Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting + Video

This is the BEST Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting! Silky smooth and creamy, yet thick and sturdy enough for piping on cakes or cupcakes. It’s super easy to make and not too sweet.

I’ve gotten many requests for a chocolate version of my BEST cream cheese frosting recipe, so I’m very happy to share this chocolate cream cheese frosting recipe today.

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

My recipe for regular cream cheese frosting uses a good amount of butter and way less powdered sugar than most recipes, which keeps it from going soft and stringy.

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To make chocolate cream cheese frosting, I simply added unsweetened cocoa powder and just one more cup of powdered sugar from my original cream cheese frosting recipe. Still less sugar than most other recipes, but perfectly sweet. It’s rich and chocolatey, but still has that tang we all know and love from the cream cheese.

You’ll definitely want to sift your cocoa and powdered sugar for this chocolate cream cheese frosting so there are no obvious clumps. This will also help ensure a smooth, velvety texture.

I recommend these large round sifters that I used in bakeries to make sifting quick and easy. TIP: Sift ingredients onto a piece of parchment paper. Then bring both ends together to create an easy pour spout to empty the contents.

If buttercream is too sweet for you, then give this chocolate cream cheese frosting a try. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised. It goes great on my Chocolate Cupcakes. I’m thinking it would also be really good on my Chocolate Zucchini Cake. Yum!

More Cream Cheese Frostings:

• The BEST Cream Cheese Frosting
• Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting
• Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
• Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
• Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting

4.41 from 288 ratings

Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Created by Amber Brady

Prep: 10 minutes mins

Total: 10 minutes mins

This is the BEST Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting! Silky smooth and creamy, yet thick and sturdy enough for piping on cakes or cupcakes. It’s super easy to make and not too sweet.

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YieldsYields20 servings

Ingredients

• ▢ 8 oz (226 g) block-style cream cheese, cold
• ▢ ½ cup (113 g) salted or unsalted butter, (1 stick) room temperature
• ▢ ½ cup (40 g) unsweetened cocoa, (not hot chocolate mix)
• ▢ 2 cups (240 g) powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla extract

Equipment

• Electric Hand Mixer
• 4-Quart Glass Mixing Bowl
• Wilton 2D Tip
• Wilton 3-Piece Icing Spatula Set

Instructions

 

• Measure, then sift the cocoa and powdered sugar together. Set aside.
• Place the cream cheese in a large mixing bowl.
• Using an electric hand mixer, beat until smooth.
• Gradually add the butter 2 Tablespoons at a time, and continue beating until smooth and well blended.
• Add the powdered sugar/cocoa mixture and vanilla all at once. Blend until combined and smooth. Use for any recipe that calls for chocolate cream cheese frosting.

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Notes

*YIELD: 2 ½ cups frosting

*Will frost about 12-15 cupcakes. Double the recipe for a layered cake.

*Don’t beat too long or the frosting will be too soft to pipe. If this happens, place the frosting in the refrigerator or freezer until it firms back up.

*You can store this frosting either at room temperature (which is 70 degrees Fahrenheit) or in the refrigerator. Do not go back and forth storing from one to the other, for food safety reasons. Use your own judgement.

Nutrition Info.

Nutrition

Serving: 2 Tbsp | Calories: 105kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 117mg | Potassium: 66mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 148IU | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 0.3mg

Disclaimer: Nutritional values were calculated using a third-party tool and are provided as an estimation only.

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