Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes. In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full.

Ingredients of Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

1. You need 1 box of Devils food or chocolate cupcake mix (prepared according to box directions).
2. You need 1 cup of Mini chocolate chips.
3. Prepare 24 of Miniature peanut butter cups.
4. Prepare 1 of Batch of my sisters peanut butter frosting!.
5. You need of frosting.
6. It’s 1 of Peanut butter frosting – Original url: http://www.allthecooks.com/peanut-butter-frosting-3.html.

In a bowl, cream the shortening, peanut butter and brown sugar. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Press a peanut butter cup into the center of each until top edge is even with batter. These tender cupcakes are made with peanut butter in the batter and are topped with creamy peanut butter frosting.

Easy Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes instructions

1. Preheat oven according to cupcake directions.
2. Add 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips and mix well..
3. Pour batter into cupcake trays with liners.
4. Insert one miniature peanut butter cup in center of batter and gently push to bottom. Add a teaspoon of batter over the peanut butter cup if it's not covered by the batter..
5. Bake according to directions. Prepare peanut butter frosting according to directions on link provided..
6. Allow to cool..
7. Top with my sister's peanut butter frosting..
8. Pour the other 1/2 cup mini chips into a shallow dish and dip each cupcake into chips. Enjoy!.

Line muffin tin with paper liners or spray with non-stick cooking spray. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, beat together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, eggs, vanilla and espresso water mixture. The peanut butter frosting is the really winner with these cupcakes and it couldn't be easier to make. How to make peanut butter frosting: My biggest tip for making peanut butter frosting is to use a commercial brand of peanut butter, NOT natural or homemade peanut butter! Peanut butter cupcakes are super easy to make with a cake mix, ready-to-spread frosting, and peanut butter.