Hot Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe

Our Hot Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe is bursting with bits of melting mini chocolate chips throughout a chocolate batter that microwaves into a divine dessert. This fudgy chocolate chip mug cake is guaranteed to impress your special valentine.

Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe

A Hot Chocolate Mug Cake with bits of fudgy mini chocolate chips throughout microwaves into a divine dessert that’s sure to impress your valentine.

"Bake" up some love for your sweetie this Valentine's Day in just two minutes with this gooey Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe!

Yes, that's right, two minutes! Our mug cake "bakes" quickly in the microwave so you can make a Valentine dessert for two in just minutes!

A delicious sweet treat, this hot cocoa mug cake recipe is made with simple ingredients and the perfect way to show how much you care.

Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream, top with whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate syrup for a truly decadent cake in a mug.

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Drizzled with hot fudge sauce and topped with whipped topping, cake sparkles and jumbo hearts sprinkles, our hot chocolate mug cake is the perfect sweet treat for your valentine!

Love hot chocolate? Be sure to try our Italian Hot Chocolate recipe. Trust me, you'll be happy you did!

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Mug Cake Flavors

Want to try other mug cake flavors? No worries, because here at Swirls our easy chocolate mug cake recipe isn't the only flavor in town!

You'll want to give these fabulous mug cake recipes a try too:

• A Raspberry Lemon Mug Cake, hot out of the microwave and topped with whipped topping, lemon curd and fresh raspberries, is a delicious quick and easy no bake dessert recipe. 
• You can have a piece of Blueberry Mug Cake With Lemon Glaze with our easy recipe that "bakes" in your microwave in just minutes! 

How to make a chocolate mug cake

Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below

1. Coat a microwave-safe mug with cooking spray
2. In your prepared mug, combine half and half, butter, egg yolk and vanilla
3. Stir in brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder and salt
4. Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips but do not stir in! Chips will sink into the batter as cake “bakes”.
5. Microwave on high for 2 minutes or until cake has puffed up Continue microwaving in 15-second intervals, if necessary.  
6. Cool about 1 minute. Cake will sink down as it cools.
7. Top with hot fudge sauce, whipped topping, sparkles and heart sprinkles. 

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Be sure to use a microwave safe mug
• For best results, it is important to coat the inside of your mug with cooking spray
• Add white chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips
• Top your hot chocolate mug cake with mini marshmallows
• Add a marachino cherry on top!

Substitutions

• Omit the all-purpose flour and baking powder and make your mug cake with self-rising flour
• You can use light brown sugar or dark brown sugar

Easy Mug Cake Recipes

• Raspberry Lemon Mug Cake
• Blueberry Lemon Mug Cake
• Boston Cream Pie Mug Cake from The Monday Box
• Coconut Mug Cake from An Affair From The Heart

Ingredients for easy hot chocolate mug cake

• half and half
• butter
• egg yolk
• vanilla
• packed brown sugar 
• all-purpose flour
• unsweetened cocoa powder
• salt
• mini chocolate chips
• hot fudge topping
• whipped topping
• pink and/or red cake sparkles
• jumbo hearts sprinkles

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Hot Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe

Hot Chocolate Mug Cake is a warm, fudgy chocolate cake with bits of melty mini chocolate chips throughout that microwaves into a divine dessert that's guaranteed to impress your special valentine. 

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate mug cake, chocolate mug cake recipe, mug cake

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 3 minutes

Total Time 8 minutes

Servings 1

Calories 880kcal

Author Gwynn Galvin

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Ingredients

• 3 Tbs. half and half
• 2 Tbs. butter , melted and cooled
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/4 tsp. vanilla
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 2 Tbs. all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/8 tsp. salt
• 2 Tbs. mini chocolate chips

Toppings:

• 1 Tbs. hot fudge topping
• 1/3 cup whipped topping
• pink and/or red cake sparkles
• jumbo hearts sprinkles

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Instructions

• Spray a 10-ounce or larger microwave-safe mug with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine half and half, melted butter, egg yolk and vanilla in prepared mug until blended.
• Add brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder and salt and stir until smooth.
• Sprinkle with mini chocolate chips. Do not stir chips into batter! Chips will sink down into batter as cake "bakes".
• Microwave 2 minutes or until cake is puffed and a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs. If necessary, continue microwaving in 10-second intervals being sure not to over cook! Let stand 1 minute. Cake will sink down as it stands.
• Drizzle with hot fudge sauce and top with whipped topping, cake sparkles and jumbo heart sprinkles.

Notes

Makes 1 serving.

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• Be sure that the mug you use is a microwave safe mug
• Coat the inside of your mug with cooking spray

Nutrition

Calories: 880kcal | Carbohydrates: 112g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 46g | Saturated Fat: 28g | Cholesterol: 277mg | Sodium: 588mg | Potassium: 338mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 85g | Vitamin A: 1186IU | Calcium: 181mg | Iron: 4mg

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