Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes Or Icing

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups chocolate chips
• 1 1/2 cups butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/4 cups cherry jam or 1 1/4 cups cherry pie filling
• 18 cherries, with stems
• edible glitter or red candy sprinkles
• 1 chocolate baking bar

Recipe

• 1 prepare, bake and cool cupcakes.
• 2 melt 2 1/4 c chocolate chips, cool slightly.
• 3 on medium speed, beat butter until fluffy. beat in melted chocolate, vanilla, confectioners' sugar until smooth.
• 4 chill until thickened (approx 15 mins).
• 5 spoon jam or filling until freezer bag. snip 1/4" hole in one corner. insert bag tip 1" deep into center top of each cupcake. squeeze 1 tbs jam into each.
• 6 transfer frosting into pastry bag fitted with decorative tip and pipe over cupcakes.
• 7 optional topping:.
• 8 sprinkle with edible glitter or red sprinkles and chocolate shavings from chocolate bar. melt remaining chocolate and barely dip fresh cherries into mixture. cool and set atop each cupcake.