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Home >> Food >> Desserts >> Root Beer Float Cupcakes {Recipe}

Root Beer Float Cupcakes {Recipe}

Modified: May 21, 2019 by Stefanie Fauquet · This post may contain affiliate links · 45 Comments

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This post  is brought to you by McCormick. All opinions are my own.

When I think of root beer, I think of summertime. Frosty root beer floats piled high with vanilla ice cream — it's the quintessential summer treat! Did you know that in 1889, Willoughby M. McCormick  went door to door selling one of McCormick & Company's first products, root beer extract? From there on, the product quickly rose in popularity and led to a trending sensation of root beer floats in the early 1900s.

This year, McCormick is celebrating their 125th anniversary and all of the products that have brought them where they are today, including root beer extract.

I was recently invited by McCormick to create a recipe using their famous Root Beer Concentrate as part of McCormick's Flavor of Together program— a year-long initiative to share 1.25 million stories about how flavor both unites and defines people across the globe. I thought I would stick to the root beer float theme — with a twist — and created some whimsical Root Beer Float Cupcakes ... aren't they adorable?

root beer float cupcakes recipe

My root beer float cupcake consists of a chocolate-root beer flavored cake base with homemade root beer-vanilla buttercream, which I slightly modified from the Old Fashioned Root Beer Frosting Recipe on McCormick.com.

You can use any homemade or boxed chocolate cake mix for the cupcake, but to make it easy, I'm featuring the boxed directions. This cupcakes would be perfect for an end-of-the-year class party or a summer birthday!

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Root Beer Float Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 3 eggs (or amount called for on box)
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil (or amount called for on box)
  • 1 ½ cups water (or amount called for on box)
  • 1 tablespoon McCormick Root Beer Concentrate
  • 6 paper straws, cut into thirds
  • White nonpareils

Root beer-Vanilla Buttercream:

  • 1 stick butter; softened
  • 1 teaspoon McCormick Root Beer Concentrate 
  • ½ teaspoon McCormick vanilla extract
  • 16 oz confectioners' sugar
  • ¼ cup milk

Directions

  1. Prepare boxed cake mix according to instructions. Add 1 tablespoon McCormick Root Beer Extract to batter. Bake cupcakes as directed. Let cool completely.
  2. In a large bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy. Add McCormick Root Beer Concentrate and vanilla extract.
  3. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, scraping the sides of the bowl as you blend.
  4. Add milk. Beat frosting until light and fluffy.
  5. Spread each cupcake with desired amount of frosting. Sprinkle with white nonpareils and top with paper straw.

rootbeerfloatcupcakes

As part of McCormick's 125th anniversary celebration, McCormick is giving back to communities around the world. For every story shared on any of McCormick's brand websites or social channels, McCormick will donate $1, up to $1.25 million, to United Way to help feed those in need. You're invited to join the conversation at FlavorofTogether.com where you can share your flavor story and discover globally inspired dishes, videos and more. Stories shared on social media channels should use #flavorstory — remember for every story posted you're helping McCormick feed someone in need!

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  1. Brittney House says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:59 pm

    I would use it in my cookie mix.

    Reply
  2. Nancy says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:34 am

    Root beer cookies with root beer cream cheese frosting sounds good to me.

    Reply
  3. april yedinak says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:47 am

    I would use it to make a coffee cake.

    Reply
  4. Melissa M says

    March 20, 2014 at 9:26 am

    Rootbeer fudge

    Reply
  5. Deborah Wellenstein says

    March 20, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    I would use it for frosting for my chocolate cake.

    Reply
  6. Cynthia C says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:00 pm

    I would flavor cookies with it.

    Reply
  7. Sue Ellison says

    March 20, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    I would make the Root Beer Float Cupcakes.

    Reply
  8. latanya says

    March 20, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    I would make a root beer flavored pound cake

    Reply
  9. Elizabeth Ray says

    March 21, 2014 at 10:28 am

    I would make the Root Beer Float Cupcakes.

    Reply
  10. Trisha Burgess says

    March 21, 2014 at 6:32 pm

    I would make a cake!!

    Reply
  11. Christine says

    March 21, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    a coffee cake

    Reply
  12. Danielle says

    March 22, 2014 at 2:21 pm

    I would make rootbeer rice krispy treats

    Reply
  13. kim says

    March 22, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    I would make a Homemade root beer Float my great grandmother used to make them for us when we were children and they bring back such good memories

    Reply
  14. Denise S says

    March 23, 2014 at 5:01 pm

    I'd love to make those Root Beer Float Cupcakes. They look so good!

    Reply
  15. Sara Jane says

    March 23, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    Sounds so yummy! I can't wait to try these.

    Reply
  16. Cori Westphal says

    March 23, 2014 at 6:25 pm

    I'm thinking a root beer ice cream shake would be on my menu!

    coriwestphal at msn dot com

    Reply
  17. D Schmidt says

    March 23, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    I would make a root beer flavored trifle.

    Reply
  18. Fred says

    March 23, 2014 at 10:40 pm

    To make homemade root beer or even to coat a baked ham.

    Reply
  19. Morgan says

    March 24, 2014 at 1:43 am

    Fudge! Or some yummy cookies. 🙂

    Reply
  20. Jen R says

    March 24, 2014 at 8:06 am

    I would make homemade root beer floats with the McCormick Root Beer extract.

    Reply
  21. Gale says

    March 24, 2014 at 11:26 am

    I would make root beer flavored muffins with mini marshmallows.

    Reply
  22. sue says

    March 24, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    i make root beer cookies with this... so yummy and everyone asks for the recipe...

    Reply
  23. Liz Saurin says

    March 24, 2014 at 8:06 pm

    I would make anything that I can remember from the 50s that had root beer in it!

    Reply
  24. Debra Hall says

    March 25, 2014 at 9:20 pm

    i would make a milk shake

    Reply
  25. Stephanie Galbraith says

    March 26, 2014 at 11:09 pm

    Now that I've seen this recipe, I want to make this! I didn't even know they had Root Beer Concentrate.

    Reply
  26. Mihaela Day says

    March 28, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Root beer cookies with root beer cream cheese frosting

    Reply
  27. Erica C. says

    March 29, 2014 at 5:18 am

    I'd make some cookies.

    Reply
  28. Kimberly Hilbert says

    March 29, 2014 at 8:32 am

    I'd probably make rootbeer cookies since I'm not a big cake fan.

    Reply
  29. Christina Sparks says

    March 29, 2014 at 5:47 pm

    I would use it in a chocolate cake mix.

    Reply
  30. kristy thiel says

    March 29, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    I think I'd make some root beer vanilla cookies!

    Reply
  31. Paula Michele Hafner says

    March 29, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    I would try making homemade Amish Rootbeer.

    Reply
  32. joe gersch says

    March 30, 2014 at 5:47 am

    i would make root beer

    Reply
  33. Francine Anchondo says

    March 30, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    I would make cupcakes.

    Reply
  34. Dorothy Deakyne says

    March 30, 2014 at 7:29 pm

    I would make cookies

    Reply
  35. tina reynolds says

    March 30, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    I would make a root beer float for my kids and hubby a big hit in my house

    Reply
  36. Karrie Millheim says

    March 30, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    Rootbeer Cupcakes. yum

    Reply
  37. Laurie Emerson says

    March 30, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    I would try to make Root Beer Walnut Cookies.

    Reply
  38. Katherine Donovan says

    March 30, 2014 at 10:41 pm

    The Root Beer Float cupcakes you made are adorable!! mY grandson would love them! I looked at McCormick's recipes and the Root Beer Bars with Vanilla Ice Cream look good too!

    Reply
  39. Rebecca Lock says

    March 30, 2014 at 11:30 pm

    I would make a root beer float dessert that I have.

    Reply
  40. Crystal Sell says

    March 31, 2014 at 1:22 pm

    I think it would taste great as a cake and make some sort of complimentary frosting.

    Reply
  41. Gary Shayne says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    I would love to share these with my family,. I can imagine my daughter with a big smiles as she enjoys this.

    Reply
  42. Emily Morelli says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:27 pm

    I'd make root beer ice cream with this. Yum!

    Reply
  43. Suzie Williams says

    March 31, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    I'd make root beer flavored cookies.

    Reply
  44. laurie says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:08 pm

    I would make those cupcakes I love root beer I didn't know they had this flavor

    Reply
  45. Breanne says

    March 31, 2014 at 11:52 pm

    I'd make cookies

    Reply

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