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Chocolate Chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

Servings 15 cupcakes

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes:

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup hot water

For the Frosting:

  • 1 cup 2 sticks butter, softened
  • 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 3-4 cups powdered sugar
  • 4-5 tbsp heavy cream or milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 pinch of salt

For the top:

  • 8 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
  • 1/3 cup melted peanut butter

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 300°F and prepare cupcake pans with 15 liners.

  2. Add the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt to a large bowl and whisk together. Set this bowl aside. Combine the egg, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla in another bowl. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix with an electric mixer until well-combined. Add the water to the batter and mix until well combined. The batter will be thin.
  3. Fill the cupcake liners about half-way and bake for 18-23 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cool for at least 30 minutes before frosting.

  4. While the cupcakes are cooling, make the frosting. Cream together the butter and cocoa powder. Add in the powdered sugar one cup at a time, mixing well. Add in the vanilla and salt. Finally, add in the milk or cream, one tbsp at a time, until the frosting reaches a smooth consistency. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled cupcakes. Top each cupcake with a half of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, and drizzle with melted peanut butter. Enjoy!

Recipe Notes

Chocolate Cupcake recipe adapted from Life, Love & Sugar.