Updated March 26, 2019 First of all, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by Sandy. We hope you are all safe. We are thinking about you! Happy Halloween! I hope the ghosts and gobblins haven’t gotten you yet:) Every year we stock up on Halloween candy to pass out to the kiddos. I try to buy candy that I don’t like so I am not tempted to eat it. Well, this year I bought a big bag of assorted chocolate candy. I resisted everything but the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. They get me every time. I know the candy was supposed to be for the trick-or-treaters, but those orange wrappers kept staring me down. I knew I would eat all of them if I didn’t do something with them, hiding them never works since I am the one doing the hiding. I decided to bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes with a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup hidden inside and creamy peanut butter frosting. Oh yeah!
I loved the Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes that I recently made, so I used the same chocolate cupcake recipe this time around. Why mess with a good thing? Except this time I put a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup inside of the chocolate cupcake batter. So in a way, I did hide the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups:) I topped the cupcakes with a light and creamy peanut butter buttercream frosting. I am usually not the biggest frosting fan, but this frosting makes me want to stick my head in the bowl and never leave. Ok, I will leave once the frosting is all gone, but only so I can make more. It is Divine with a capital D! It is the perfect frosting to finish the rich and chocolaty cupcakes too! So instead of eating a dozen Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, I ate a dozen Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes. Hmmm…somehow my plan didn’t work out so well. Oops! Oh well, these cupcakes are worth every calorie and then some!
Everyone has been asking us about Caleb’s Halloween costume. Well, here you go! He is a pea pod! Are you surprised? 🙂 We dressed him up for a neighborhood Halloween party and he loved his costume…for about 5 minutes. Then he had too much fun ripping off the peas and his hat. He is the cutest little pea! Make sure you save some Halloween candy so you can make these Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes. And if you have to sneak some of your kids candy, I won’t tell. Just make sure you share the cupcakes. They will love the surprise inside. Happy Halloween!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes
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