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Thursday night is Grandkids Night. No matter what other hubbub and chaos are happening the rest of the week, I know that Thursday night is just going to be smiles, hugs, fun and laughter and I never get tired of it. I love having this established tradition and feel so blessed to have the grandchildren living nearby. There are certain things that are a given about going to Grandma’s — playing Barbies or watching movies with Aunt Rissa, snuggling with Grandma and Grandpa, playing hide and seek around the dining room-kitchen-front room “loop” with Uncle Michael AND dessert! :) It doesn’t have to be anything spectacular to impress and dazzle, but when it IS something out of the ordinary, the oooohhhs and aaahhhs and happy giggles put Grandma’s Thursday night fun over-the-top.
Our local Walmart carried the Vanilla and Chocolate flavors of new Cool Whip Frosting.
Tonight, I decided to take everyday cupcakes and make them something special using the new Cool Whip Frosting I found at Walmart. You can check out my Google + album if you want to see my whole shopping trip. Cool Whip Frosting comes in three varieties: Vanilla, Chocolate, and Cream Cheese and wow! is it delicious! I discovered that it is comparably priced to other pre-made frostings, but the light, whipped cream texture, with the delicious creamy flavors is sensational and very different from others we’ve tried. You can pick it up in the freezer case, right next to Cool Whip. I let mine thaw in the fridge overnight, since I didn’t need it until the next day, but I’m sure it would thaw much more quickly on the counter. With my favorite chocolate cake recipe, Cool Whip Vanilla Frosting and a few sliced strawberries our everyday dessert for Thursday Night with the Grandkids made Grandma a rock star!
I took my favorite cake recipe and used it to create these simple, but delicious, Chocolate Strawberry Cloud Cupcakes with new Cool Whip Frosting. Were they a hit? You bet!
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tubs Cool Whip Vanilla Frosting
- 1 quart fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, vanilla and milk and beat hard to combine.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until blended. (Batter will be very thick and fluffy.)
- Beat in the boiling water.
- Grease or line 24 muffin tins and use the batter to fill cups about 2/3 full. This recipe should make 24 cupcakes.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
- Cool cupcakes completely before frosting.
- When cupcakes are cool, slice off and set aside the tops.
- Place a generous dollop of Cool Whip Vanilla Frosting on the bottom portions of the cupcakes.
- Arrange strawberry slices over the frosting.
- Using a small amount of frosting as "glue", attach the cupcake tops over the strawberries.
- Frost the tops and decorate with more strawberry slices.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy!
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Glenda
These cupcakes are making me hungry! I love strawberries paired with chocolate!
Arlene, now you have some easy baking inspiration for the weekend! Thanks for stopping by!
Glenda I have some baking plans for the weekend already and they include the new Cool Whip frosting!
Don’t you just love this cool fall weather? It makes firing up the oven even more fun! You’re going to love that Cool Whip Frosting!
I had seen this in a magazine and was wondering about how it would taste. I was wondering about the consistency of it. Is it anything like frosting or more like whip cream? These look delicious too by the way, no surprise here though lol. Great post.
Amy, it’s so surprising and wonderful. It has the creamy, light fluffiness of whipped cream, but the rich flavor of a buttercream frosting. The flavors are spot-on and honestly, I probably won’t buy canned anymore, when I don’t have time to make my own. My entire family loved this icing. Thanks so much for visiting!
Oh, yum!! I am completely head-over-heels for the new Cool Whip Frostings! So light, delicious and an easy shortcut… please I won’t have to take out a second mortgage for butter! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I know my kids want me to add this to the “Must Bake” list.
Thanks, Andrea! It definitely is THAT good. I agree. I’m so glad you stopped by!
These look Delicious! I just pinned it and will have to try them out soon.
Those are some goood cupcakes! So pinning it
Thanks, Lyuba!
They look so decadent and are so easy! Love it(:
Oh, my goodness! I have to try these!! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe! I can nearly taste them from here