Chocolate Peanut Butter Box Cupcakes Recipe By Tasty Food

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk until smooth; set aside. , In a large bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, water, milk, oil and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened (batter will be thin)., Fill 12 paper-lined jumbo muffin cups half full with batter. Drop a scant tablespoonful of peanut butter mixture into center of each; cover with remaining batter. , Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. , In a large bowl, combine frosting ingredients until smooth; frost cupcakes. Store in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER 'BOX' CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C).
• In a large bowl, prepare the cake batter.
• Divide the batter evenly among a lined muffin tin, filling halfway.
• Place a peanut butter cup in each, then top with remaining batter, filling about ¾ of the way up.
• Bake for 20 minutes, then cool.
• In a separate bowl, combine peanut butter and vanilla frosting, stirring until smooth.
• Then halve the remaining peanut butter cups.
• Pipe the frosting onto each cupcake, then top with the peanut butter cup halves.
• Enjoy!

ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Line (2) 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake liners. Spray lightly with non-stick baking spray, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside until needed.
• Combine the oil, butter, and chocolate together in a large bowl. Heat in the microwave, in 30 second increments, stirring between increments each time, until the butter and chocolate are completely melted. Set aside and cool while you assemble the other ingredients.
• In a large bowl, combine both sugars, eggs, egg yolk, and vanilla and beat until smooth and well combined.
• Gradually add in the melted chocolate mixture, adding a little bit at a time and whisking constantly.
• Gently fold in the flour in 3 additions, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour. Mix gently and stop when you can still see the lightest trail of dry ingredients.
• Pour in the hot coffee (or water) and let it sit for 30 seconds, then fold it into the batter until combined.
• Scoop 2 tablespoons of batter into the bottom of each cupcake tin, then press a peanut butter cup into the batter. Top with another 3 tablespoons of batter; each cupcake mold should be 2/3 of the way full.
• Bake, one tray at a time, for 16 to 18 minutes, or until the cupcakes have puffed up and a toothpick (or cake tester) inserted in the middle of a cupcake comes out clean, or with a few moist crumbs attached.
• Allow cupcakes to cool completely before frosting!
• In a large bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, or in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter on medium-speed until completely smooth. Beat in the vanilla.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly add in the sugar, adding a 1/2 cup at a time, beating until the sugar has incorporated into the frosting before adding more. Once all of the sugar has been added, beat in the milk.
• Increase mixer speed to medium-high and beat for 3 to 4 minutes, or until the frosting is thick and creamy.
• Finally, fold in the beat butter and beat on medium-high for 1 minute. Use a rubber spatula to scrape down the bottom and sides of the bowl, to ensure all ingredients have been combined.
• Scrape the frosting into a piping bag fitted with an open star piping tip, like this one.
• Finely chop the chocolate and place it in a small heatproof bowl. Set aside.
• Warm the cream over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Add in the peanut butter and whisk smooth.
• Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate and let it sit for 1 minute, then whisk smooth. Whisk in the salt.
• Pipe a swirl of peanut butter frosting on top of each cooled cupcake.
• Using a small spoon, slowly drizzle the milk chocolate peanut butter ganache over the top of each cupcake. Start with a little bit, and add more if desired.
• Decorate the edge of each cupcake with a few chopped peanuts. Then press a peanut butter cup (or two!) in the middle of each cupcake! Enjoy!
• These cupcakes are best eaten the day they are made, but will keep, covered and stored at room temperature, for 2 days.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Sift the flour, cocoa and baking soda into a large bowl; set aside. In a small saucepan, cook peanut butter and oil over low heat for 2-3 minutes or until peanut butter is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in sugar and sugar blend until smooth. Stir in the milk, vinegar and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture; stir until blended. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups half full. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat peanut butter and butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, cocoa, milk, vanilla and salt. Frost cupcakes. Sprinkle with jimmies if desired.

REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Mix in egg, vanilla, milk, and vegetable oil until combined. Whisk in boiling water until smooth and incorporated.
• Divide batter among 12 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup about 2/3 full. Bake in preheated oven for 16-18 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean and tops spring back.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan for about 10 minutes before cooling completely on wire rack prior to adding frosting.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: In a bowl using a stand mixer or your hand mixer, cream butter on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 - 4 minutes. Mix in peanut butter and vanilla and beat until combined. Then slowly mix in powdered sugar on low speed until mixture comes together. Add heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time until light and fluffy or desired consistency is reached. Beat on medium for one minute until fluffy.
• Fill a pastry bag with frosting and pipe onto cupcakes. Top with Reese's pieces, mini Reese's peanut butter cup, and drizzle with chocolate sauce.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place 30 paper baking cups in muffin cups.
• Prepare, bake and cool cupcakes according to package directions.
• Combine frosting and peanut butter in medium bowl. Stir until smooth. Frost one cupcake. Decorate with peanut butter cup candy, cut-side down. Repeat with remaining cupcakes and candies.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with 24 cupcake liners.
• 2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl with cinnamon.
• 3. In a large bowl, combine buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla extract and sour cream. Don't over mix.
• 4. Combine the dry and wet ingredients and stir until well mixed.
• 5. Fill liners 3/4 full and bake for 17-22 minutes, or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
• 6. Ganache: Melt peanut butter and chocolate chips and stir until smooth. (You can do it over the stove top or use a microwave.)
• 7. Once cupcakes have cooled, dip the tops into the ganache and let set before frosting.
• 8. Buttercream: Beat butter, cream cheese and peanut butter for 4 minutes. Scrape the bowl as needed. Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract and beat. If your buttercream is too thin, continue to add more powdered sugar.
• 9. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes and top with peanut butter chocolate hearts or any candy you have.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Line 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
• In a small bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• In a large bowl, using electric mixer, beat together granulated and brown sugars and butter until well combined.
• Add peanut butter, beating until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla until mixture is smooth.
• Alternately beat in flour mixture and milk, making three additions of flour mixture and two of milk, beating until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Scoop batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes or until tops of cupcakes spring back when light touched. Let cool in pan on rack for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on rack.
• Top cooled cupcakes with frosting.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Line muffin tin with 12 cupcake liners.
• Place sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder in small bowl. Stir until combined. Set aside.
• Whisk egg, buttermilk, vanilla, vinegar, and oil together in medium bowl. Set aside.
• Place chocolate chips in small bowl. Bring one cup of water to boil and pour 3 fl. oz. over chocolate chips. Stir to combine. Pour into egg mixture and whisk until combined.
• Pour wet mixture into dry mixture and stir until combined.
• Fill muffin cups using ¼ cup measuring cup.
• Bake for 20-24 minutes or until tops bounce back slightly.
• Place butter and peanut butter in bowl of stand mixer and combine on medium high speed for 1 minute.
• Add confectioner's sugar. Cover and combine on medium high speed until mixture is even consistency.
• Add vanilla extract, heavy cream, and salt. Combine on medium high until mixture is even consistency.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 18 regular-size muffin cups.
• 2. In large bowl, mix flour, cocoa, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add oil, water, vinegar and vanilla to flour mixture, stirring just until smooth (do not over mix).
• 3. In another large bowl, beat egg, cream cheese, peanut butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar; beat until creamy.
• 4. Spoon 1 level tablespoon chocolate batter into each cup; evenly spread 1 level tablespoon peanut butter filling on top. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips.
• 5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (do not over bake). Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack; cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool. 18 cupcakes.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups as directed on package for cupcakes. Cool 30 min. (Do not cool completely. Cupcakes still need to be warm when filled.)
• Beat pudding mix and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Snip off one corner from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake, then pipe about 1 Tbsp. pudding mixture into cupcake.
• Microwave COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Dip tops of cupcakes in COOL WHIP mixture; sprinkle with nuts.

PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk until smooth.
• Set aside.
• In a bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
• In another bowl, whisk the eggs, water, oil and vanilla.
• Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. (batter will be thin.).
• Fill paper-lined jumbo muffin cups half full with batter.
• Drop scant tablespoons of peanut butter mixture into center of each.
• Cover with remaining batter.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans to wire racks.
• Cool completely.
• Combine frosting ingredients.
• Frost cupcakes.
• Store in refrigerator.

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Sift mix into bowl and add ingredients according to box instructions. Add vanilla, mayo and cocoa.
• Mix all ingredients on medium speed for two minutes, scraping the bowl when necessary.
• Place cupcake liners in the pans and fill them about 2/3 full. This recipe makes approximately 22-24 cupcakes.
• Bake at 350 for about 18-20 minutes or until they spring back after being lightly touched in the center, or until a toothpick comes out clean or with just a few crumbs attached.
• In the bowl of your mixer add the butter and mix on medium speed until the butter is softened and smooth. Add the peanut butter and mix until blended.
• Gradually add the powdered sugar alternately with the milk. Add vanilla. Mix on medium speed 4 to 5 minutes until smooth.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Cupcakes:
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
• Fill cupcake pan with liners
• In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt
• In a large bowl beat eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract until well combined
• Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until well combined and no lumps are left. Scrape down sides of the bowl occasionally
• Add boiling water and slowly beat until combined. Batter will be thin.
• Fill cupcake liners about ½ full - don't overfill
• Bake for 12-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
• Remove from oven and cool on wire rack
• Peanut Butter Frosting:
• In a medium bowl, cream together butter and peanut butter until smooth and fluffy
• Gradually add powdered sugar, alternating with milk, beating after each additional until desired consistency
• Frost cupcakes and garnish with candy or sprinkles if desired
• Store leftovers in airtight container

PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE CHIP CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl.
• Combine brown sugar, peanut butter, and butter in another bowl; beat together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla extract. Mix in flour mixture and milk; beat until smooth. Fold chocolate chips into the batter.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin tin.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool, about 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Chocolate Cupcake:
• Line the cupcake pan with paper liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Mix the dry ingredients, flour through salt, in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl whisk together eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.
• Add the liquid mixture to the dry ingredients. Beat for 3 minutes with an electric mixer on medium speed.
• Slowly add the boiling water to the batter. The batter may appear a bit on the runny side.
• Fill the cupcake liners 3/4 full.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Remove cupcakes to wire rack and cool completely before frosting.
• Peanut Butter Frosting:
• Cream the butter, peanut butter and powder sugar until it becomes light and creamy. If it is too thick, add a few drops of the heavy whipping cream until it is the desired consistency. If the frosting is too thin, add more powdered sugar.
• Use a pastry bag with a large tip to pipe the frosting on the cupcake. You can make this as simple or fancy as you like. Enjoy!

PEANUT BUTTER-FILLED BROWNIE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare brownie batter according to package directions; stir in chocolate chips. For filling, in a small bowl, beat peanut butter, cream cheese, egg and sugar until smooth. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups one-third full with batter. Drop filling by teaspoonfuls into the center of each cupcake. Cover with remaining batter. , Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in brownie portion comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust tops with confectioners' sugar. Store in the refrigerator.

PEANUT BUTTER CUP CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• 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 in 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.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Prepare the Chocolate Cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with paper baking cups. Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl until thoroughly combined. Beat granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter in bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until well combined, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until just incorporated after each addition. Add vanilla; beat until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating on low speed until blended after each addition. Increase speed to medium, and beat batter until smooth and well combined, 1 to 2 minutes, scraping down sides with a rubber spatula as needed. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each baking cup.
• Bake in preheated oven until a wooden toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pans 5 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks, and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Prepare the Peanut Butter Buttercream: Beat powdered sugar and butter in bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on low speed until well blended, about 1 minute. Increase speed to medium, and beat until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to low, and beat in peanut butter, vanilla, and salt until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium, and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Reduce speed to low, and gradually beat in heavy cream until just incorporated, about 30 seconds. Increase speed to medium, and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Transfer buttercream to a piping bag fitted with a star attachment.
• Pipe buttercream (about 1/3 cup) in a spiral on top of each cupcake. Sprinkle each with 1/2 tablespoon chopped peanuts. Serve immediately or store in an airtight container at room temperature up to 2 days.

EASY PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 350 F. Prepare the cake mix according to package directions, adding 1/2 cup of peanut butter along with the eggs, oil, and water called for on the box directions.
• Spoon the batter into muffin pans lined with baking cups , filling each about 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until cake bounces back when touched lightly.
• Place cupcakes on a rack to cool.
• Blend ready-to-spread frosting with the remaining 1/4 cup peanut butter.
• Frost the cooled cupcakes, and serve.