Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

Silky, smooth Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting is so easy to make and it tastes amazing! It makes the perfect filling and frosting for cakes and cupcakes.

 

Mmmm...Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting- The wait is over!

Our recipes section is filled with many favorite cream cheese frosting variations, but somehow we've never added a chocolate version.

The wait is over- we think you're going to love this long-overdue addition of Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting! SO good.

 

 

How to Make Easy, Delicious Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting

If you love Cream Cheese Frostings like we do, you don't want to miss this fantastic recipe. The best part is, it can be whipped up in no time!

You can find the full, printable recipe card further down in this post. Here is a quick rundown of our steps!

• Cut the butter into slices and add to the bowl of your mixer. Beat on low to medium speed until the butter is softened and smooth.

 

• Add cocoa and mix until blended.

 

• Cut the cream cheese into pieces and add to the butter, beating at low to medium speed until incorporated.

 

• Next, add the vanilla. Gradually add the powdered sugar beating on low speed until blended.

 

• Increase mixing speed to medium and beat until fluffy. Be careful not to over-mix. If this cream cheese frosting is beaten too long, it will become very soft. If this happens, just refrigerate for 10 to 15 minutes.

 

• This Chocolate Cream Cheese frosting, as with most cream cheese frostings, will pipe best if used while still very cool. You can make it in advance, refrigerate and when ready to use let it soften slightly (do not microwave) and remix.

 

 

Tips for Working with Cream Cheese Frosting: 

• We hope that you enjoy this Chocolate Cream Cheese Recipe! As with most cream cheese frosting recipes, the consistency is a bit on the softer side, but it holds up well to piping.

 

• If it becomes too soft while you are decorating your cake or cupcakes, simply refrigerate for about five minutes or so to firm it up. Or, if you still feel that it is softer than it should be, add a bit more powdered sugar.

 

• If you are doing a lot of piping and feel that the heat of your hands is melting the frosting in the piping bag, you can make a second bag of the frosting and alternate between the two, chilling one while the other is used. 

 

What Cakes go with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting?

There are SO many cake and cupcake recipes that would pair well with chocolate cream cheese frosting. Here are just a few of our favorites!

Chocolate Cake

Yellow Cake,

Marble Cake  

Classic Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Italian Cream Cake  (pictured below)

Vanilla Bean Cake

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

...and so many more! 

 

 

 

Check out our Best Cake Recipes and Online Cake Tutorials!

We hope that you enjoy this recipe! Don't miss our other tried and true cake and frosting recipes, including our Classic Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting in our Recipes Section!

If you are also interested in cake decorating, we have hundreds of free cake decorating tutorials as well as recipes in our Recipes & Tutorials Section!

 

More Favorite Cream Cheese Frostings to Try!

You know you love cream cheese frostings when you make a whole post about all of the flavors you've made! Check out these favorites! A Roundup of our Favorite Cream Cheese Frosting Recipes!

 

Enjoy the Recipe

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you give this Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting recipe a try, we'd love to hear what you think! Make sure to leave a comment or photo below. Enjoy!