Best 8 Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Frosting Recipes

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Peanut butter and chocolate, a classic combination that never fails to satisfy, come together in perfect harmony in these delectable cupcakes. The moist and fluffy chocolate cupcakes are topped with a rich and creamy peanut butter frosting, creating a delightful contrast in flavors and textures. These cupcakes are perfect for any occasion, from birthday parties to potlucks to simple gatherings with friends and family. With easy-to-follow instructions and a list of all the necessary ingredients, this recipe is accessible to bakers of all skill levels. So, let's dive in and create a batch of these irresistible peanut butter chocolate cupcakes that are sure to be a hit!

Recipes included in the article:

1. **Chocolate Cupcakes:** This recipe provides detailed instructions for making moist and fluffy chocolate cupcakes from scratch. It includes ingredients like all-purpose flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.

2. **Peanut Butter Frosting:** A step-by-step guide to creating a creamy and flavorful peanut butter frosting using ingredients like unsalted butter, cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract.

3. **Assembly:** This section explains how to assemble the cupcakes by filling a piping bag with the peanut butter frosting and swirling it on top of the cooled chocolate cupcakes.

4. **Decoration:** The article suggests optional decorations such as chopped peanuts, chocolate chips, or peanut butter cups to enhance the presentation of the cupcakes.

Let's cook with our recipes!

BANANA CUPCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING



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If you're in a banana and peanut butter mood, these are the perfect cupcakes to have! Both flavors balance perfectly, one doesn't overpower the other. Also a great way to use saved frozen bananas. Recipe works well doubled.

Provided by Mia

Categories     Desserts     Fruit Dessert Recipes     Banana Dessert Recipes

Time 1h5m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 15

1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
2 very ripe bananas
½ cup sour cream
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¾ cup white sugar
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup smooth peanut butter

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
  • Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Mash bananas with a fork in another medium bowl until smooth. Mix sour cream and vanilla extract into bananas.
  • Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and egg yolk and beat until well blended. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with banana mixture, beating batter briefly after each addition until just blended. Scoop batter into the prepared muffin cups, adding about a generous 1/4 cup in each.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, sift powdered sugar into a large bowl. Add cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Spread or pipe frosting onto the cooled cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 470.4 calories, Carbohydrate 45.9 g, Cholesterol 97.9 mg, Fat 29.8 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 6.7 g, SaturatedFat 17.6 g, Sodium 278.7 mg, Sugar 31.4 g

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES AND PEANUT BUTTER ICING



Chocolate Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing image

Provided by Ina Garten

Categories     dessert

Time 50m

Yield 14 to 15 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 20

12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
2/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk, shaken, at room temperature
1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
2 tablespoons brewed coffee
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup good cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Kathleen's Peanut Butter Icing, recipe follows
Chopped salted peanuts, to decorate, optional
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup creamy peanut butter
5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/3 cup heavy cream

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and 2 sugars on high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Lower the speed to medium, add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, sour cream, and coffee. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. On low speed, add the buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture alternately in thirds to the mixer bowl, beginning with the buttermilk mixture and ending with the flour mixture. Mix only until blended. Fold the batter with a rubber spatula to be sure it's completely blended.
  • Divide the batter among the cupcake pans (1 rounded standard ice cream scoop per cup is the right amount). Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, remove from the pans, and allow to cool completely before frosting.
  • Frost each cupcake with Peanut Butter Icing and sprinkle with chopped peanuts, if desired.
  • Place the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix on medium-low speed until creamy, scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula as you work. Add the cream and beat on high speed until the mixture is light and smooth.

JELLY-FILLED CUPCAKES WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING



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Provided by Tyler Florence

Categories     dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 12 cupcakes

Number Of Ingredients 17

Baking spray with flour
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon fine salt
1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
1 cup grape jelly
Peanut Butter Frosting, recipe follows
Candy bars, crushed with a rolling pin, such as Reese's Pieces, Butterfinger, Nutter Butter, Heath Bar, or small sandwich cookies, for decorating
1/2 cup smooth peanut butter
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons milk

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line one 12-cup standard muffin tin with paper cupcake liners. Gently spray the liners with baking spray and set aside.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder and salt over a large piece of paper. In a large bowl, cream the butter and granulated sugar with a hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, egg yolk and vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Pour in the milk and continue to mix until smooth (the batter may look curdled at first but will smooth out). Pick up the paper with the dry ingredients and gradually pour into the wet ingredients. Continue to mix just until blended.
  • Spoon the batter evenly into the prepared tin, filling the cups about three-quarters full. Bake until the tops of the cupcakes spring back to the touch and are not too golden, about 20 minutes. Cool in the tin for 15 minutes, and then allow to cool completely on a wire rack before filling, frosting or decorating.
  • Fill a squeeze bottle with the grape jelly and screw on the cap. Carefully insert the tip of the squeeze bottle as far as it will go into the tops of the cupcakes. Gently squeeze about 1 tablespoon jelly inside of each cupcake. Ice the tops of the cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting to cover. Decorate with your favorite candy.
  • Beat the peanut butter, butter and cream cheese with a hand or stand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Slowly add the confectioners' sugar and continue to mix until the frosting is smooth. Mix in the milk and continue to mix until it reaches a good spreading consistency.

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES WITH CHOCOLATE FROSTING



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The best part of this recipe is that it makes a whole lot more than just one. Excite your sweet tooth at home with the classic combination of peanut butter and chocolate beautifully coming together in a cupcake that features Betty's yellow cake mix. Your family with thank you ;)

Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h35m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ yellow cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1 container Betty Crocker™ Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup chopped peanuts

Steps:

  • Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
  • In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and 3/4 cup peanut butter with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups (about two-thirds full).
  • Bake 18 to 23 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  • In medium bowl, stir together frosting and 1/4 cup peanut butter. Frost cupcakes with frosting mixture. Sprinkle with peanuts; press lightly into frosting.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 250, Carbohydrate 29 g, Cholesterol 25 mg, Fat 2 1/2, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4 g, SaturatedFat 3 g, ServingSize 1 Cupcake, Sodium 240 mg, Sugar 18 g, TransFat 1 g

PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY CUPCAKES



Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes image

Your go-to sandwich just became your new favorite cupcake.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Cupcake Recipes

Yield Makes 18

Number Of Ingredients 12

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1 1/3 cups sugar
2/3 cup natural, creamy peanut butter
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Peanut Butter Frosting
Strawberry jam, for topping

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners. Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Cream butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in peanut butter. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating after each addition.
  • Reduce speed to low. Mix sour cream and vanilla in a bowl. Add dry ingredients to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with wet ingredients and ending with dry. Scrape sides of bowl. Divide batter among muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
  • Bake cupcakes until testers inserted into centers come out clean, about 20 minutes. Let cool in tins on wire racks. (Unfrosted cupcakes will keep, covered, for up to 3 days.) Once cupcakes are cool, frost tops with peanut butter frosting. Place a dollop of jam in center of frosting. Decorated cupcakes will keep, covered and refrigerated, for up to 2 days.

FLUFFY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING



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The perfect fluffy frosting for brownies or chocolate cake. Sweet but not too sweet. Peanut buttery but not greasy. So wonderful and it won't over power your brownies!!!

Provided by NICKIE75

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings

Time 10m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 4

½ cup butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
2 cups confectioners' sugar

Steps:

  • Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 208.1 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 14 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 116.2 mg, Sugar 17 g

PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES



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Peanut butter lovers can double their pleasure with these treats. I use the popular ingredient in the cupcakes as well as in the creamy homemade frosting. -Ruth Hutson, Westfield, Indiana

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories     Desserts

Time 40m

Yield about 1-1/2 dozen.

Number Of Ingredients 17

1/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup peanut butter
1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 large egg, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup 2% milk
FROSTING:
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 teaspoons honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 to 4 tablespoons 2% milk

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream the butter, peanut butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a small bowl, cream peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in honey and vanilla. Beat in enough milk to reach a spreading consistency. Frost cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 276 calories, Fat 10g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 20mg cholesterol, Sodium 206mg sodium, Carbohydrate 43g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 5g protein.

CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER ICING



Creamy Peanut Butter Icing image

A creamy, no-cook peanut butter icing. Perfect on chocolate cake! Should be enough to ice 24 cupcakes or 1 cake.

Provided by DSPTina

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings

Time 10m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 cup butter, softened
½ cup creamy peanut butter, or more to taste
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
4 cups confectioners' sugar
¼ cup milk, or more as needed

Steps:

  • Beat butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt; beat until incorporated. Slowly pour confectioners' sugar into peanut butter mixture while continuing to beat with the mixer; add milk until desired thickness is reached.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22 g, Cholesterol 20.5 mg, Fat 10.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 80.4 mg, Sugar 21.1 g

Tips:

  • For fluffy cupcakes, cream the butter and sugar until light and airy, then gradually add the eggs one at a time.
  • Use good quality peanut butter for the frosting to ensure a rich and creamy flavor.
  • If the frosting is too thick, add a little milk or cream to thin it out.
  • For a fun twist, try adding chopped peanuts or chocolate chips to the frosting.
  • Decorate the cupcakes with sprinkles, mini peanut butter cups, or chopped peanuts before serving.

Conclusion:

These cupcakes with peanut butter frosting are a delicious and easy-to-make treat that are perfect for any occasion. With their moist and fluffy texture, creamy peanut butter frosting, and fun decorations, these cupcakes are sure to be a hit with everyone who tries them. So next time you're looking for a sweet and satisfying snack, give these cupcakes a try – you won't be disappointed!

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