These Kit Kat Cupcakes are super easy and they taste great any time of year. Any chocolate lover will be excited to see these.
They are a fun and festive way to enjoy the flavors of a Kit Kat bar in a new dessert. This is one of our easy cupcake recipes you will want to bookmark for later.
These are also so much fun to make.
This recipe uses a boxed cake mix, I chose a white cake mix.
Why You Will Love This Recipe
Easy Recipe. These are made with the help of a boxed cake mix to save time.
Delicious. These are the ultimate kit kat cupcakes and Kit Kat lovers will enjoy these
Fun. These cupcakes are fun for chocolate lovers. They are also a great way to use up leftover Halloween candy.
Kit Kat Cupcake Ingredients
Cupcakes
- yellow cake mix
- eggs
- oil
- water
- Kit Kat bars
Buttercream Frosting
- room temperature butter
- powdered sugar
- vanilla extract
- milk or heavy cream
Equipment
- electric mixer
- large bowl
- separate bowl for preparing frosting
- cupcake pan or muffin tin
- paper liners
- large piping bag (optional)
- piping tip
Substitutions and Variations
Cake Mix - You can use a white cake mix, yellow or vanilla boxed cake mix.
Chocolate cupcake recipe - use a chocolate cake mix instead of a white cake mix.
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Chocolate Chips. Add ½ cup of milk chocolate chips or white chocolate chips to this recipe,
Candy Switch. Switch up the candies if you like. Reese's also work well.
How to Make Kit Kat Cupcakes
Step 1 - Prepare KitKat bars. Reserve 12 pieces of Kit Kat for the tops of the cupcakes. Honestly, the fun part is crushing Kit Kat bars.You can use a sharp knife to cut them. I do not use a food processor because it pulverizes them too much.
Step 3 - Prepare cake mix per package directions. Gently fold ½ cup of Kit Kat pieces into batter.
Step 3 - Pour into prepared cupcake pan and sprinkle a few kit kat bits on each cupcake. Bake per package directions.
Step 4 - Check the cupcakes as they may take a couple minutes longer (depending on oven) with the added chocolate.
See how the cupcakes are full of candy bursts? Honestly, these are good plain but now is the time to frost with buttercream frosting and add a whole or half piece of a Kit Kat bar on top.
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- Don't overmix the batter. Mix until just combined.
- Fill cupcake linters ¾ full for even baking and to prevent cupcake tops from overflowing
- You can tell when cupcakes are done using the toothpick method.
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting.
- You can use mini Kit Kat bars too. Especially good if you have leftover candy from a recent holiday.
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📖 Recipe
Kit Kat Cupcakes
Equipment
- large mixing bowl
- electric mixer or stand mixer with paddle attachment
- cupcake pan
- cupcake liners
- Wire Rack
Ingredients
Kit Kat Cupcakes
- 1 package yellow or white cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup water
- ⅓ cups oil
- 4-5 Kit Kat Bars full size
Buttercream Frosting
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
Prepare Cupcakes
- Using a sharp serrated knife, cut candy bars into small pieces.(Think chocolate chip size).
- Mix cake batter per package directions.
- Gently fold in crushed Kit Kat bars.
- Pour batter into prepared cupcake pan.
- Bake as directed until toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool and top with buttercream frosting (recipe below).
Buttercream Frosting
- Cream butter with an electric mixer on low speed. Add sugar and milk slowly, by alternating.
- Whip on medium – high speed until desired consistency is reached. Frost cupcakes when cupcakes have cooled.
Notes
- Don't overmix the batter. Mix until just combined.
- Fill cupcake linters ¾ full for even baking and to prevent cupcake tops from overflowing
- You can tell when cupcakes are done using the toothpick method.
- Let the cupcakes cool completely before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting.
- You can use mini Kit Kat bars too. Especially good if you have leftover candy from a recent holiday.
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akaleistar
Oh, how yummy!
Raquel Pineira
Thank you 🙂
Tamara
Yum!! Definitely one of my favorite candies. Do you think I could incorporate peanut butter snickers into cupcakes?
Raquel Pineira
Yes Tamara! Those would make great cupcakes!
Tanya Schroeder
Give me a break....break me off a piece of that Kit kat Bar! I love Kit Kats! What an awesome recipe!
Raquel Pineira
LOL...I love that song 🙂
Shari
My 13 year old is drooling over these. They are his favorite candy at the moment!!
Raquel Pineira
Thanks Shari! He would love these!
Rachel @ I Love My Disorganized Life
My kids would love these, it's one of their favorite candy bars!
Raquel Pineira
They are tasty - I love Twix 🙂
Debbie @ Kneaded Creations
Chocolate slays me! thanks for posting this lovely recipe! I have to pin it! Deb @ kneaded creations
Susan
Yummy and cute! I do something similar with my Candy Bar Cookies. Thanks for sharing at Inspire Us Thursday on Organized 31.
Trish - Mom On Timeout
Can't go wrong with Kit Kats! These cupcakes look amazing - pinned!
Raquel Pineira
Thank you Trish! I agree 🙂
Amy | Club Narwhal
Raquel, these look awesome! And they were totally meant to be with that KitKat commercial 🙂
Raquel Pineira
Thanks Amy!
Meghan @ The Tasty Fork
Eeeekk!! I love these cupcakes!! Kit Kats are amazing and I really need to try this recipe. Pinned and loving it!!! Thanks for coming to party at Wake up Wednesdays!!
Raquel Pineira
Thank you Meghan. I love the Wake Up Wednesday party!
Donna
Oh! Those do look good. My kids would love them.
Winnie
These are such great cupcakes!!
I'll bet they taste DELICIOUS !!
Raquel Pineira
Thanks Winnie! They are tasty!
Nile
Those cupcakes do look yummy.. something I can try on a cheat day. I'm pretty sure my son will love them. How do you get the frosting to look so nice? That's one of the things I struggle with. Sometimes the frosting is hard to squeeze from the bag?
Thank you for the recipe.
Raquel Pineira
Thank you for stopping by Nile. It is really easy once you get the hang of it. I will be sharing a post on it really soon. Appreciate you stopping by!
Randa @ The Bewitchin' Kitchen
Another great recipe. I LOVE your blog 🙂