That’s right: Cadbury creme eggs in chocolate cupcakes!
A friend of mine who absolutely adores Cadbury Creme Eggs sent me a link to a recipe video for these creme eggs cupcakes by Chef Club UK on Facebook. I took the hint!
The original recipe includes coffee, which I left out. I also added a little baking powder to guarantee a good rise. I put a few more steps in my method than the original. But please do check out the video if you think it will help you.
This is also an ideal recipe if you don’t have a stand mixer or electric hand mixer to help you.
Ingredients (makes 6 cupcakes – just double all quantities if you want to make 12)
- 100 g / 3.5 oz dark chocolate broken into small chunks
- 100 g / 3.5 oz butter or baking margarine (at room temperature)
- 100 g / 3.5 oz caster sugar
- 50 ml warm water
- 1 egg (large or medium will be fine)
- 1 tsp vanilla essence / extract
- 150 g / 5.3 oz self-raising flour
- 0.5 tsps baking powder (a level spoonful)
- 6 Cadbury Creme Eggs (or any similar-sized chocolate egg of your choosing… see more below!)
Method
Strangely, given I’m making this recipe, I’m not the greatest fan of Creme Eggs. So I used 3 Creme Eggs and 3 Caramel Eggs. I’m happy to report that the Caramel Eggs worked fine in this recipe, so any chocolate egg roughly the size of a Cadbury Creme Egg should also be ok. Good news if you’re somewhere where Creme Eggs aren’t sold/are scarce!
Put six cupcake cases in a muffin or cupcake baking tray. Preheat your oven to 180 degrees C (160 fan)/ 350 degrees F/ Gas Mark 4.
Put the broken chocolate into a large microwaveable bowl. Heat for two, 30-second bursts in the microwave, stirring between bursts. Add the butter and water to the chocolate. Heat for another 30 seconds. Stir until all the chocolate and butter has melted and you have a smooth mixture. You might need to give the mixture another 30 seconds in the microwave.
To this smooth chocolate mixture, add the sugar, egg and vanilla. Stir through again until smooth.
Add the flour and baking powder…
and stir gently until the ingredients have all combined, making sure there are no sneaky pockets of flour lurking at the bottom of the bowl.
Spoon a large dessertspoonful of chocolate mixture into each cupcake case.
Put a creme egg/ chocolate egg of your choice into each cupcake case and push into the mixture so it’s standing in the middle of the case.
Put another dessertspoonful of chocolate mixture on top of each of the eggs and use the back of the spoon to spread the mixture to cover the top of the creme egg.
Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Shake the tray slightly. If the cupcakes wobble, they need another couple of minutes in the oven.
Leave your creme egg chocolate cupcakes in the baking tin to cool.
At this point the original recipe advocates decorating with whipped cream, caramel sauce and mini eggs – but I think that’s overkill!
As you can see, when you bite into the cupcakes the creme egg is a nice surprise in the centre:
And here’s the caramel chocolate egg version:
Creme egg chocolate cupcakes: for those who just can’t get enough chocolate this Easter!
If you’re looking for more Easter / spring-themed recipes, try:
Shredded Wheat chocolate nests with mini eggs.
Double chocolate nest cupcakes with mini eggs.
And remember, you can see a list of all the recipes on my blog by visiting my recipe index.
These look amazing! I’m drooling over my laptop…
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The friend who sent me the original recipe said they were “the best cakes ever” today when she tried one! 🙂
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i don’t think we can be friends anymore you’re making me fat lol
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Sorry!
Surely one cupcake for Easter would be ok…? 🙂
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🙂 x see you do understand lol
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Amazingly chocolaty!
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Absolutely! Although strangely enough, they made the creme egg less sickly sweet than I usually find them (which is why I’m not the biggest fan of them and prefer the caramel) – so a winner all round! 🙂
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OMG 😲 😍 🍫 😋 drooling here!!!
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Haha! They were very very very nice! 🙂 I think this is one that would go down well with almost everyone!
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Wow I want them now!!!!
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They’re very quick to make 🙂 It’s worth it too because they were delicious!
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Plus any excuse to buy creme eggs 😉
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How cool, Claire! These look fantastic. 🙂
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Thank you! I feel I should have given more credit to my friend (a creme egg addict) who send me the original “hint” to make them 🙂
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🙂
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I’m here thinking…hmmmm…could I use crunchie? Toblerone? After Eights? I might be getting carried away here 😂
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Any egg, or roughly creme egg – sized chunk of chocolate should work! 🙂
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Was thinking that…mind in overdrive. Tx Claire. X
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Truly scrumptious.
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Thank you! They were delicious. I preferred the caramel eggs, but I liked the creme egg a lot more than usual when it was like this!
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You are evil Claire! How am I ever going to lose weight????? I will be making these for my grandchildren … but of course I will have to taste test! Please don’t change. I love your blog 💕
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Sorry!
That is the best thing to do. Make a batch, but make sure you have lots of people to eat most of it 🙂 I was very glad to be able to share them with friends or I would have eaten them all!!
And thank you!
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This is an interesting idea I would not have thought of, Claire.
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Neither would I! I’m so glad my friend sent me a not very subtle hint to make them 🙂
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Easter is my favourite time of year for baking because of creme eggs. I usually make creme egg fudge, I will be making this too this year. Thank you Claire.
Amanda.
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Brilliant! They’re so easy to make. I usually find creme eggs a little sickly, but for some reason the cupcake along with the egg makes it better 🙂
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OMG!!! Cadbury Creme Eggs are my FAVORITE candy EVER!!! I might just have to make this one. Your post is making me crave them in a major way!
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I’m really glad they’re sold internationally! 🙂
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These look incredible and so delicious!!
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They were lovely. And I don’t even like creme eggs that much! 🙂
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Ah that’s awesome!!
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These look delicious! I’ll need to hunt for a creme egg replacement but I see a lot of possibilities there. The caramel version sounds like heaven!
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Stock up on creme eggs when in Europe! (although I’m sure you have better things to do/buy!) 🙂
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Happy Easter to you and your family Claire. I hope you enjoy lots of cake! X
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Happy Easter to you too! And same about the cake 🙂 x
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OMG have to try these – I have shared the link on my regular feature on PainPalsBlog “Monday Magic – this week Chocolatey Posts for You”, Claire x
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Thank you! 🙂
They’re delicious – I hope they turn out well for you.
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Looks so tasty!!! This gave me some serious baking inspiration. Wonderful post!! 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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This looks absolutely decedent. Yum!
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Thank you 🙂 They were delicious, although I do prefer the caramel to the creme eggs!
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