Diet Coke Days: Diet Coke Cupcakes

The only thing surprising about this recipe for diet coke cupcakes is that we haven't tried it sooner- diet coke cupcakes? Are you kidding me?

Even better, you can use any kind of diet soda and any kind of boxed cake mix, so the possibilities are endless.


Here's all you need to make these guys:

And then just make them according to the box:

We made Red Velvet ones with Cream Cheese Frosting....


And because it's a Weight Watchers recipe, they're practically guilt-free!

(we took them to Adam L's birthday party, because we thought they'd be the perfect counter-part to the Pabst Blue Ribbon cupcakes)

Have you tried these before? What kind of soda cupcakes sound good to you??

Mocha Cupcakes made with Starbucks Via

I wish I could claim this genius idea as my own, but I cannot. Jordan (our sister/sister-in-law), added Starbucks VIA to her cupcake batter and icing a couple of years ago to make the Best. Mocha. Cupcakes on earth. 

And even though it's not my idea, I will sleep better at night once I pass this tip along. Because if you like coffee and chocolate (and cupcakes), you haven't really lived until you've tried one of these.

The whole mocha cupcake recipe is here, but the jist is that you add three packets of VIA to the cupcake batter and two packets of VIA to the frosting. You could use homemade frosting, but the Betty Crocker Buttercream is great in a pinch.

And then, you should probably pack up a platter or two and take them to various coffee-loving friends. If not, you might look at the plate a couple hours later and realize that you've eaten eight cupcakes. Not that that's happened around here or anything.

ps- We served these at the Denver Blogger Meetup and they were quite the hit!

Chocolate Whiskey Frosting

Last week we made Chocolate Whiskey Ice Cream Balls. Mmm... so good.
Well I told you that I would show you what to do with any leftover filling

 (or maybe you just doubled the recipe so you could make both),

 and today is that day!

If you leave the extra filling out, and let it soften just a bit, it makes an excellent frosting!

We made cupcakes with it. Seriously, delicious.

In fact, maybe even more delicious than Ice Cream Balls.

Maybe.

Anyone ambitious enough that has will try BOTH recipes?

Which did you like better, Ice Cream Balls or Frosting?