Delicious homemade Classic Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes that are vegan, top-8 allergy-free, & sugar-free! When you need a simple chocolaty dessert recipe everyone will love and never know is “free-from”! A soft and rich cake with a simple cocoa “buttercream” frosting; it’s time to celebrate!
You didn’t think I was forgetting about chocolate ones, did you? We are on #5 of my “back-to-school” classic remakes! Just as much as I get requests for classic gluten-free vanilla cupcakes, I get the same amount for classic gluten-free CHOCOLATE cupcakes! I’m a hard sell on vanilla vs. chocolate cupcakes. It’s a hard decision. If we’re talking cupcakes with frosting, I’d go with vanilla. If we were talking just a slice of cake with frosting, I’d go with chocolate.
Vanilla vs. chocolate is such an intense debate for any category of food. The two classics, but which one is more classic? I’ve read time and time again that chocolate always reigns supreme over vanilla when the majority (in terms of ice cream) is polled. But then I hear more people vote vanilla when asking personally. Vanilla is much more customizable, but chocolate is so perfectly decadent and satisfying. Honestly, why can’t we just do half and half? Better yet, when push comes to shove, let’s always make a double batch of whatever we are making. One in vanilla and one in chocolate.
I think it comes down to the fact that I’m much more of a vanilla frosting kind of girl, but a chocolate cake kind of girl too. So I guess the ultimate cupcake would be chocolate cake with vanilla frosting. (This is all in terms of just chocolate and vanilla…don’t throw Funfetti or carrot cake into the mix!) One thing that never changes though…sprinkles MUST be included. It’s illegal otherwise. That gets to the debate of rainbow vs. chocolate sprinkles. Obviously rainbow…don’t argue with me on that one!
You know what else is up for debate? How the cupcake is eaten. Do you peel down the paper and take a big side bite of cake and frosting? Do you lick all the frosting off first and eat the cake last? Or do you eat it in some other savage way like bottom up or top down? Licking all the frosting off first I think is disgusting…no. Just give me a nice simple side bite. I’d be happing with no frosting actually. I’m not a frosting fiend. But licking it all off first? Make me shudder! At least these chocolate cupcakes are gluten-free, vegan, allergy-free, and sugar-free so if you DO have to lick the frosting off first, it isn’t so sickeningly sweet and shudder-worthy. But still…you need a bite of ALL the goods for the full happy cupcake experience!
Classic Gluten-Free Chocolate Cupcakes
- Cupcake Batter:
- 1¾ Cup Gluten-Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour
- ½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¾ Cup Erythritol
- 3 Tsp Ener-G Egg Replacer
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- 1½ Cup + 1 TB Unsweetened Dairy-Free Milk
- Chocolate "Buttercream" Frosting:
- 1 Stick Melt (Vegan Butter)
- 3 Cups Powdered Erythritol
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- Allergy-Free Sprinklz (to top)
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- In a large mixing bowl combine all cupcake batter ingredients, adding the milk last. Mix well for a non-clumpy cake batter.
- Line a standard muffin/cupcake pan with 12-14 liners and add about 3 tablespoons of the cupcake batter to each.
- Bake in the oven for 18-22 minutes.
- To make the frosting, soften the butter stick slightly and mix together with the other frosting ingredients until you get a thick, creamy, chocolate frosting.
- Allow the cupcakes to cool and using a pastry bag*, frost the cooled cupcakes. Top with sprinklz to finish.
Which ever you choose and however you eat it, a cupcake is a cupcake and should be enjoyed by all! And now we can. A perfectly simple and easy homemade classic gluten-free chocolate cupcake that’s secretly vegan, allergy-free, and sugar-free to boot! The vanilla vs. chocolate debate will never be settled, but what is settled is that fact that a cupcake will always make you smile 🙂
So tell me:
+ Vanilla vs. Chocolate????
+ How do you eat a cupcake?
Other 2017 “Back-To-School” Remakes:
Classic Gluten-Free Vanilla Cupcakes
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Oh, they look absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! Enjoy!
These cupcakes look simply wonderful!
Thank you!
These look delicious! =)
I love chocolate!
Chocolate is the best 😉
Yummy!! These look amazing 🙂
Thank you!
These look incredibly delicious 🙂 I’m legit drooling lol.
Haha, chocolate tends to do that 😉
These look naughty, buy very nice, I have a friend coming to stay who eats gluten free, so I will make some of these for us
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I’m sure they will be much appreciated!
These sound incredible! I often find gluten free cakes and things a lot tastier than normal ones. I’m going to have to try and make myself some of these soon 💖
Haha, wow! You don’t hear that often! But with these everyone will be pleasantly surprised 🙂
My cousin just discovered she has celiacs. I’m gonna send these her way!
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Fantastic! I hope you both can enjoy them!
These look spectacular!
Thank you!
Those look so good. I’ll take chocolate cupcakes anytime. I rarely frost a cake or cupcakes anymore. We prefer ours “naked.”
Can’t argue with that! Cake is the best part!
You’re totally on a cupcake roll at the moment, aren’t you? I have a mental vision of you in your kitchen, surrounded by mountains of cupcakes of all flavours and colours! xx
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You really think I would only do vanilla?
I’m with you on the two batches solution, I couldn’t imagine making a decision otherwise! I don’t know if I dare admit that I usually eat the frosting last on a cupcake…
That’s better than eating it first!
Oh my goodness those look absolutely amazing!
Thank you!
These look SO GOOD! I’m drooling! I need to make them.
Yes you do! Thank you!
Yummy!! love a good chocolate cupcake!
That swirl of chocolate frosting has my mouth watering! They are almost too pretty to eat!
Haha, thank you, Amy!
That frosting makes me want to lick my computer screen!
Ah, frosting lover 😉
These look amazing, Rebecca! Pinned 😉
Thank you, Evi!
Looks fantastic, will need to try it for my little one who has a few allergies!
These will be winners!
Your frosting skills are so much better than mine Rebecca.
And I peel down the paper and take a big side bite of the cake and frosting! Although I might just be tempted to face plant on these! 😀
Yummy!
Haha, if only you saw the frosting struggles I have!
Haha, these may cause a few face-plants 😉
Yes I’m with you – I prefer vanilla frosting, but I would always choose chocolate cake over vanilla! Hehe. These look really delicious!
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There is just something about chocolate cake 😉
My son would love these! And yes sprinkles are must on cupcakes. Leaving them off would be tragic.
Have to have that pop of FUN!
Wow, do these look ahhmazing! I’ll be happy to take a couple of these of your hands! haha
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Chocolate cupcakes always go fast 😉
The s is awesome! Perfect to make for any kiddos birthday party! I’ll have to make these 🙂
A birthday party must!
Those look awesome. As I was scrolling down I was kind of hoping there would be one of those shots where you had bitten into one, so I could live vicariously!
Haha, I think one of those is on my IG from a few weeks ago!
Loving these cup cakes, that frosting looks delicious.
Of course chocolate frosting is 😉 Thank you!
I sometimes eat my cupcakes pretty weird. If they are big, I remove the bottom and put it on top and eat it kind of like a cupcake sandwich lolol But anyway, I love how “guilt free” this cupcake is! Definitely need to try this recipe.
I’ve heard of the cupcake sandwich-er method 😉
I absolutely love chocolate frosting. The cake is good too, but mmmm chocolate frosting! Yum!
Bites of double chocolate!
These look adorable! I love your food styling <3. And the recipe is pretty fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you so much, Sara!
These are adorable! I love healthy recipe posts…proof that you don’t have to cut out ALL sweets to get there.
Exactly! You just have to cook and bake SMART!
I love that creamy frosting!! I pull down the paper and side bite. Usually I’ll take a finger swipe of the frosting first, though…just to check it out.
Haha, of course, have to make sure it’s “legit” 😉
So yummy and so easy! You’re pictures are amazing too!
Aw, thank you!
Oh gosh! I’m drooling… Love your photographic skills. Can’t wait to try these. New here. what is Erythritol?
Thank you! It’s a natural sugar sub. You can see from the link in the ingredients.