Best Chocolate Paleo Cupcakes Ever with Dark Chocolate Frosting (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)

These are the best chocolate paleo cupcakes ever! Gluten free and dairy free, they’re moist and rich with a soft crumb, and the dark chocolate frosting is oh so good. This recipe is surprisingly easy and quick to pull together. In short? They’re just perfect.

Closeup of chocolate paleo cupcake frosted with dark chocolate frosting with a bite taken out

Let’s be clear here: the title of this paleo cupcakes recipe is not “Best Chocolate Paleo Cupcakes Ever with Dark Chocolate Frosting (Gluten, Grain, Dairy Free).”

Best Damn Chocolate Paleo Cupcakes Ever of Your Entire Life with Dark Chocolate Frosting (Gluten, Grain, Dairy Free) That Could Fool Anyone Into Thinking They’re Made with White Flour and Sugar and All Sorts of Unhealthy Stuff Recipe

They’re the opposite of foolproof. Or, well, let me clarify. They’re both foolproof to make, and completely able to fool even the most difficult of your friends or family. You know the ones! That claim everything healthy tastes funny? Yeah, even them. Even they will be fooled by these chocolate paleo cupcakes.

Perfect, moist, tender chocolate cupcakes that no one would guess are paleo, gluten free, and dairy free! Topped with a rich, dark chocolate frosting.

•  Course Dessert


•  Cuisine American


•  Keyword chocolate, cupcakes, paleo


•  Prep Time 10 minutes


•  Cook Time 16 minutes


•  Cooling Time 1 hour


•  Total Time 26 minutes


•  Servings 


• 12


•  cupcakes


•  Calories 429 kcal

Ingredients

• Dry Ingredients


• 2 cups almond flour


• 1/2 cup tapioca flour


• 2 1/2 tablespoons coconut flour


• 1/2 cup coconut sugar


• 1/2 cup cocoa powder or cacao powder


• 1 teaspoon baking soda


• 1/2 tsp salt


• Wet Ingredients


• 2 eggs


• 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk whisked well


• 1/3 cup cold or room temperature coffee see Note 1


• 1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons refined coconut oil melted


• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar


• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract


• 2 teaspoons chocolate extract see Note 2


• Dark Chocolate Frosting


• 2 cups vegan chocolate chips like Enjoy Life or Lily's, see Note 3


• 3/4 cup coconut cream just the solid white part of a can of coconut milk or cream


• 1/4 cup refined coconut oil


• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 325º Fahrenheit.


• In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients. In a medium bowl, whisk together wet ingredients until smooth. Pour wet ingredients mixture to dry ingredients bowl and stir until well combined and with no lumps.


• Line muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners, preferably parchment paper. Pour or use a disher to fill muffin tin 3/4 full.


• Bake in the middle rack for 16-17 minutes. Do not overbake. Begin checking for doneness every minute starting at 15 minutes: insert a toothpick into the center of a cupcake. The toothpick should come out with crumbs but not completely coated like the center is liquid. As soon as the toothpick comes out this way (Crumbs but not coated), remove the pan from the oven. Let sit 5 minutes then remove cupcakes and cool completely on a wire rack.


• While cupcakes cool, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients. Microwave in 60-second bursts, stirring very well in between each burst, until ingredients are completely melted and totally smooth. Set aside and let cool to room temperature or chill in the refrigerator until firm but scoopable.


• Frost cupcakes when cupcakes are completely cool and frosting is set. Sprinkle with chocolate jimmies, if desired and not on a strict paleo diet.

RECIPES AND IMAGE ADAPTED FROM https://40aprons.com/

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