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These mint aero cupcakes are oozing with that unique chocolatey peppermint taste that you can only get from an Aero bar, but in a delightful cupcake form. They're much healthier and kids will love them!
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Mint Aero Cupcakes

Extremely chocolaty and oozing with that unique peppermint taste that you can only get from an Aero bar, but in a cupcake form.
Course Home Baking
Cuisine International
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 186kcal
Author Neil

Ingredients

For the cupcakes:-

  • 200 g self-raising flour
  • 3 tablespoon cocoa power
  • 2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 75 g caster sugar
  • 50 ml sunflower oil
  • 3 medium sized eggs
  • 100 ml yogurt 0% fat
  • 100 g mint Aero chocolate bar , grated

For the topping:-

  • 100 g quark cheese 0% fat
  • 2 tablespoon sifted icing sugar
  • ½ teaspoon peppermint essence
  • ¼ teaspoon green food colouring
  • 30 g mint Aero chocolate bar , grated

Instructions

  • Pre-heat oven to 180C Fan and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases.
  • In a bowl sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa powder.
  • In a larger mixing bowl, mix together the sugar, oil, eggs, yogurt and grated aero bar.
  • Add the first bowl ingredients to the larger mixing bowl ingredients and fold everything gently together.
  • Spoon the mixture equally between the 12 paper cases.
  • Bake in the oven for approximately 12 – 15 minutes, watching the outside does not burn and testing the centres are cooked with a tooth pick /skewer, which should come out clean.
  • Remove cupcakes from the cake tin to a wire rack and allow to cool a little.
  • Meanwhile mix all the icing ingredients together, and once the cupcakes have cooled top them with the icing.

Notes

Nutrition label values are per cupcake.

Nutrition

Calories: 186kcal | Carbohydrates: 22.7g | Protein: 6.1g | Fat: 8.3g | Saturated Fat: 2.9g | Cholesterol: 50.8mg | Sodium: 135.8mg | Fiber: 1.6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 600IU | Vitamin C: 1.7mg | Calcium: 160mg | Iron: 2mg