Chocolate Beer Batter Cupcakes with Maple Bacon Frosting

About
This recipe is by Tina from Just Putzing Blog. Enjoy! It is based on the show 2 Broke Girls.

Cake

 * 1 cup Guinness
 * 1 stick butter
 * ½ cup cocoa powder
 * 1 cup chocolate chips
 * 2 cups flour
 * 1-1/2 cups sugar
 * 1½ teaspoons baking soda
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 2 eggs
 * ⅔ cup plain Greek yogurt
 * 1 tsp vanilla extract

Maple-Glazed Bacon

 * 3 strips bacon
 * ⅓ cup maple syrup

Frosting

 * 8oz block cream cheese, softened
 * 1 stick butter, softened
 * 1 cup powdered sugar
 * 1 tbsp maple syrup
 * 1 tbsp candied bacon drippings

Directions

 * 1) Preheat oven to 350. Line two muffin tins with cupcake liners and set aside.
 * 2) In a pot or large sauce pan, simmer the beer and butter on medium until butter is completely melted.
 * 3) Add cocoa powder and chocolate chips and stir until your mixture smooth. Take off heat and set aside to cool.
 * 4) In a large bowl, stir eggs and yogurt together until smooth. Slowly add chocolate mixture and vanilla.
 * 5) Add dry ingredients and stir until well combined.
 * 6) Spoon your batter into your lined muffin cups, about ½ (or just a little bit over) full.
 * 7) Bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool.
 * 8) Turn oven up to 375, and line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil.
 * 9) Lay your bacon strips across a baking rack and place the rack on the foil-lined baking sheet.
 * 10) Using a pastry brush, brush each strip of bacon with a layer of maple syrup.
 * 11) Bake for 10 minutes, basting strips again about half way into that time.
 * 12) Flip your strips over, baste, and bake for another 10 minutes.
 * 13) Baste your bacon one last time, and stick them back in the oven for another 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.
 * 14) While your cupcakes and bacon strips are cooling, start making your frosting. In a large bowl, beat together butter and cream cheese until smooth and well-incorporated.
 * 15) Add powdered sugar, maple syrup and bacon grease. Mix until smooth. (Add more powdered sugar, as necessary, to achieve desired consistency.)
 * 16) Spoon frosting into a piping bag, and frost each cupcake.
 * 17) Slice one piece of bacon into 1-inch strips and press one piece into each frosted cupcake.
 * 18) Crumble/chop up the rest of the candied bacon and sprinkle them on top of the cupcakes.
 * 19) Enjoy immediately, with a big glass of milk.