On-the-fly Mint Chocolate Icing

Short on time and long on laziness - nothing like this combination to whip up a quick fix.  Today, the call was for icing - the cupcakes were all ready and waiting.  My son is big on mint chocolate; since that and butter was right at hand, the course seemed obvious.

Took 6 pieces of mint chocolate in a microwave safe bowl.  Heated it for 30 seconds.

Stirred the melted chocolate until smooth and added 1 1/2 tbsp of butter at room temperature.

Stirred to blend it in.

All done!

Just a glaze should do - the flavor is strong.  This was enough to frost 6 cupcakes.

Or you could scoop some into a food bag, snip a corner and let your little one pipe his own decoration.

It may serve well to pipe letters too.

Chocolate cake to die for (in my opinion) :  http://foodess.com/1982-moist-chocolate-cake.html.