Kit Kat Cupcakes

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.

Chocolate Chips. Add 1/2 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 1/2 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.

More Easy Cupcake Recipes

Coconut Lime Cupcakes – A lovely tropical cupcake that captures the flavors of the tropics.

Simple Caramel Apple Cupcakes – A reader favorite for fall. It’s been shared over 5,000 times because they are really good!

Caramel Pecan Cupcakes – A beautiful fall dessert idea and very easy to make. 

• 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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