Chocolate Malt Cupcakes

If you have a glorious weakness for chocolate, and if you love the creamy flavor of malt, AND if you have any respect whatsoever for that fact that it is National Milk Chocolate Day…and how could you not?…then, my friends, these sweet little morsels are liable to just flip you around backwards in all their chocolaty loveliness. Pretty sure I ate them…all…by…myself. I suppose I should be ashamed. I’ll work on that…soon.

Milk Chocolate Malt Cupcakes

Ingredients:
1- 1/2    cups Bisquick® mix
3/4    cup sugar
1/3    cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4    c malted milk powder–plain or chocolate
2/3    cup milk
1/4    cup vegetable oil
1    teaspoon vanilla
2    eggs

Frosting
2    tablespoons malted milk powder–plain or chocolate
2    tablespoons milk
2    cups powdered sugar
1    tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
1/4    cup butter, softened

1.    Heat oven to 357 F. Line 16 regular-size muffin cups with paper baking cups. In large bowl, beat all cupcake ingredients on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on medium speed 4 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spoon evenly into muffin cups.
2.    Bake about 15 minutes. Immediately remove from pan. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
3.    In medium bowl, stir together malted milk powder and milk; let stand 5 minutes. Add remaining frosting ingredients; beat with electric mixer on medium speed 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth. Spread frosting over cupcakes.

Happy National Milk Chocolate Day!