Chocolate Covered Cherry Cupcakes

INGREDIENTS

For The Cupcakes:

3 oz

Semi-Sweet Chocolate, finely chopped

1/3 cup

Unsweetend Cocoa Powder

3/4 cup

Hot Water

3/4 cup

Bread Flour

3/4 cup

White Sugar

1/2 tsp

Salt

1/2 tsp

Baking Soda

1/4 cup

+ 2 Tbsp Vegetable or Canola Oil

Eggs

2 tsp

White Vinegar

2 tsp

Vanilla Extract

For the Chocolate Ganache

1/2 cup

Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1/4 cup

Heavy Cream

For the Frosting

1/2 cup

Butter, Softened

Salt, To Taste

3 cups

Powdered Sugar

2 tbsp

Maraschino Cherry Juice

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

Red Food Coloring

1/2

of a 10 Oz. Jar of Maraschino Cherries, Roughly Chopped and Patted Dry

Whole Maraschino Cherries