Chocolate Whipped Buttercream Frosting that tastes like light chocolate whipped cream frosting. This whipped chocolate frosting is the best!
 I'm not much of a frosting person. So many times frostings are heavy and overly sweet. Not this Chocolate Whipped Buttercream Frosting, though.
It's super light and fluffy - like an ultralight chocolate mousse in frosting form. And since this frosting falls in the semisweet to bittersweet chocolate range, it isn't too sweet either.
Tips to make chocolate whipped buttercream frosting
A couple notes about this frosting - first, the cooked milk/flour mixture needs to be completely cool before continuing on. If it's still warm, it will melt the butter, and the frosting will be too loose.
Second, don't cut the whipping steps short. The frosting needs to be whipped on high for several minutes in order to have its ultralight texture.
Also, a reader (thanks again!) left a comment saying that chilling the frosting helped it come together for her. So, please check out the comments below the recipe.
*Note - I had several comments saying that the frosting was separating. I worked on the recipe and changed it to make it whip up easier.
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Chocolate Whipped Buttercream Frosting
Ingredients
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups salted butter at cool room temperature
- 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder I use Dutch-processed
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, whisk flour and milk together until well-combined.
- Heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens.
- Remove from heat, and let it cool to room temperature.*
- Stir in vanilla.
- While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, and salt together until light and fluffy on medium high, about 5 minutes.
- Add the completely cooled milk mixture.
- Beat it for about 5 minutes on high until it looks like whipped cream. It may look separated at first, so keep beating it until it comes together and looks like a whipped cream.
- If it looks separated after about 7 minutes of whipping, cover, and chill for about 30 minutes. Then, continue whipping for about 5 minutes, or until it looks like whipped cream.
Notes
**Nutrition facts are estimates.
Nutrition
Published 8/23/13. Updated with new photos and tips 6/18/18.
Jackie
Delicious, delicious. Light and great chocolate flavor. Just follow directions.
Kate
Thank you so much!
Kathleen Herman
This recipe looks amazing! I am always looking for a whipped frosting - but can you tell me that since this has to be refrigerated, will the frosting get hard? I want a "whipped" frosting that stays light and fluffy without getting hard. Thanks.
Kate
Hi! Thank you! It does stiffen up once it has been chilled. If you set it out, it softens back up once it comes up in temperature. I hope that helps!
Karla
First time I ever made a frosting like this! I didn’t have heavy cream, so to the internet I went! This will definitely be a saved recipe! Thank you!
I also used GF flour and it worked fine.
I had a smaller cake — can I freeze the remaining icing?
Kate
I'm glad it worked well! I've frozen frosted cupcakes, but I haven't frozen the frosting by itself.
walky
This recipe is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing it!
Kate
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
Kris K
This recipe came together pretty easy and is positively delicious!! I used gluten free flour and it still tastes awesome!!
Kate
Thank you!
Melissa Lorman
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Our family has a close version of this recipe in vanilla form, I was ecstatic to find out the directions for chocolate! We don’t ever have an issue with it being runny or soupy, our version also uses shortening which really seems to help stabilize it! It always turns out perfect and fluffy! Have you ever tried using chocolate milk in place of the regular milk? Just curious if that would work
REPLY
Kate
Hi! I haven't tried using chocolate milk. If you try it, I'd love to hear how it works out!