Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

Yes, the name is offensive. I just don't know what else to call them! :) For those of you who have never had an Irish Car Bomb shot/drink (it's a little large to be called a shot, I think), it is a shot of Baileys with a little Jameson on top, dropped into a half pint (or full pint if you are in Toledo, Spain!) of Guinness and the whole thing has to be drank quickly or it will curdle. It ends up tasting kind of like chocolate milk, weirdly enough.

When I saw this drink in cupcake form, of course I had to make them. Deb at Smitten Kitchen is a genius for coming up with this one! (She might not have invented this cupcake, but hey - she's still pretty awesome!) Since our party was fairly close to St. Patrick's Day, I felt it was appropriate!

Kate and I tackled these after we made the Bananas Foster Cupcakes. We were a few glasses of wine into the evening, but these still turned out great :) It is a fairly involved recipe due to the fact that you have to heat butter and Guinness for the batter, make the ganache, cut out holes in the cupcakes, and also make the frosting - but OH BOY is it worth it!

Even if you only make the cupcake part of these, it will be worth it. These were EASILY the best chocolate cupcakes I have ever consumed. I was SO glad that you had to cut out the middles of the cupcakes, because then you also get to eat them :)

My cookie cutter was a little larger than recommended, but it still worked great!

The whole product is pretty rich and chocolately so it might be just TOO awesome for some people :) Definitely try these!!