This is my variation of the Baked cookbook (a FANTASTIC book) Chocolate Root Beer Frosting. It’s nice and thick and chocolatey – with just a hint of root beer, you’d probably not even notice it if I didn’t tell you. Either way, this makes a great frosting for cakes, cupcakes…or just to eat with a spoon. But don’t tell anyone.

ingredients:
2.5 ounce bittersweet chocolate, melted
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
2/3 cup Valrhona cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 Tablespoons root beer
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

In the bowl of an electric mixer, mix the butter and the cocoa powder until combined. It will be thick.

Add in the melted bittersweet chocolate. I really love the smoothness of Scharffenberger. It adds just the right chocolate-y flavor.

Add the salt, then alternate the root beer and the powdered sugar. Once you get everything in there and combined without making a giant mess (it’s hard to do) crank your mixer up to a medium high speed and whip it up good – just a few minutes – until you get a nice light chocolate-y consistency and you’re ready to use it!

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