Peanut Butter Cup Overload Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for my Uncles birthday and he is sucker for peanut butter cups. These cupcakes are super easy to make and a delight to eat.

Ingredients

Cupcakes:

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup milk
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
8 ounces semisweet chocolate, melted
26 mini peanut butter cups

Icing:

4 cups icing sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup peanut butter
5 teaspoons milk


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Line muffin tins with paper baking cups and spray them with cooking spray and place one mini peanut butter cup inside each baking cup.

2. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Add oil, milk, eggs and vanilla; beat with electric mixer at medium speed for two minutes or until well blended. Stir in melted chocolate until well blended. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling three-fourths full.

3. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcakes comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in pan for 10 minutes and then let cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes or until completely cooled.

4. Well the cupcakes cool you can make the icing by combining all the ingredients listed above with an electric mixer.

5. Ice and decorate with chopped up peanut butter cups.


Share and enjoy :)