Hot Fudge Sundae Cupcakes

These hot fudge sundae cupcakes are delicious, easy to make, and so fun. They’re the perfect snack or dessert to share!

The great thing about making these hot fudge cupcakes is that they look and taste a lot more complicated than they actually are. The process to make them only takes about 20 minutes and they bake for 20 minutes so you’ll have only 40 minutes of time actively creating these tasty treats.

Have a summer party, backyard BBQ, or family gathering coming up?! These hot fudge sundae cupcakes travel much better than actual ice cream sundaes!

Another delicious summer must try recipe are these Cream Soda Cake Mix Cupcakes, don’t miss out! You should also try these Chocolate Root Beer Cupcakes, Oreo Sunflower Cupcakes and my favorite Layered Red White and Blue Cupcakes!

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Here’s what you’ll need to make hot fudge sundae cupcakes:

To make the cupcakes you will need a dark chocolate fudge cake mix, the ingredients for your cake preparation like eggs, oil, and water, and then some cupcake liners!

To make the toppings you will need vanilla frosting, hot fudge, mixed nuts, whipped topping, and maraschino cherries with the stems on them!

I also use pastry bags and/or ziploc bags for the filling and decorating process!

How to make hot fudge cupcakes:

Making these hot fudge cupcakes is really easy and fun! Check out the step by step guide below for more details!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Line a muffin pan with 24 cupcake liners.

In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine ingredients for cake mix and prepare according to directions.

Fill each cupcake liner about ½ full with cake batter.

Bake on the center oven rack for 18-22 minutes, checking at 18 minutes by inserting a toothpick into the center of a cupcake. If it comes out clean, cupcakes are done.

Once done, remove cupcakes from the oven and set on a cooling rack, until completely cool.

Once cupcakes are cool, add a thin layer of vanilla frosting to each one. 

Heat the hot fudge in a small microwave safe bowl for about 20 seconds.

*Easy tip – Place one ziplock bag into a cup and fold the top around the rim of the cup. Pour the hot fudge into the baggie.

Using a scissors or knife, snip off the very corner of the bag, and drizzle fudge over the frosting on each cupcake, using a back and forth motion.

Add nuts to each cupcake.

Place one ziplock bag into a cup and fold the top around the rim of the cup. Spoon the whipped topping into the bag.

Snip off about ½ inch or so of the corner of the bag and pipe a small amount of whipped topping onto the center of each cupcake.

Add a cherry to the top of the whipped topping on each cupcake.

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Do you want to make more cake mix recipes?

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There’s something for everyone and each of these recipes is simple and straightforward, no muss, no fuss. Just simple desserts that the whole family will enjoy.

Try out Apple Pie Cookies, Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies, Cake Mix Snickerdoodle Cupcakes, Twix cookies, brownie batter dip, key lime cookies, chocolate cherry cookies, vanilla cake with strawberry filling.

More options are these butter pecan cookies, banana bread with cake mix, 3 ingredient cake mix cookies, cinnamon donuts, funfetti sugar cookie truffles, red velvet cake mix cookies.

There’s more! Don’t miss out on these lemon cake mix cookies, and even cream soda cake mix cupcakes!

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