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Pumpkin Chocolate Cupcakes

10/31/2014

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​I waited until the last minute to get my candy but I am prepared for the barrage of trickers that will inevitably be knocking on my door tonight.
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​I've got my chocolate bars and lollipops in a bucket beside my front door and right beside the candy, I have a tray of pumpkin cupcakes that I will be passing out to the more "mature" trick or treaters. 
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​It's not that kids won't appreciate a cupcake now and then but lets face it, tonight is all about filling their jack o'lantern with raw sugar.  And, after years of tricker treating with my own kids, I know that sometimes the parents need a little sugar energy halfway around the neighborhood.  
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​So if you happen to live in my neighborhood and you are out trick or treating with your kids tonight, make sure you stop by for a pumpkin cupcake.  You don't even need a costume.
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cupcakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar
2/3 cups sugar
3/4 cup canola oil
3 large eggs
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup sour cream
Whisk together the dry ingredients.
Beat together the sugars and oil about 2 minutes.
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Add the eggs and beat the batter on medium speed for 2 minutes more.
Add the pumpkin puree and vanilla and beat 1 minute.  Stir in the sour cream.
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Add the dry ingredients and stir in until just combined. Fold the cocoa powder into the batter.
Fill pans 3/4 full with batter. 
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​Bake 25 minutes at 350.
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​Frost with cinnamon cream cheese icing.
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​I think the perfect little costume for these little cupcakes is an orange colored white chocolate pumpkin.  
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Ciao!
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