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Moose Tracks Cupcakes

These Moose Tracks cupcakes are ultra-rich chocolate cupcakes made extra moist with melted ice cream and filled with a light chocolate mousse. Finished with whipped chocolate frosting, pecans, and shaved chocolate, they're an indulgent dessert for any special occasion.
Cuisine: American
Course: Desserts, Party Perfect
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Prep Time 11 minutes
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Total Time 1 hour 9 minutes
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Servings 8
Chocolate cupcakes with swirled frosting and chocolate shavings on a cooling rack

Ingredients:

Cupcakes

  • 1 chocolate cake mix
  • 2 cups Prairie Farms Moose Tracks Ice Cream melted
  • 2 Tbsp Prairie Farms Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 3 large eggs

Mousse Filling and Frosting

  • 1-1/4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups Prairie Farms Heavy Whipping Cream
  • 1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans
  • 1/2 cup mini semisweet chocolate chips

Garnish

  • 1/3 cup finely chopped toasted pecans
  • 2 milk chocolate bars shaved

Directions:

  • Heat oven to 350 °F. Place paper cupcake liners in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
  • In large mixing bowl, beat cake mix, melted ice cream, heavy cream and eggs on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full of batter.
  • Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until cupcakes test done.
  • Let cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
  • Use spoon to gently scoop out centers of cooled cupcakes.
  • For mousse filling and frosting, stir powdered sugar and cocoa powder together in large mixing bowl. Whisk in cream.
  • Chill for 30 minutes.
  • Beat on low speed for 1 minute then on medium speed until stiff.
  • Place half of mousse in pastry bag. Stir pecans and chocolate chips into remaining mousse.
  • Fill cupcake centers with pecan/chocolate chip mousse.
  • Pipe mousse in pastry bag onto cupcakes.
  • Garnish cupcakes with pecans and shaved chocolate as desired.
  • Chill for 1 to 2 hours before serving.
  • Makes 24 cupcakes.