Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes made with brown butter, melted chocolate, and cocoa powder. This simple recipe makes fudgy, delicious cupcakes are naturally gluten free!
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These rich, fudgy Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes are a chocolate lover’s dream! They’re also super easy to whisk up and are naturally gluten free.
These gluten free chocolate cupcakes are made using my Flourless Chocolate Cake.
For more chocolate cake recipes, check out my Mini Chocolate Cake and Dulce de Leche Chocolate Cake.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- You’ll love the rich, fudgy center and lightly crispy crust of these chocolate flourless cupcakes! They’re as fudgy as my yummy heart shaped brownies.
- You only need a couple bowls and the batter comes together by hand. No mixer needed!
- They taste like they came from a fancy bakery or restaurant. For another special chocolate recipe, try my heart-shaped brownies.
- They’re so easy to decorate! Dust with cocoa powder or powdered sugar or top them with whipped cream, ganache, ice cream, or fruit.
Ingredients
Here are some useful notes on the ingredients needed to make this gluten free chocolate cupcake recipe.
- Butter: Use unsalted butter. I recommend first browning the butter, but this is optional.
- Chocolate: I prefer semisweet chocolate. Chocolate baking bars work best for this recipe. They melt better and more evenly than chocolate chips. I recommend semi-sweet. It is not as dark as dark or bittersweet and not as sweet as milk chocolate.
- Eggs: Use 4 large room temperature eggs.
- Sugar: I found that 3/4 cup is the perfect, just right amount.
- Cocoa Powder: Use natural unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Vanilla: Vanilla extract surprisingly brings out the chocolate flavor.
- Salt: Salt also enhances the chocolatey flavor and rounds out some of the sweetness.
Substitutions & Variations
- Feel free to swap out the semisweet chocolate for dark or bittersweet.
- To enhance the chocolate flavor, add 1 and 1/2 teaspoons espresso powder. It can usually be found in the baking aisle of most grocery stores.
- The chocolate ganache I use to top my Orange Cardamom Cake would definitely up the chocolate factor..
- Instead of a dusting of cocoa powder, you can dust the cupcakes with powdered sugar.
- If you want to go super indulgent, top the warm or room temperature cupcakes with ice cream!
- They are also delicious with a dollop of regular or chocolate whipped cream!
Step By Step Instructions
Step 1: Chop the chocolate and place it in a large, heat proof mixing bowl. Set aside.
Step 2: Next, brown the butter. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat. When it starts to bubble, stir it constantly. It will start to foam. Continue stirring as you watch for it to turn a light, amber color and develop a nutty smell which should happen in about five minutes. Pour the brown butter over the chopped chocolate.
Step 3: Stir the chocolate and brown butter together until the chocolate has melted.
Step 4: Sift the cocoa into the butter and chocolate mixture.
Step 5: Whisk in the sugar and salt. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla extract. Make sure mixture is well mixed.
Step 6: Fill cupcake cavities about 2/3 full with batter. Bake 14-16 minutes, until tops are set. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Hint: You can make these cupcakes with or without cupcake liners. If you use cupcake liners, they will leave little liner marks. Grease cupcake cavities well if you don’t use cupcake liners.
Recipe FAQs
Flourless chocolate cake is cake made without flour. It has a rich, creamy flavor from melted chocolate, butter and whole eggs.
Yes! They are naturally gluten free.
Flourless chocolate cake tastes chocolatey, rich and gooey and it has a light, crispy crust.
Store leftover cupcakes in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. You can freeze the chocolate cupcakes in a freezer safe container for up to 2 months.
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Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 10 tablespoons (140 g) unsalted butter browned
- 6 ounces (170.1 g) semisweet chocolate chopped
- ½ cup (43 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ¼ teaspoon (1/4 teaspoon) salt
- 4 (4) large eggs room temperature
- 2½ teaspoons (2 1/2 teaspoons) vanilla extract
Instructions
- Generously butter or line a cupcake pan with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Chop the chocolate and place it in a large, heat proof mixing bowl. Set aside.
- Next, melt or brown the butter. To brown the butter, start by melting the butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Stir occasionally at first. Once begins to bubble and comes to a boil, stir it constantly. It will start to foam. Continue stirring as you watch for it to turn a light, amber color and develop a nutty smell which should happen in about five minutes. Pour the brown butter over the chopped chocolate. Make sure the scrape the bottom of the pan for all the bits.
- Stir the chocolate and brown butter together until the chocolate has melted. Sift the cocoa into the butter and chocolate mixture. Whisk in the sugar and salt. Whisk in the eggs one at a time. Add the vanilla extract. Make sure mixture is well mixed.
- Fill cupcake cavities about 2/3 full with batter. Bake 14-16 minutes, until tops are set. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
Nutrition
Please note that nutritional values are created by an online calculator and should only be used as an estimate.
Joanne
Just finished making this recipe. Flavor is full bodied, satisfying at every level. Cook time for me was closer to 29 minutes not 14-16 minutes as per directions. I’ll continue to make this recipe forever, I love it.
Thank you !
Natalie
Hi Joanne, Thanks for making these cupcakes and for your helpuful feedback! I’m so happy you enjoyed the recipe and means the world that you’ll make it forever <3 !! Have a great day 🙂
Kate
These look divine !! And great portion wise Do you have nutrition info?
Natalie
Thanks Kate!! Unfortunately I don’t have the nutrition info, but I believe there are some sites that can calculate it. Hope that helps!