Gluten Free Flourless Mini Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes Recipe

You know me, I am always trying to come up with gluten free recipes that are simple to make and use “normal” ingredients and if that recipe is for dessert, then all the better. If I am going to use that recipe for entertaining then being able to make it ahead of time is an even bigger plus.

I threw myself a birthday bash recently and decided I really didn’t want a birthday cake. Instead I wanted an array of mini desserts. After all, why eat one piece of one thing when you can eat a variety of small bites? So I made mini coconut cupcakes, mini cream puffs, mini strawberry shortcakes and these little beauties – Gluten Free Flourless Mini Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes.

These are so simple and everyone loved them. So many people commented on how it is so nice to be able to have just a bite of something chocolate. Of course I noticed that a lot of people had more than just one, but who’s counting?

My husband was adamant about me not spending the whole party in the kitchen (apparently it is bad form to do so when you are the hostess and birthday girl) so I had to keep it all pretty easy. That meant nothing that took much time to decorate but everything still had to look pretty. I made the cupcakes the day before, piped on the cream an hour or so ahead, dusted with a little cocoa powder and topped them with a bright red maraschino cherry half – pretty but not fussy.

Since the menu for the party was composed entirely of little bites and desserts that I could prepare in advance I was actually able to be a guest at my own party – what a concept!

If you need more than 24 of these you can easily double the recipe with no problem.

4.50 from 2 votes

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Gluten Free Flourless Mini Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes Recipe

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Servings: 24 mini cupcakes

Calories: 124kcal

Author: Gluten Free & More

Ingredients

• ▢ 24 maraschino cherries
• ▢ 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (1 cup)
• ▢ ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
• ▢ 3 large eggs
• ▢ ¼ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder plus more for garnish
• ▢ 1 ½ tablespoons maraschino cherry liquid
• ▢ 1/8 teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
• ▢ ½ cup heavy whipping cream
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ ¼ cup powdered sugar

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Instructions

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  Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line a 24 cup mini muffin pan with mini cupcake baking papers.
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  Remove stems from the cherries, cut in half and dry with paper towels.
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  Combine chocolate chips and butter in a large microwave safe mixing bowl and cook on high power until the butter is melted and the chocolate chips are very soft, about 2 minutes. Stir until the mixture is smooth and glossy. Let cool slightly. Whisk in the eggs, sugar, cocoa powder, cherry liquid and salt. Ladle half the batter into the prepared pan, place a maraschino cherry half in each cupcake and fill with the remaining batter, filling the cups almost full. Bake for 20 minutes or until risen and the tops look dry. Let cupcakes cool in the pan.
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  Whip the cream with the vanilla and powdered sugar. Top the cooled cupcakes with the whipped cream, dust with a little cocoa powder and top with the remaining maraschino halves.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Gluten Free Flourless Mini Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 124 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Fat 9g14%

Saturated Fat 5g25%

Cholesterol 38mg13%

Sodium 23mg1%

Potassium 55mg2%

Carbohydrates 10g3%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 8g9%

Protein 1g2%

Vitamin A 227IU5%

Calcium 15mg2%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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