Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting and Reese's

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Oct 31st 2007 @ 9:37PM

It's been a long day here at Slashfood, though with such a sugar high off all the candy we threw at you, it probably seemed to go by fairly quickly! To round out our day of candy in honor of Halloween, let's have a dessert made in the spirit of one of many people's favorite candy, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup -- chocolate and peanut butter in one.

To make this cupcake, I baked chocolate cupcakes. To be quite honest, whatever chocolate cake recipe that works for you, works for me because in the end, the most crucial part of the cupcake is the Fluffy Peanut Butter Frosting. I've made peanut butter based frosting before, but I used a slightly different recipe this time

Combine ½ c. softened butter with 1 c. creamy peanut butter (if you like crunchy, use crunchy, which is what I've done before). Add 2 c. powdered sugar (sifted after measuring), and up to ¼ c. heavy cream until you get the consistency you want.

Frost your cupcakes, then top with all those leftover Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!

Filed Under: Ingredients, Holidays
Tags: baking, candy, chocolate, cupcake, cupcakes, dessert, halloween, peanut butter, sugar