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Better Than Sex Cupcakes – The Ultimate Chocolate Caramel Cupcake Recipe

By Mary Susan4.7 (51)Prep 20 min · Cook 20 min
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These Better Than Sex Cupcakes are rich chocolate caramel cupcakes soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce, then topped with fluffy whipped cream, chocolate, and toffee bits. If you’re looking for a prize-winning cupcake recipe that’s easy to make and always disappears first at parties, this is it.

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Why You’ll Love These Better Than Sex Cupcakes

  • Rich chocolate cupcakes soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce.
  • Easy to make using simple ingredients and minimal prep.
  • Perfect for birthdays, potlucks, holidays, and bake sales.
  • Topped with fluffy whipped cream, toffee bits, and chocolate for the ultimate dessert.
  • Inspired by the classic Better Than Sex Cake, but in easy-to-serve cupcake form.
  • A crowd-favorite cupcake recipe that always gets rave reviews.

Ingredients You’ll Need

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For the Chocolate Cupcakes

  • Dark chocolate fudge cake mix
  • Eggs
  • Egg white
  • Buttermilk
  • Sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • Mild-tasting oil such as vegetable oil
  • Cocoa powder
  • All-purpose flour

For the Caramel Sauce

  • Sweetened condensed milk
  • Caramel sauce

For the Stabilized Whipped Cream Topping

  • Heavy whipping cream
  • Powdered sugar
  • Unflavored gelatin
  • Cold water
better than sex cupcakes topped with whipped cream, caramel sauce, and Heath bits, on the counter next to a piping bag filled with whipped cream
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Favorite Tools for Making Better than Sex Cupcakes

These are some of my favorite tools to make the process of making these cupcakes run smoothly.

  • Tulip Cupcake Liners– perfect cupcake liners that create a large cupcake.
  • Wilton Muffin Pan– Using a regular sized cupcake pan works great. I’ve owned this one for years and it is still kicking.
  • Metal Cookie Scoop – the large 4 tbsp cookie scoop is the perfect amount of batter for the tulip cupake liners.
  • Squirt Bottles– I find putting the caramel sauce in the squirt bottles makes for less mess and easy application.
better than sex cupcakes topped with whipped cream, caramel sauce, and Heath bits, with bowl full of Heath bits to the side

The Story behind the Better Than Sex Cupcakes

A few years back, my husband’s work did a bakeoff contest. Spouses were able to participate, so I was all over that. I agonized for weeks about what I was going to make and finally decided on a coconut cake with a pineapple curd. I decorated it with buttercream, and even made little buttercream pineapples to put on top. They were pretty darn cute.

Then I heard through the grapevine that one of the judges was going to be a Cupcake Wars Winner. I was pretty excited knowing that I was going to get to meet this secret person. I assumed it was Megan Brown, owner of The Sweet Tooth Fairy here in Utah, but it wasn’t. The judge was Alisha, and she was the owner of CravingsAlishasCupcakes. She was so fun, and gifted everyone free cupcakes from her shop.

A month or so later, I drove down to her darling cupcake shop in Pleasant Grove to get my free cupcakes. I don’t remember all the flavors I got, but I do remember getting her Cupcake Wars winning cupcake; Better Than What. You may know this cupcake as BTS cake or Better than Sex cake. Whatever you call it, it is incredibly delicious!

One day, instead of making the hour roundtrip to buy her cupcakes, I decided to just try and make them. Wow, did I hit the nail on the head the first time. I’ve since made them several times, and they are always a hit!

It’s a chocolate cake drenched in caramel sauce, covered in whipped cream, and sprinkled with Heath bits. You seriously can’t go wrong with this one. I like to make these in a Texas sized cupcake pan fitted with parchment paper, or in a normal sized cupcake pan fitted with tall liners, like these. This way you get a large cupcake that’s best eaten with a fork.

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Recipe

Better Than Sex Cupcakes

These Better Than Sex Cupcakes are rich chocolate caramel cupcakes soaked with sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce, then topped with fluffy whipped cream, chocolate, and toffee bits. If you're looking for a prize-winning cupcake recipe that's easy to make and always disappears first at parties, this is it.

4.7 (51)
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Prep
20 min
Cook
20 min
Serves
12
better than sex cupcakes topped with whipped cream, caramel sauce, and Heath bits, on the counter next to a piping bag filled with whipped cream

Ingredients

  • 1 box Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 egg white
  • ¾ cup buttermilk
  • ⅔ cup sour cream, or greek yogurt
  • ⅓ cup mild tasting oil
  • ½ cup cocoa powder
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour

For the Caramel Sauce

  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 1 small jar (14 oz.) of caramel sauce I prefer Hershey’s

For the Topping

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp unflavored gelatin
  • 1½ TBS cold water
  • milk chocolate Heath bits

Instructions

For the Better Than Sex Cupcakes

  1. 1Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a standard cupcake pan with tall cupcake liners and set aside.
  2. 2Prepare the cupcake batter. In a large mixing bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, egg white, buttermilk, sour cream (or Greek yogurt), and oil. Mix with a hand mixer until smooth.
  3. 3Add the cocoa powder and flour. Mix just until combined, being careful not to overmix.
  4. 4Fill each cupcake liner about ⅔ full, using a heaping ¼ cup of batter for each cupcake.
  5. 5Bake for 18–23 minutes, or until the tops spring back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
  6. 6While the cupcakes bake, prepare the caramel filling by stirring together the sweetened condensed milk and caramel sauce in a small bowl. Transfer the mixture to a squeeze bottle if desired for easier filling.
  7. 7Pour the caramel sauce on top of each cupcake with a generous amount of the caramel mixture. Let the cupcakes cool completely before adding the topping.
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For the Stabilized Whipped Cream

  1. 8In a small bowl, combine the cold water and gelatin. Stir until combined and allow the mixture to sit for 5 minutes until thickened.
  2. 9In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment (or using a hand mixer), beat the heavy whipping cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks begin to form.
  3. 10Microwave the gelatin mixture for about 5 seconds, or just until it becomes liquid again. Stir 1 tablespoon of the whipped cream into the gelatin mixture to temper it.
  4. 11With the mixer running on low speed, slowly drizzle the gelatin mixture into the whipped cream. Increase the speed and continue whipping until stiff peaks form.

Assemble the Cupcakes

  1. 12Transfer the whipped cream to a piping bag fitted with your favorite decorating tip. Pipe the whipped cream onto the cooled cupcakes.
  2. 13Sprinkle generously with Heath toffee bits and drizzle with the remaining caramel sauce.
  3. 14Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or until ready to serve.

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