DIY Recipes: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes: a delicious dessert consisting of two favorite flavors: chocolate and peanut butter!

Cupcake Ingredients:

• 115 grams (1 stick or 1/2 cup) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 135 grams (3/4 cup) brown sugar

• 140 grams (1/2 cup) smooth peanut butter

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 2 large eggs, room temperature

• 140 grams (1 cup) plain flour

• 1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

• 60 ml (1/4 cup) milk

Frosting Ingredients:

• 115 grams (1/2 cup or 1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

• 435 grams (3 and 1/2 cups) powdered or icing sugar

• 3 or 4 tablespoons milk

• 20 grams (1/4 cup) cocoa powder

• 6 large Reese's peanut butter cups or 12 mini ones

Step 1:

Insert cupcake liners into a 12-hole muffin tray. Preheat your oven to 360 F . Add your butter, brown sugar and peanut butter to a large mixing bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Next, add the vanilla and mix it in.

Step 2:

Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat until mixed. Sift in your flour and baking powder and start to gently fold using a plastic spatula. Add your milk and fold until the ingredients are just combined.

Step 3:

Spoon out your peanut butter batter into the cupcake liners (Fill about 3/4 full) and bake in the oven for 18-20 minutes. Place the cupcakes on a cooling rack to cool.

Step 4:

To make the buttercream: add the butter in a large mixing bowl and beat until and creamy. Add the powdered or icing sugar, one cup at a time, mixing on low speed. Add a tablespoon of milk. Then, sift the cocoa powder into the bowl and continue to beat until it is all incorporated. The frosting should be creamy and thick.

Step 5:

Using a piping bag with a large star tip, pipe the chocolate buttercream onto each cupcake. Lastly, add a peanut butter cup to the top! Enjoy!

Cited Source:

"Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Pudding Cups - Julie's Eats & Treats."Julie's Eats & Treats. N.p., 30 Apr. 2014. Web. 28 Mar. 2016.