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15 Best Chocolate Frosting Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

JANUARY 20, 2023
15 Best Chocolate Frosting Recipes to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Everyone’s favorite topping to cakes, cupcakes, and brownies is chocolate frosting. But let’s be honest, chocolate frosting is delicious all by itself! This collection of the best chocolate frosting recipes includes traditional favorites like creamy chocolate frosting and classic chocolate ganache. It also includes more inventive recipes like chocolate sour cream frosting and coffee chocolate frosting. Whether you’re serving up a birthday cake or an everyday treat, these chocolate frosting recipes are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Baking Cherry

3 Ingredient Creamy & Smooth Chocolate Frosting

Hands down, this is one of my favorites frosting recipes. It has a rich chocolate flavor and a silky smooth texture. Simply delicious!
5,566
10 min
TOTAL TIME
1988
CALORIES
$5.32
PER SERVING
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3 Ingredient Creamy & Smooth Chocolate Frosting
Minimalist Baker

Date-Sweetened Chocolate Frosting

Creamy, rich vegan chocolate frosting made with 5 simple ingredients! Naturally sweetened with dates, infused with nut butter, and perfect for both raw and baked desserts!
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1,868
114
10 min
TOTAL TIME
105
CALORIES
$0.36
PER SERVING
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Date-Sweetened Chocolate Frosting
A Mummy Too

Perfect Chocolate Frosting

When you make chocolate buttercream, you'll usually have two options for the buttercream: cocoa or melted chocolate. For my favourite, most intense chocolate buttercream icing recipe, I use both!
1
10 min
TOTAL TIME
335
CALORIES
$0.56
PER SERVING
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Perfect Chocolate Frosting
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Civilized Caveman

Coffee Chocolate Frosting

Rich, creamy, and perfectly sweet, this Coffee Chocolate Frosting is the perfect topping to your favorite cakes and cupcakes!
12
27
88
15 min
TOTAL TIME
1366
CALORIES
$2.80
PER SERVING
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Coffee Chocolate Frosting
Fodess

The Best Easy Chocolate Frosting

The best chocolate frosting recipe - it's equal parts fluffy and creamy. Both cocoa and melted chocolate make a deeply chocolatey, but not-too-rich flavour.
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2
22 min
TOTAL TIME
356
CALORIES
$0.88
PER SERVING
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The Best Easy Chocolate Frosting
Inquiring Chef

Creamy Chocolate Frosting

No guesswork needed - this recipe makes an incredibly creamy chocolate frosting in just the right amount for an thick layer on an 8x8 cake . Don't skip the honey. It helps to stabilize the frosting and makes it extra creamy!
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601
10 min
TOTAL TIME
209
CALORIES
$0.22
PER SERVING
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Creamy Chocolate Frosting
Scientifically Sweet

The BEST Chocolate Frosting

Thick, glossy, fudgy chocolate frosting without butter or icing sugar!
13
963
10 min
TOTAL TIME
909
CALORIES
$2.55
PER SERVING
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The BEST Chocolate Frosting
Food and Wine

Chocolate Frosting

The inspiration for this frosting technique comes from dessert maven Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts .Plus: More Dessert Recipes and Tips
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32
1393
CALORIES
$1.59
PER SERVING
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Chocolate Frosting
King Arthur Baking

Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting

A great chocolate frosting should taste intensely of chocolate, be easy to put together, spread smoothly over a tender cake without tearing it, and hold its shape when piped through a pastry bag. This frosting has all of those characteristics. We made it with both natural and Dutch-process cocoa, an...
160
71
6
40 min
TOTAL TIME
1553
CALORIES
$3.10
PER SERVING
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Super-Simple Chocolate Frosting
The Merchant Baker

Whipped Chocolate Frosting

The chocolate pudding mixture needs time to completely get cool, so plan ahead. I make that part of the frosting recipe first, then work on baking my cake/cupcakes. By the time the cakes are baked and cooled, I'm ready to finish making my frosting.
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1,219
12
25 min
TOTAL TIME
38
CALORIES
$0.05
PER SERVING
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Whipped Chocolate Frosting
Erren's Kitchen

Chocolate Ganache Frosting

A simple chocolate ganache that's whipped until airy, creating an incredibly creamy and decadent frosting.
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1,004
16
10 min
TOTAL TIME
175
CALORIES
$0.46
PER SERVING
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Chocolate Ganache Frosting
I Heart Eating

Chocolate Malted Milk Frosting

This dreamy Chocolate Malted Milk Frosting is sure to be a hit with the whole family! A combination of cocoa powder and malted milk powder give this frosting a unique flavor and texture. Perfect for topping cakes, cupcakes, and other desserts, this frosting is easy to make and sure to impress. Enjoy...
11
1
15 min
TOTAL TIME
776
CALORIES
$1.16
PER SERVING
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Chocolate Malted Milk Frosting
Everyday Southwest

Easy Mexican Chocolate Frosting

This frosting is delicious on almost any flavor of cake or cupcake. If you are frosting a layer cake, be sure to make extra!
5
15 min
TOTAL TIME
$2.76
PER SERVING
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Easy Mexican Chocolate Frosting
Cooking for Kids About.com

Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

This chocolate sour cream frosting recipe is made with melted chocolate chips, confectioners sugar, and sour cream for a sweet, tangy topping.
43
20 min
TOTAL TIME
153
CALORIES
$0.19
PER SERVING
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Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting
OMG Chocolate Desserts

Chocolate Nutella Frosting

Indulge in this delectable chocolate and Nutella frosting! This easy-to-make recipe will satisfy your sweet tooth and make your desserts stand out! With just a few ingredients, you can create a creamy and rich frosting that will instantly elevate any cake or cupcake. Get ready to enjoy the chocolate...
99
15 min
TOTAL TIME
857
CALORIES
$1.54
PER SERVING
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Chocolate Nutella Frosting
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