11 Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting Recipes
JANUARY 24, 2023
Chocolate buttercream frosting is the perfect way to finish off any cake. Whether you’re topping a birthday cake, cupcakes, or even a special treat for yourself, these 11 best chocolate buttercream recipes provide a creamy, smooth, and delicious topping with the added bonus of chocolate.
From classic chocolate buttercream frosting to chocolate mascarpone variations, you’ll find the perfect recipe to make your cake sweet and delicious. So look no further than this list, you’re sure to find the perfect recipe to make your cake sweet and delicious.
Fantabulosity
Fluffy Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This fluffy chocolate buttercream frosting is the best chocolate frosting for cakes, cupcakes, or your favorite icing topped desserts! Makes enough for a 2 layer cake or 24 cupcakes
6
24
1
10 min
TOTAL TIME
1051
CALORIES
$0.91
PER SERVING
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Joy the Baker
The Best Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This delicious chocolate buttercream frosting is the perfect addition to any cake, cupcake, or cookie. It's velvety, smooth, and full of rich chocolatey flavor!
9,840
118
20 min
TOTAL TIME
1664
CALORIES
$1.92
PER SERVING
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Melanie Makes
Dark Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This decadent, five ingredient Dark Chocolate Buttercream Frosting takes just five minutes to prepare. You’ll never stray towards the aisles of canned frosting again with this recipe in your back pocket.
6
4,158
47
5 min
TOTAL TIME
319
CALORIES
$0.48
PER SERVING
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Kitchen Fun with My Three Sons
5-Minute Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Learn how to make chocolate buttercream frosting with this easy 5-minute recipe. This is my absolute favorite recipe for chocolate frosting, it's so simple! Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and so much more!
16
13,761
11,836
5 min
TOTAL TIME
1387
CALORIES
$1.53
PER SERVING
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Baked by an Introvert
Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream
This perfect Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream recipe is lightly sweet, creamy, and loaded with chocolate flavor. It's much less sweet than American buttercream and whips up to be silky and light. The frosting is versatile enough to be slathered over layer cakes, piped onto cupcakes, or used a fi...
26
42,079
8
25 min
TOTAL TIME
781
CALORIES
$1.57
PER SERVING
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Hanielas
Chocolate German Buttercream.
Silky smooth delicious custard-based Chocolate German Buttercream.Recipe makes about 4 cups/1liter of buttercream.Serving size: 1/4 cup .Fills and frosts 3 layered-6 inch cake, 16 cupcakes, or Dobos Cake - see the recipe link in the recipe notes.
20 min
TOTAL TIME
395
CALORIES
$0.68
PER SERVING
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Cooklist AI
Velvety Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
Achieve a fluffy and smooth chocolate buttercream frosting with the perfect balance of butter and powdered sugar, using Dutch Processed cocoa powder. This recipe guarantees an amazing finishing touch for your cakes and cupcakes.
2
15 min
TOTAL TIME
275
CALORIES
$0.31
PER SERVING
Ingredients
Directions
6 STEPS
1
Place softened unsalted butter in the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment.
2
Beat butter for 3 minutes on medium-high speed (speed 7) until it becomes pale.
3
Add half of the sifted powdered sugar and sifted Dutch Processed cocoa powder to the butter. Beat for 3 minutes on medium-high speed, starting slow and then increasing to speed 7.
4
Add the remaining sifted powdered sugar and sifted Dutch Processed cocoa powder to the mixture. Beat again for 3 minutes on medium-high speed.
5
Lastly, add milk and vanilla extract. Beat for 1 more minute on medium-high speed (speed 7).
6
Spread the frosting onto cakes or cupcakes, or use a frosting bag to pipe it.
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Natasha's Kitchen
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This American chocolate buttercream frosting is decadent, indulgent, and chocolatey. It has just the right amount of sweetness and is perfect for spreading or piping on cakes or Chocolate Cupcakes.
713
6,993
39
6 min
TOTAL TIME
348
CALORIES
$0.37
PER SERVING
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Serious Eats
American-Style Chocolate Buttercream Recipe
This eggless chocolate frosting takes a little more time to make than a traditional American buttercream, but not much—and its deep, dark chocolate flavor is well worth the wait.
7
762
6
45 min
TOTAL TIME
1597
CALORIES
$2.86
PER SERVING
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Lifestyle of a Foodie
Fail Proof small batch chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream
Silky smooth small batch chocolate Swiss meringue buttercream, perfect for frosting little cakes, cookies, and cupcakes!
11
626
15 min
TOTAL TIME
902
CALORIES
$2.35
PER SERVING
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A Farm Girl's Dabbles
Chocolate Buttercream
Made with just a few ingredients in under 10 minutes, this Chocolate Buttercream is rich and chocolatey, with a smooth and creamy texture. Perfect for topping cupcakes, cakes, and more. It's my absolute favorite chocolate buttercream!
9
7
10 min
TOTAL TIME
1541
CALORIES
$1.72
PER SERVING
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Buttermilk by Sam
Chocolate Mascarpone Buttercream
The most delicious chocolate buttercream ever, made with mascarpone.
16
26,949
20
10 min
TOTAL TIME
787
CALORIES
$1.38
PER SERVING
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