Celebrate the holiday season with this easy Christmas mug cake! Two minutes to make and full of chocolate and peppermint flavors, topped with candy canes and whipped cream. It’ll be one of your favorite festive desserts or snacks!
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Chocolate Peppermint Christmas Mug Cake
I am very festive about all the seasons, but particularly Christmas, so I couldn’t wait to share this easy Christmas mug cake with you!
Enjoy this Christmas mug cake as it is, or follow the tips below for substitutions to make it sugar-free, gluten-free, or vegan.
I find the peppermint flavor strong enough with the candy cane pieces mixed in with the chocolate.
They melt ever so slightly in the microwave and that brings out their flavor into the chocolate cake.
If you want a stronger peppermint chocolate cake taste, add a drop of peppermint oil.
Just a drop! Peppermint oil is super strong and if you use too much it can overpower a cake.
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Christmas Mug Cake Ingredients
It only takes a few ingredients and two minutes to make this candy cane mug cake:
-flour (or whole wheat flour, or gluten-free all-purpose flour mix)
-cocoa
-sugar any granulated sugar, white, coconut sugar, erythritol, etc.
-butter or oil
-milk, any kind
-baking powder
-vanilla
-candy cane
-optional: peppermint oil
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Christmas Mug Cake Tips
To crush your candy canes, the easiest way is to bash them with a rolling pin. Great reliever of any holiday stress you might be storing too! 😉
There are no eggs in this mug cake, so to make it vegan, just use a non-dairy milk. And for the butter, either use vegan butter, or oil.
To make this a gluten-free Christmas mug cake, substitute an all-purpose flour mix like this one for the flour in the recipe.
Paleo flours like coconut flour and almond flour won’t work for this recipe. You can check out the naturally gluten-free mug cake recipes here.
I didn’t want a super peppermint-y mug cake so I prefer this mug cake recipe with just the chopped candy canes in the cake and on top. If you want a bigger peppermint chocolate cake taste, add a drop of pure peppermint extract.
It took my microwave 90 seconds to perfectly cook this mug cake.
Start with 1 minute, and then add 15 second increments if it needs a bit more time to cook.
Let’s make this festive mug cake!
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Christmas Mug Cake
This 2-minute Christmas mug cake is full of festive chocolate and peppermint flavors! Enjoy topped with whipped cream and crushed candy canes, or with a side of hot chocolate or coffee. It will be a new favorite holiday treat!
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp regular flour or whole wheat flour, or gluten-free all-purpose flour mix
- 1 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp sugar any granulated sugar, white, coconut sugar, erythritol, etc
- 1 ½ tbsp melted butter or oil (or coconut oil or vegan butter)
- 3 tbsp milk any kind
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 small candy cane crushed
- Optional: drop of pure peppermint oil
Instructions
- Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and sugar in a small bowl, or right into your mug.
- Stir in the crushed candy cane pieces.
- Pour in melted butter or oil, milk, vanilla, and drop of peppermint oil.
- Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
- Pour batter into a mug.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute and check for doneness.
- If it needs a bit more time, add 15 seconds at a time until cooked.
- Dig in, or top with whipped cream and more crushed candy canes!
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And for another delicious chocolate dessert, try this gooey chocolate mug cake.
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Looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing. Mug Cakes are perfect.
Hey Stacy! You’re welcome! I hope you love this Christmas mug cake if you try it. xx
Thank you for sharing! This looks like the perfect quick treat for a late night chocolate craving!
Yay! Hope you love this Christmas mug cake! xx