These Valentine's Day Cupcakes are a delicious combo of dark chocolate and spicy cinnamon heart candies. If you like cinnamon hearts, you will LOVE these!

Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon Hearts Valentine's Day Cupcakes | theendlessmeal.com

These Valentine's Day Cupcakes are moist, dark chocolate cupcakes infused with spicy cinnamon hearts flavor. Seriously, can you think of anything more delicious? Ya, me neither.

Do you know how some things just scream Valentine's Day? Like those Valentine cut-out cards that are exchanged by seven-year-olds in grade two. Do they still do that? Or heart-shaped candies that say ‘Be mine' and ‘I heart you.' Seems they now also say 'email me' which makes me laugh more than I think it should. Or fiery red cinnamon hearts that seem to have resisted any change since I was a child.

Mmm … cinnamon hearts. If Valentine's Day were a flavor, this is what it would taste like.

Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon Hearts Valentine's Day Cupcakes | theendlessmeal.com

I'll never know why it took me so long to marry cinnamon hearts with dark chocolate. They really do deserve to be together. Forever.

The dark chocolate holds its own without overpowering the cinnamon. And while the cinnamon hearts are certainly the most outspoken of the two, they manage to not take over the dark chocolate. If they were a real-life couple, they'd make the perfect team.

These little guys had me proclaiming my love for them after the first bite. Whatever your plans are for Valentine's Day, please, please, please, include these dark chocolate and cinnamon hearts cupcakes in them.

Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon Hearts Valentine's Day Cupcakes | theendlessmeal.com

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Valentine's Day Cupcakes: Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon Hearts

Warm someone's heart with these delicious Dark Chocolate and Cinnamon Hearts Valentine's Day Cupcakes on Valentine's Day.

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Ingredients

  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3 tablespoons black cocoa powder, see notes
  • 6 tablespoons whipping cream
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • cup semi-sweet chocolate, melted
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 large egg white

Cinnamon Icing

  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • ½ cup cinnamon hearts, ground in food processor
  • teaspoon cinnamon oil

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cupcake tin with paper or silicone liners.
    In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and both the cocoa powders.
    ¾ cup all-purpose flour, ¾ cup sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ¼ teaspoon salt, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, 3 tablespoons black cocoa powder
  • In a large bowl, beat the whipping cream, butter, melted chocolate, cinnamon oil, eggs, and egg white.
    6 tablespoons whipping cream, 3 tablespoons butter, ⅓ cup semi-sweet chocolate, ½ teaspoon cinnamon oil, 2 large eggs, 1 large egg white
  • Whisk flour mixture into wet ingredients until just smooth.
  • Pour batter into prepared tins and bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

Cinnamon Icing

  • With an electric mixer, cream together butter, icing sugar, ground cinnamon hearts, and cinnamon oil.
    ½ cup butter, 2 cups powdered sugar, ½ cup cinnamon hearts, ⅓ teaspoon cinnamon oil
  • Use a knife or a pastry bag to decorate the cupcakes. Add an extra (or many extra) cinnamon hearts on top.

Notes

Black cocoa powder is a super rich alkalized cocoa powder that is used to boost color, think Oreos. You can easily substitute regular cocoa powder for the same taste, but the cupcakes will not be as dark.
Serving: 1 cupcake, Calories: 347kcal, Carbohydrates: 50g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 16g, Saturated Fat: 10g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 69mg, Sodium: 243mg, Potassium: 99mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 40g, Vitamin A: 482IU, Vitamin C: 1mg, Calcium: 40mg, Iron: 1mg
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