I am huge lover of all things chocolate, especially chocolate + peanut butter. I can’t get enough. I had so much fun making these cupcakes a few days ago. I hope you love them!
Ingredients
Cupcakes
1 cup milk
1/2 tbsp vinegar
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 Reese's peanut butter cups
Frosting
1/2 cup softened butter
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tbsp milk
1 1/2 - 2 cups powdered sugar
Method
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake pan with 12 paper liners
In a large bowl, stir together the milk and vinegar. Set aside for a minute or two to curdle.
Now add the oil, sugar, vanilla extract. Whisk to combine.
In a separate bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Add the dry mixture to the wet in batches, about 1/3 at a time, and mix well with a wooden spoon, or a handheld mixer (or stand mixer).
Pour the batter into prepared cupcake liners evenly. Now gently insert Reese's peanut butter cups so the that they are fully immersed in the batter
Bake for 20 minutes. Cool completely before frosting.
Pipe the frosting onto the cooled cupcakes and top with chocolate shavings
For the Frosting
With a handheld or stand mixer, beat butter on medium speed until light and fluffy.
Now add the creamy peanut butter and powdered sugar to it and beat for 2- 3 minutes on a low speed.
Now add milk until you have a thick pipe-able frosting.(In order to reduce the thickness add more milk and to increase the thickness add more powdered sugar)
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