Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe

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Satisfy your chocolate craving with these cupcakes. The creamy frosting topped with chopped peanut butter cups is the best part. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 24 Servings
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Ingredients

  • 1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
  • 1-1/4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/3 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 24 miniature peanut butter cups
  • FROSTING:
  • 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
  • 2/3 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • Additional miniature peanut butter cups, chopped

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, water, peanut butter, oil and eggs; beat on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium for 2 minutes or until smooth.
  • Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Place a peanut butter cup in the center of each cupcake. Cover each with 1 tablespoonful batter.
  • Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center of the cupcake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
  • Place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Stir in peanut butter. Cool, stirring occasionally, to room temperature or until mixture reaches a spreading consistency, about 10 minutes.
  • Spread over cupcakes; immediately sprinkle with additional peanut butter cups. Let stand until set. Yield: 2 dozen.

Editor's Note: Reduced-fat peanut butter is not recommended for this recipe.

Nutritional Facts 1 cupcake equals 269 calories, 17 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 36 mg cholesterol, 220 mg sodium, 27 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 5 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes in Taste of Home Cake Mix Creations

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Reviewed on Apr. 29, 2013 by chocoloco

Possibly the best cupcakes we have ever had!!!

Reviewed on Apr. 24, 2013 by RaOwBe

These are delicious!

Reviewed on Apr. 09, 2013 by Aronan

Easy and fun to make! My frosting did NOT thicken up like the recipe said it would so I added 1/4 cup of confectioner's sugar and dipped the cupcake into the frosting upside down. I topped them immediately with the cut up peanut butter cups....delicious. I used only a fraction of the frosting though. I'll 1/2 the frosting recipe next time. Rave reviews from my guests.

Reviewed on Mar. 10, 2013 by MCHDVM

These brownies are GREAT!

Reviewed on Feb. 20, 2013 by Kelly528

Was so good and my son made this for his school project. So easy to teach him.

Reviewed on Feb. 16, 2013 by napstertyme

A coworker made these for our office on Valentines Day. Amazing!! Instead of waiting for the icing to completely cool, she simply dipped the top of each cupcake in the icing and topped with the chopped Reese cups. The icing settled with a ganache type smoothness and sheen. I didn't find them to be overly sweet, perfect balance!

I will be making my own batch next weekend for my granddaughter birthday party. I think I will try both methods of topping the cupcakes, see which one I like best :)

Reviewed on Feb. 06, 2013 by Lin1234

I made these last night...They were amazing! I proudly have given some to my neighbors & relatives. I actually think the frosting is perfect because the rest of the cupcake is SO sweet. If you just taste the frosting on your finger, it doesn't seem great, but once it sets up & with everything else...It is perfect. It also made the perfect amount of frosting. My husband & I both thought they were better today, then last night after I made them.

Reviewed on Feb. 05, 2013 by Anyapi

I made an account on this site just to praise these cupcakes. I made them for a get-together with some friends, but even though there weren't very many of us, the cupcakes were GONE by the end of the night. They are one of the most decadent things I have ever tasted. I did end up adding sugar to the frosting, since it was a tad bitter for my tastes, so if (no, WHEN) I make these again, I'll use milk chocolate instead of semi-sweet. Otherwise, a perfectly delicious recipe!

Reviewed on Jan. 01, 2013 by Idades

These cupcakes were delicious! They were moist and full of flavor. I got lots of compliments on these, would definitely make these again.

Reviewed on Jul. 10, 2012 by ButterLovingGirl

To Die For!

 
 

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