If you are looking for the most delicious peanut butter cupcake recipe then look no further. This recipe for peanut butter cupcakes is made with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and is the perfect combination of your favourite flavours in the perfect cupcake package. We love making a variety of cupcakes because they are the perfect serving size for kids and adults!
While this recipe doesn’t tell you how to make peanut butter cupcakes from scratch per se you do get the helping hand of a boxed cake mix which guarantees perfect cupcakes every time. Simple ingredients, incredible peanut butter flavour and your new favourite peanut butter cupcake recipe. We drizzled the top with chocolate sauce to add more chocolate creating chocolate peanut butter cupcakes heaven!
Whether you are a fan of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups or peanut butter the combination of chocolate and peanut butter is truly one of life’s great pairings.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe
INGREDIENTS
1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
(+ Box Ingredients)*
32 unwrapped Reese’s Miniature Peanut Butter Cups
1/2 cup softened Butter
1 cup Peanut Butter
3 tbsp Milk
2 cup Powdered (Icing) Sugar
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350.
Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
Prepare batter according to box directions.
Fill liners about 1/2 full with batter.
Place a Reese’s into each and gently press in place.
Bake 15-18 minutes.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
Cream together the butter and peanut butter.
Slowly adding in the sugar, it gets too thick then adding a little milk to thin.
Continue until all of the sugar is in and the frosting blended and the right consistency.
Transfer to piping bag and pipe onto each cupcake.
Chop up remaining peanut butter cups or use chocolate syrup to garnish cupcakes.
Don’t they look delicious? I can taste the sumptuous peanut butter just by looking at it. No drooling on the screen!
If you bake often you will have most of these ingredients handy making these cupcakes an easy dessert to make for any occasion. Just make sure none of your guests has an allergy!
Delicious Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cups and Peanut Butter Frosting. The truly magical combination of chocolate and peanut butter in a cupcake.
- 1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix and ingredients
- 32 mini Reese's Peanut Butter cups unwrapped
- 1/2 cup salted butter softened
- 1 cup Peanut Butter smooth
- 3 tbsp milk
- 2 cup Powdered (Icing) Sugar
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Preheat oven to 350.
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Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
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Prepare batter according to box directions.
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Fill liners about 1/2 full with batter.
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Place a Reese's into each and gently press in place.
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Bake 15-18 minutes.
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Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
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Cream together the butter and peanut butter.
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Slowly adding in the sugar, if it gets too thick then add a little milk to thin.
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Continue until all of the sugar is in and the frosting blended and the right consistency.
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Transfer to piping bag and pipe onto each cupcake.
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Chop up remaining peanut butter cups or use chocolate syrup to garnish cupcakes.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe perfection!
Check out some of our other favourite peanut butter recipes. Love how versatile peanut butter is. From desserts to main courses you can use it in so many different dishes. Let us know what you think of this recipe when you try it!
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