# Chocolate Frosting

Here's a delicious chocolate frosting that uses melted butter, so you don't have to be so hard on yourself the next time you forget to take the butter out.

- Total time: 2 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound butter
- 2.67 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 12 cups powdered sugar
- 1.33 cup milk
- 0.25 cup vanilla extract

## Instructions

1. Melt one pound of butter on a stove top or in a microwave.
2. Pour the melted butter into a stand mixer bowl.
3. Sift 2 and 2/3 cup of cocoa powder into the bowl with the melted butter.
4. Use the stand mixer whisk attachment to gently mix the cocoa powder and butter by hand to minimize cocoa powder dust.
5. Scrape the bowl down a little.
6. Add a teaspoon of kosher salt.
7. Alternate adding 12 cups of powdered sugar and 1 and 1/3 cup of milk into the bowl.
8. Give the bowl a scrape.
9. Add a quarter cup of vanilla extract.
10. Once the vanilla extract is fully mixed in, turn the mixer to a medium speed to whip the frosting.

## Equipment

- stove top
- saucepan
- microwave
- stand mixer
- bowl
- whisk attachment
- spatula

## Tips

- If the frosting is too thick, add another tablespoon of milk and mix it in.
- You can also shred cold butter on a box grater and it will behave like room temperature butter.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1B3W7mpn9d/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/8877b43b-49d5-493a-a46c-b2a226209073
- Extracted: 2025-08-22

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