Friday, September 7, 2012

Heavenly Chocolate and Peanut Butter Reese's Cupcakes

I have an obsession with chocolate and peanut butter concoctions, and this is my latest that I made for a get together tomorrow night :)



Here's the recipe:

1 Betty Crocker Super Moist Triple Chocolate cake mix (You don't HAVE to use THAT cake mix, you could use any chocolate, but I found this to be the yummiest :)) Make 24 cupcakes as directed on box.

Peanut Butter Frosting:
3c powdered sugar
1/3c milk
1/2c smooth peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
blend for 3 mins, until fluffy

I put the frosting in a large ziplock bag and cut about 1/3 inch slit in the corner to apply frosting, looks so much prettier (and easier!) than spreading with a knife.


Toppings:
1 cup chocolate chips
1 tbps peanut butter
5-6 Reese peanut butter cups fun size

For the toppings I melted about 1 cup of chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave (in 30 second intervals until melted and smooth, I found that adding a tbsp peanut butter with the chocolate chips makes them melt smoother) and spooned into a sandwich size ziplock, cut a small slit in corner and drizzled it back and forth across the cupcakes.

Then I chopped up about 5 or 6 Reese's and crumbled them across the cupcakes.

DIVINE!! ENJOY!!