Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes. These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are my go-to cupcake recipe. They're rich, dark, and incredibly moist. I don't usually have cake flour on hand, so it's nice when you can use AP flour and still get an incredibly soft and moist texture. In fact, the Chocolate Cupcake batter doesn't have. This chocolate peanut butter cupcakes recipe is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!!

Delicious chocolate cupcakes are topped with a rich peanut butter frosting. So get ready to lose your mind today, because this fantastic Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes recipe has officially arrived on the blog. These cupcakes are the ultimate chocolate and peanut butter dessert! You can cook Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes

Prepare 3 cup of cake flour.
Prepare 2 cup of sugar.
Prepare 3/4 cup of cocoa.
You need 2 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare pinch of salt.
It's of wet ingredients.
You need 1 cup of vegetable oil.
You need 2 tsp of cider vinegar.
Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla.
It's 1 tsp of chocolate flavoring.
Prepare 2 cup of cold water.
It's of frosting.
It's 2 1/2 cup of powdered sugar.
Prepare 1 stick of butter, soft.
Prepare 3/4 cup of peanut butter.
Prepare 1 tbsp of vanilla.
You need 2 tbsp of milk.. to thin. may need more..

If you follow me on Instagram you may remember seeing a sneak peek of these I originally planned to stuff these cupcakes with a peanut butter cup in the middle. But, since the cupcake batter is so thin they sunk straight to the. These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes start with a moist and dense chocolate buttermilk cake. Once the cupcakes cool, we then pipe pretty swirls of a satiny smooth peanut butter frosting on top.

Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes instructions

Mix all dry ingredients well..
Mix all wet ingredients. Dump into dry ingredients. Mix well..
Fill cupcake pans 2/3 full. I use a 2 tablespoon scoop to do this quickly..
Bake at 350 for 19 minutes..
In mixer bowl beat butters together. Add vanilla. Add in sugar and Mix well. Add milk to thin frosting to desired consistency. Beat on high for 3 minutes to make it fluffy..
Once cool, frost cupcakes. I use a piping bag with no tip inserted to do it quickly..

I hope you have some major fun on the books for this weekend. They're all about the peanut butter cup!!! The salty peanut butter mixed with the creamy, sweet chocolate and crunchy pretzels will blow your mind! The chocolate peanut butter frosting is simple. Start with butter, confectioners' sugar, cocoa powder, and milk or cream.