What would be the best type of frosting for these cupcakes?

Gracey_Manor Maid · November 2011

Ok so I am in charge of making a dessert for Thanksgiving dinner. I decided to make chocolate cupcakes with a filling. Some will have a chocolate filling some will have a caramel filling and some will have a peanut butter cup filling. What type of frosting would you ladies use for them?

I would like to make one batch of frosting for all three but I am not sure what would work well with caramel, choclate and peanut butter cups. I thought of using chocolate but I'm not sure if it would be to much chocolate since the cupcakes are going to be chocolate as well.

Suggestions?

ABColeslaw · November 2011

Is there any such thing as too much chocolate????

Gracey_Manor Maid · November 2011

ABColeslaw:
Is there any such thing as too much chocolate????

lol my husand said the exact same thing...and apparently the answer is no. haha

ABColeslaw · November 2011

Gracey_Manor Maid:
ABColeslaw:
Is there any such thing as too much chocolate????

lol my husand said the exact same thing...and apparently the answer is no. haha

Now I want caramel filled cupcakes with chocolate frosting!!!!!!!!!

BeerBeck · November 2011

What about butter cream? Or French vanilla?

... although I am not opposed to an extra dose of chocolate!

Gracey_Manor Maid · November 2011

BeerBeck:
What about butter cream? Or French vanilla?

... although I am not opposed to an extra dose of chocolate!

See O thought pf buttercream too but I wasn't sure ifit would go well wiith the peanut butter ones

chile_chicken · November 2011

I vote for chocolate too! Mmmm- I have a lime cupcake with cream cheese icing waiting in the pantry for me and now you have made me want it even more!

bstrangely · November 2011

omg, is your siggy a thundercat?? that's awesome!

ABColeslaw · November 2011

chile_chicken:
I vote for chocolate too! Mmmm- I have a lime cupcake with cream cheese icing waiting in the pantry for me and now you have made me want it even more!

Good Lord that sounds amazing! I'm making red velvet with cream cheese frosting for a bride's maid gtg tomorrow! Drooooool!

Abinormal · November 2011

I'd do a French vanilla or a cream cheese frosting, but I like "white" frostings with chocolate cake.

nanabanana06 · November 2011

For me I would probably do a mixture. I have a pretty kick butt vanilla buttercream recipe I would do for one, a chocolate butter cream for another, and then marshmallow frosting. All three are easy to make. The chocolate buttercream recipe I have though is pretty bomb. I remember eating it plain with a spoon when pregnant.