’m basing this on 3 categories: Overall Taste, Ease of making, Moistness

Overall Taste – hands down goes to the Confetti cupcake. It is amazing.

Ease of making – definitely goes to my go-to cupcake. So much easier and I always have everything on hand.

Moistness – this is a tie. Both of these recipes yield very moist cupcakes. It’s because of the oil in one and sour cream in the other.

So it’s a TIE!?! I’ll definitely keep my go-to chocolate cupcake for when I just want to whip something up. It’s quick and easy and the results are great. But when I want to go the extra mile, I’ll make the Confetti cupcakes. It does take more effort, but the results are worth it. I’m not going to post the recipe here, but definitely I definitely recommend checking out Confetti Cakes for Kids by Elisa Strauss.

Now on to the GIVEAWAY!! I almost forgot about it after these amazing cupcakes. Thanks to everyone who participated! Using Random.org, I chose 5 random numbers from 1-79 and the lucky winners are…

Megan – who’s email begins with mybakingadventures
Chrissy – who’s email begins with chrissyblogs
Grifam93 – who’s email begins with aseminara
Jared – who’s email begins with jared
MoonFreckle – who’s email begins with angelaj

Congratulations to the winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated. If you won, send me an email at beantownbaker[at]gmail[dot]com with your address and your book will be at your house in no time. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I already have!

Cupcakes, Dessert

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14 Responses to “12 Days of Cookies – Chocolate Peppermint Meringue Kisses”

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Katie — December 22, 2008 at 7:13 pm

These are absolutely GORGEOUS! I’ve never seen a treat so perfect! So impressed!!
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Joelen — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Beautiful job! I love the addition of chocolate and peppermint on the bottom for additional texture!
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Amy Kingman — December 22, 2008 at 8:38 pm

Oh my goodness those are so pretty!
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~Amber~ — December 23, 2008 at 1:33 am

OMG these are adorable!! Great job.
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Tiffany and Ganesh — December 23, 2008 at 1:52 am

wow, these are so pretty and look delish!
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Scott W. — December 23, 2008 at 2:36 am

how great are these! you can’t buy something that looks so nice.
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 2:50 am

Thanks everyone. I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. Everyone loved them.
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Hallie Fae — December 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Wow, I’m impressed. Those look great. What did you do with over 100 meringues?? 🙂
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Jen — December 23, 2008 at 7:01 pm

Hallie – I took half to a holiday potluck and the other have came to my in-laws with us for Christmas. They’re going on the cookie tray. The good thing is they keep well and go fast! And Hubby loves them so I have a hard time keeping his hand out of the bag of these guys.
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Steph — December 30, 2008 at 11:39 pm

These are beautiful!
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Ali — November 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm

Hi, these look great and I want to try them as gifts this year. Thanks! One question, how do you “paint” the red coloring into the bag?
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Jen — November 15, 2009 at 9:45 pm

Ali,

Using a small paint brush, I dipped it into the food coloring and painted stripes on the inside of the pastry bag prior to filling it with the meringue.
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cindy6174 — January 3, 2010 at 10:11 pm

These as well as your Raspberry Meringue Cookies look wonderful. I wish I had come upon these before the holidays as they would have made a great addition to my cookie plate!
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Cornelius the Pig — December 22, 2010 at 6:03 am

i realize these were posted 2 years ago… but i just found them and they look wonderful! so pretty!