Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Submitted by Courtly

"Yummmmmmy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 40mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 24

ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup cold milk
• 1 (3 ounce) package jello vanilla instant pudding mix
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups thawed whipped topping
• 4 semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 1⁄4 cup roasted peanuts, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Prepare cake mix and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups, as directed on package. Cool 30 minutes only (to be filled, cupcakes must be warm).
2. Pour milk into medium bowl. Add dry pudding mix. Beat with with wire whisk 2 minutes or until well blended. Add peanut butter; beat well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Snip off one of the corners from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake; pipe in about 1 T. of the filling.
3. Microwave whipped topping and chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1 1/2 minutes or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 minute. Dip the top of each cupcake into glaze. Sprinkle evenly with peanuts. Store cupcakes in refrigerator.
4. Please note Jello instant pudding is Vegetarian.