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REESE'S Peanut Butter & Chocolate Cupcakes
Details
- Time
- 2 hours 49 minutes
- Skill Level
- Beginner
- Yields
- 18 cupcakes
Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes frosted with peanut butter frosting and garnished with REESE’S MINI PIECES Peanut Butter Cups Miniature halves and REESE’S MINI PIECES Candy.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 32 minutes
- Bake Time
- 17 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
Ingredients
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1 cupsugar
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1/2 cupREESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter
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1/4 cupvegetable oil
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1 tspvanilla extract
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1egg
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3/4 cupall-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons
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1/2 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa
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3/4 tspbaking powder
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 cupmilk
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1/2 cupboiling water or hot brewed coffee
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1/4 cupREESE'S MINI PIECES or REESE'S PIECES Candy
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Easy Peanut Butter Frosting
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1/4 cupREESE'S MINI PIECES or REESE'S PIECES Candy
Directions
1
Heat oven to 350° F. Line 18 muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper or foil baking cups.
2
Beat sugar, peanut butter, oil and vanilla in large mixing bowl until blended. Beat in egg. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add flour mixture alternately with milk to peanut butter mixture, beating until thoroughly blended. Stir in boiling water. Evenly divide batter into prepared muffin cups (filling each about half way or with about 3 tablespoons batter).
3
Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into centers of cupcakes comes out clean. Cool completely in pans on wire racks.
4
Remove wrappers from peanut butter cups; cut each into halves and set aside. Prepare and frost cupcakes with Easy Peanut Butter Frosting. Top each frosted cupcake with REESE'S MINI PIECES Candy and 2 peanut butter cups halves.
Easy Peanut Butter Frosting: Combine one can (12-oz.) ready-to-spread white frosting with 1/2 cup REESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter. Makes 1-3/4 cups frosting.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 18 servingsServing size 1 cupcake (81g)Amount per servingCalories300% Daily Value*Total Fat 13g 17%Saturated Fat 3g 15%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 15mg 5%Sodium 280mg 12%Total Carbohydrates 44g 16%Dietary Fiber 2g 7%Total Sugars 18gIncludes 16g Added Sugar 32%Protein 6gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 41mg 4%Iron 1mg 6%Potassium 188mg 4%
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
