These Sugar Free Chocolate Cupcakes were a big hit with guests when I made them for a friend’s wedding. They’re a great option for those who are not able to eat sugar!
Years ago, my son’s kindergarten teacher asked me to make cupcakes for her wedding. I made a lot of white wedding cake cupcakes, but she wanted me to make a dozen that were sugar free for some guests who couldn’t have sugar. I baked some chocolate cupcakes with Splenda, and she was very happy. Alternative sweeteners have gotten better over the years, so we just recently re-tested this recipe using monk fruit sweetener and we found that this type of sweetener was a nice improvement for the taste of these sugar free chocolate cupcakes.
Ingredients needed:
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- boiling water
- sifted cake flour
- Monk Fruit zero calorie sweetener (brand recommendations are included in the recipe)
- baking soda and salt
- butter
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla extract
How to make Sugar Free Cupcakes:
The complete, printable recipe is at the end of this post.
Remove from the pan; cool completely on a wire rack.
Frost your sugar free chocolate cupcakes with sugar free chocolate frosting. These are a delicious cupcake for the sugar free crowd. Enjoy!
You might be interested in this post: How to make Wedding Cupcakes, where I included all of the information needed for making your own wedding cupcakes.
Sweetener Notes:
We used Better Body Foods Monk Fruit Zero Calorie Sweetener for this recipe. It’s a Monk Fruit Erythritol blend. Other brands are Splenda Monk Fruit and Lakanto. They are all available at Walmart. We tested the recipe with Walmart brand Good Value Stevia and there was too much of a chemical taste. We did not test the recipe with any other kinds of alternative sweeteners.
The Best Cupcake Recipes:
- Margarita Cupcakes
- Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Pina Colada Cupcakes
- Pink Strawberry Cupcakes
- Pink Champagne Cupcakes
If you happen to be following the Weight Watchers WW plan, you’ll find a link to the WW Points on the recipe card below.
Sugar Free Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup boiling water
- 1½ cups sifted cake flour (sift, then measure)
- 1 cup Monk Fruit Zero Calorie Sweetener (SEE NOTES BELOW)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake papers.
- In a small bowl, combine the cocoa powder and boiling water, whisking until blended and smooth; set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, monk fruit sweetener, baking soda and salt. Add the butter and mix with an electric mixer until the mixture is crumbly.
- In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, cocoa mixture and vanilla. Add ⅓ of the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Beat on low speed with electric mixer until blended. Beat at medium speed for an additional 30 seconds until the mixture is smooth (scrape down sides of bowl, as needed). Repeat two more times, until all the wet mixture has been added.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan. Fill 10 cupcakes for a fuller cupcake, or 12 for smaller cupcakes.
- Bake 20 to 22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the pan; cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
- Sweetener Notes: We used Better Body Foods Monk Fruit Zero Calorie Sweetener for this recipe. It's a Monk Fruit Erythritol blend. Other brands are Splenda Monk Fruit and Lakanto. They are all available at Walmart.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi! Can I substitute the cake flour with gluten free flour? Do you think it’ll turn out okay? My mother in law is on gluten free diet because she has celiac disease and she wants sugar free cupcakes.
Looking forward to your reply. Very much appreciated. 🙂
I think you can. Try using Cup4Cup brand flour. That’s the brand I have the most success with. I haven’t tried it with this recipe though.
My husband loved them!
I tried this over the weekend. My cupcakes did not rise 🙁 Any suggestions on what I can do?
I’m not sure! I’m so sorry 🙁
My whole family loved these cupcakes made for my brothers birthday