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Easy Chocolate Frosting

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Chocolate frosting swirled onto chocolate cupcakes.
Photo by Travis Rainey, Food Styling by Micah Marie Morton

This easy chocolate frosting is so much simpler to make than the types that mess with meringue. Melted unsweetened chocolate contributes a bold, deep chocolate flavor, taming the sweetness of the powdered sugar. (A touch of salt helps too.) This crowd-pleasing frosting, which whips up quickly in a stand mixer, is very fluffy and swooshable—ready for a birthday cake or your next batch of chocolate cupcakes.

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