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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are so rich and delicious, and they have a surprise inside!

I adore peanut butter in any way, shape or form, whether on toast, banana slices, with jelly, even in smoothies.

It’s so good and so good for you! Okay, I’m not saying these cupcakes are the healthiest treat, but hey, we’ve got to live a little, right?

Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and pinch of peanut butter on top.

Ingredients

For the cupcakes, you will need all purpose flour, granulated sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt, eggs, whole milk, oil, vanilla extract, and peanut butter cookie dough.

To make the frosting, you’ll need more butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, and creamy peanut butter.

Cupcake Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.

Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.

When adding flour, always measure it by adding spoonfuls to the cup.

Just scooping flour out of the bag or container can pack the flour down resulting in too much flour and dry cupcakes.

Level the cup of flour before adding.

Container of flour and measuring cup, leveling with knife.

In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.

Mixer with flour, eggs, milk, and cocoa.

Mix together until fully incorporated.

Beat for 3 minutes on medium.

Slowly add the boiling water until all is added.

The batter may be a little runny.

Scoop batter into cupcake paper liners until 3/4 full.

Take 1 piece of cookie dough and put it in the cupcake batter. Make sure to center it and DO NOT push it to the bottom. Try to place it in the middle

Cupcake batter in pan with pieces of cookie dough in center.


Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.

Take out of cupcake pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Cupcakes just out of oven.

Frosting Instructions

Cream the butter with a mixer.

Add the powdered sugar.

Add the heavy whipping cream.

Continue to mix until the frosting can make and hold a stiff peak. Be patient. This may take several minutes.

If the frosting can’t hold a stiff peak, add more powdered sugar, continuing to mix until it does.

Add 4 TBSP of peanut butter to the frosting. Stir to blend.

Frost the cupcakes using a frosting piping kit. I love this one as it has a case to keep everything together.

Scoop the frosting to a pastry bag with a large frosting tip.

Twist the open end of the pastry bag until the frosting begins to come out.

You can also frost the cupcakes by hand, but they won’t look as pretty!

Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and pinch of peanut butter on top.

If you love cupcakes, try this Chunky Monkey Cupcake recipe.

Want more cupcakes recipes? Check out these Lemon Lime Refresher Cupcakes or these Strawberries & Cream Cupcakes! You can also visit my Cupcake Crazy Pinterest Board where I’ve pinned a bunch of my favorites!

Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and pinch of peanut butter on top Pinterest image.
Chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting and peanut butter inside.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are so rich and delicious, and they have a surprise inside!
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 55 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Cooling Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
Servings: 24
Calories: 330kcal

Equipment

  • cupcake pan
  • Cupcake liners

Ingredients

Cupcake Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 C Flour
  • 2 C Sugar
  • 1 C Cocoa
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 C Whole Milk
  • 1/2 C Oil
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
 extract
  • 1 C Boiling Water
  • 1 pkg of refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough

Frosting Ingredients

  • Ingredients:
  • 1 C unsalted butter
  • 4 C powder sugar
  • 4 TBSP heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 C creamy Peanut butter

Instructions

Cupcake Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
  • Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
  • In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla.
  • Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients.
  • Mix all together until fully incorporated.
  • Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
  • Slowly add the boiling water.
  • The batter may be a little runny.
  • Scoop batter into cupcake paper liners until 3/4 full.
  • Take 1 piece of cookie dough and put it in the cupcake batter. Make sure to center it and DO NOT push it to the bottom. Try to place it in the middle of the cupcake.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
  • Take out of cupcake pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Frosting Directions

  • Cream the butter with a mixer.
  • Add the powdered sugar.
  • Add the heavy whipping cream.
  • Continue to mix until the frosting can hold a stiff peak.
 Be patient as this may take several minutes.
  • If the frosting can’t hold a stiff peak, add more powdered sugar until it does.
  • Add 4 TBSP of peanut butter to the frosting.
  • Stir to blend.
  • Scoop the frosting to a pastry bag with a large frosting tip.
  • Twist the open end of the pastry bag until the frosting begins to come out.
  • Frost the cupcakes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 38mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 131mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 309IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 36mg | Iron: 1mg
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10 Comments

  1. I seem to be missing something, where does the cookie dough come from that goes in the middle of the batter for the chocolate peanut butter cupcakes.?

  2. Oh my goodness. What a decadent and delicious dessert. Pinned! Thanks for sharing this on the #HomeMattersParty

  3. The little dab on the top of the cupcakes is simply the cutest little detail. Thanks for linking up at delicious dishes recipe party!

  4. Can you say pure awesomeness here! This is perfect treat, especially for that time of the month, lol. Peanut butter & chocolate are my favorite together. Who wouldn’t love these! I would have to hide a few of these from my kids. lol

  5. These sound wonderful. You really did a great job. Thank you for sharing this recipe