DOMO KUN Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
You know I LOVE the combo of peppermint and chocolate. So a peppermint chocolate cupcake sounded like the right way to go and I added some chocolate chips, you know, for good measure. The secret ingredient in this? CHOCOLATE MILK. Mmm. Makes a difference. A good ‘ol chocolatey difference.
Since the Kid and I have been sketching DOMO lately:

I thought that the brown chocolate frosting would make a great character cupcake. Just a little fondant and there you go – a tasty DOMO KUN!
ingredients:
2 sticks of butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 Tablespoon peppermint extract (the good stuff. Don’t cheap out, you bastard)
2-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup Valrhona cocoa powder (again, don’t cheap out)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chocolate milk
1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prep a cupcake pan with liners.
In your mixer bowl cream the sugar and the butter until fluffy. Add the eggs one by one and finally add the peppermint extract.
In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Now pour yourself a cup of chocolate milk. If you don’t have chocolate milk you can make it with a mix or what have you, it’s all good.

To the butter mixture still in the mixture, on a low speed alternate the flour mixture and the chocolate milk, until well combined. Stir in the mini chips, and spoon into your prepared pan.
Bake for 20+ minutes depending on your oven, checking with a toothpick. Let cool on a wire rack.
Once cooled, frost the cupcakes. I used my peppermint frosting, but a plain chocolate will do, as long as it’s brown of course. Now for the DOMO mouths I just dyed some fondant red, cut squares, then cut white ‘teeth’.
Simple. Quick. Add some black frosting eyes and there you go – delicious, cakey – DOMOs!!!






You are the cupcake fairy!!!
these are one of the cutest domo cupcakes ever!! i might just bake up a batch for the boy.
The monster cupcakes are adorable!
Oh my good grief, this is amazing! I lovelovelove Domo-kun!
Jenn, I swear if you opened a bake shop, you’d be bigger than Sprinkles. What are you waiting for?
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i luv the domo cupcakes. have u seen this cake – http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/domo_cake__4 you should post ur ones on there too!
Those are wonderful! And so easy to make!
I’ll have to give them a try sometime and surprise my coworkers with little Domos!
love it! i’m going to make these for my church kids this week! how many cupcakes does this recipe yield?
thanks!
@Angela Approx 24.