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MOIST CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES 
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1 teaspoon vinegar

Mix all of the ingredients well with a mixer. It should be brown and smooth. Free of lumps. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes. Cupcakes will turn out moist and delicious.

Buttermilk or milk may be substituted for water. Melted butter may be substituted for oil.

Submitted by: Leeza Malachevsky

recipe reviews
Moist Chocolate Cupcakes
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 Kellie (North Carolina) says:
This recipe is GREAT! I baked these about 3 times before I realized they are vegan which made my vegan friends very happy! I bake mine for 20 minutes and they come out perfect!
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 Nikki (California) says:
These are wonderfully moist, and with milk free cocoa powder they are vegan! This recipe made 12 cupcakes and 12 mini cupcakes. A big hit!
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 Emma (Michigan) says:
Can you use apple cider vinegar instead of regular vinegar?
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 Aishia (New Zealand) says:
Thank you so much Leeza I am a 11 year old And these are my familys favourite treats. I make them every week
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 Jennie (United Kingdom) says:
Yum, yum, yum!!! I made the original recipe first and they were amazing, slight crisp on top and soooo moist in the middle. Just doing the recommended vanilla version now and if the raw mix is anything to go by they are going to be as fab, if not better than the chocolate ones! Not so much water needed on the vanilla version though...
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 Alison (Minnesota) says:
Very moist! Not as flavorful as I'd hoped. Added 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips to the second half of the batch and they turned out FABULOUS!!
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 Paige (Pennsylvania) says:
I added 3 small over ripe bananas and subsituted 1/2 cup of nestle chocolate morsels instead of the coco. Delicious! So moist! Thanks :)
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 Amyi (California) says:
This was the BEST chocolate cupcakes ever!!! I loved them, especially because it was my first time making cupcakes. Very easy becasue im only 13 and they were great. I was first in doubt of the instructions because they were very simple, but I mixed the dry ingredients first, then added melted dark chocolate last. YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THIS!!!!!
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 AdSo (Senegal) says:
Thank you to all of the comments.. They were a great help to figuring out which cupcakes to make! I hope they're great!
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 Chenoa (Alberta) says:
I gave this out to people at my school and they couldn't get enough of it!
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 Joy (United Arab Emirates) says:
I can honestly say that these are the best chocolate cupcakes/cake i have ever tasted. They turned out so moist,sticky and yummy. I even called my husband to tell him that i had discovered the best recipe for chocolate cupcakes.
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 Dannette (Minnesota) says:
Love these cupcakes. They are delicious every time and very simple to make. My 6 year old has even made them with success.

I make them with water and sometimes substitute unsweetened applesauce for the oil which gives them a slight crispness around the edges and they're still scrumptious.
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 Louis (Ohio) says:
Yum!!! This is the first cupcake recipe from scratch that I have tried and I can't believe it tastes so good and the texture is so perfect without any eggs. I followed the recipe exactly as given with the exception that I added 1 tsp of vanilla extract before baking. Definitely a keeper. Will try to make another cupcake flavors using this recipe as a guideline.
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 Annie (Pennsylvania) says:
Hey! I had this cooking party at my house and decided to bake these awesome cupcakes! I inserted a raspberry puree into the center. I also made a vanilla icing with a hint of raspberry. Try this if you want a romantic night.
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 Laura S. (British Columbia) says:
Fabulous. I substituted 2 bananas for the oil and they came out moist and delicious!!! Only 3 points on the Weight Watchers Points Plus program... YUMMY :)

 

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