Peanut Butter Surprise Cupcakes Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in honey and vanilla. Beat in enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a cupcake pan with paper liners, or grease and flour cups.
• In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, shortening and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in the preheated oven, until the top of the cupcakes spring back when lightly pressed. Cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place Reynolds Mini Designer Baking Cups in each of 48 mini muffin cups.
• Make cupcake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Fill muffin cups one-third full. Squeeze filling pouch 20 times; cut off corner of pouch at cut line. Divide filling evenly among cupcakes, making sure filling does not touch sides of muffin cups. Place 1 peanut butter cup candy in center of each cupcake. Evenly distribute remaining batter among cupcakes, making sure filling is completely covered. Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until tops are set. Cool 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring once, until smooth; cool. In large bowl, mix powdered sugar, butter and peanut butter with electric mixer on low speed until frosting is smooth. Add melted chocolate until just combined. Pipe or spread frosting on cupcakes. Sprinkle with peanut butter pieces.

STUFFED PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES WITH SWIRLED PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners. Set aside.
• For the filling: In a small, heavy saucepan, combine the caramel candies and heavy cream over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the candies have melted and the mixture is smooth, about 10 minutes. Set aside to cool slightly.
• For the cupcakes: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
• In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the granulated sugar and butter on high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the speed to medium and beat in the vanilla and eggs. With the machine running, in batches, gradually add the flour mixture to form a thick batter. Beat in the peanut butter.
• Place 3 tablespoons of batter in the bottom of each cupcake liner. Top with 1 tablespoon of the caramel mixture. Add 1/4 cup of batter on top of the caramel mixture.
• Bake for 23 to 25 minutes until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out with moist crumbs. Cool for 5 minutes. Remove the cupcakes from the muffin tin and cool completely on a wire rack, about 1 hour (center of cupcakes will fall during cooling).
• For the frosting: In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat the butter until light and smooth. Beat in the powdered sugar and milk until smooth and creamy. Using a rubber spatula, fold in the peanut butter until swirls of peanut butter form throughout the frosting.
• Place the frosting in a piping bag and top the cupcakes or use a small spatula to frost the cupcakes.

PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE MUFFINS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, whisk the egg and milk. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Combine peanut butter and butter; fold into batter. , Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups one-fourth full; place a peanut butter cup in each. Cover with remaining batter. Bake at 400° for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into muffin comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack.

PB&J STUFFED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.
• Beat the butter and sugar in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment at medium speed until creamy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then, beat in the vanilla.
• Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl. In three additions, beat the flour mixture into the creamed butter mixture, alternating with additions of the milk, starting and ending with flour.
• Divide the batter evenly into the paper liners, filling them two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 16 to 18 minutes. Transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting.
• For the peanut butter frosting: Beat the butter and peanut butter in a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment at medium speed until creamy. Add the confectioners' sugar and beat until smooth. Add the milk, vanilla and salt, and beat until smooth and spreadable. Spoon the frosting into a pastry bag or zip-top bag fitted with a star tip.
• To finish the cupcakes, cut a small cylinder out of the center of each cupcake with a knife or cupcake corer, reserving the cake circles for another use. Spoon the grape jelly into a pastry bag and pipe a small amount into each hole. Pipe the frosting on top of each cupcake and decorate with purple sprinkles.

PEANUT-BUTTER SURPRISES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with Silpats (French nonstick baking mats). Sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and baking soda, and set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, and 1 cup brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing until fully combined between additions. Add vanilla; beat to combine. Gradually add dry ingredients; mix on low speed until fully combined. Add chocolate chips; mix on low just until combined. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; chill until firm, about 1 hour.
• In a small bowl using a rubber spatula, stir together peanut butter and remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar.
• Drop 1 tablespoon of dough at a time onto baking sheets, spacing cookies about 2 inches apart. Make a thumbprint in the center of each cookie. Fill thumbprint with 2 teaspoons peanut butter mixture. Top with a second tablespoon of flattened dough. Carefully mold dough to cover the surprise.
• Bake until firm, about 12 minutes, rotating halfway through. Transfer baking sheets to wire racks to cool for 5 minutes. Remove cookies from baking sheets, and let cool completely on wire racks.

PEANUT BUTTER & GRAPE SURPRISE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Add 1 Tbsp. dry gelatin mix to frosting; stir gently until blended. Gently stir in COOL WHIP. Refrigerate until ready to use. Add boiling water to remaining gelatin mix in medium bowl; stir 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour into 8x4-inch loaf pan sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 1 hour or until firm.
• Meanwhile, beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, eggs, cold water and peanut butter with mixer until blended. (Batter will be thick.) Spoon into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake 18 to 21 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool completely.
• Use paring knife to cut 1-1/4-inch wide piece from top of each cupcake, being careful to not cut through to bottom of cake; set removed centers aside. Cut gelatin into 24 cubes; place in cupcakes. Cover with removed cupcake centers, pressing gently into cupcakes to secure. Spread tops with flavored frosting.

SOFT-SERVE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a standard 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Add buttermilk, 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon oil, and warm water; whisk to combine.
• Add eggs, one at a time, then 1 teaspoon vanilla, whisking until smooth. Divide batter evenly among prepared cups, filling each about two-thirds full. Bake, rotating tin halfway through, until tops spring back when lightly touched and a tester comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Transfer tin to a wire rack; let cool 10 minutes. Turn out cupcakes onto rack; let cool completely.
• Divide buttercream in half. Stir peanut butter and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt into one half, and place in a pastry bag with no tip. Stir remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla into other half, and place in another pastry bag with no tip. Fit a third pastry bag with a large round tip, about 1/2-inch diameter. Snip ends off both bags of buttercream; insert them in pastry bag with tip. Squeeze gently until both buttercreams come out evenly. Pipe a swirl of buttercreams onto each cupcake, about 2 inches high. Refrigerate at least 25 minutes.
• In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water, melt chocolate with remaining 3 tablespoons oil, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat; let cool slightly. Transfer to a tall, wide container, such as a quart takeout container, and let cool completely. (Glaze should be smooth but not warm.)
• Gently dip cupcakes into glaze to coat tops completely, holding above container to allow excess glaze to drip off. Return cupcakes to refrigerator to set, about 10 minutes, before serving. Finished cupcakes can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 3 days.

MINI OREO-PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Prepare cake batter as directed on package; set aside. Beat cream cheese, 6 tablespoons peanut butter, egg and sugar with whisk until blended. Spoon 2 tablespoons cake batter into each of 24 paper or foil-lined muffin cups; Top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons cream cheese mixture and 1 cookies. Cover with remaining batter.
• Bake 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 5 minutes; remove cupcakes form pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
• Stir remaining peanut butter into Cool Whip with whisk until blended. Spread over cupcakes. Top with remaining cookies just before serving.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER SURPRISE CUPCAKES & FROSTING

Steps:

• Line 12 standard muffin cups with liners. Spray insides of liners with cooking spray and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• In medium bowl, with mixer, beat together cream cheese, peanut butter, honey, powdered sugar and cream until smooth. Set aside.
• In medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Lightly whisk and set aside.
• With mixer on medium, beat together oil and brown sugar until light and lump-free.
• Add Egg Beaters and beat until mixed well.
• Beat in vanilla until blended.
• Add flour mixture in two portions, alternating with milk and vinegar mixture (see note) in one addition until smooth and just blended.
• Fill each muffin cup 1/3 full of batter.
• Drop a heaping teaspoon of cream cheese and peanut butter mixture into center of each cupcake, gently nudging it into batter. Continue to fill each cup with more batter until each is nearly full.
• Bake in oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, about 20 minutes. Do not overbake.
• Cool cupcakes completely before frosting.
• NOTE: If you don't have buttermilk, stir 1/2 T apple cider vinegar into 1/2 C milk and let sit for 10 minutes before using in the place of buttermilk.
• Frosting:.
• With mixer on medium-low speed, beat together margarine, cream cheese, peanut butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
• On the lowest speed, add powdered sugar alternately with the whipping cream and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cupcakes.

TASTES LIKE REESE'S® CHOCOLATE-FILLED PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.
• Combine cake mix, cold water, peanut butter, pudding mix, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 18 to 21 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 25 more minutes.
• When the cupcakes are almost fully cooled, stir confectioners' sugar and milk together in a bowl. Add cocoa and cornstarch and stir until desired consistency; eyeballing it works well for icing.
• Cut out a square in the top of each cooled cupcake. Fill with icing.