Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

"These cupcakes are just devine - I think chocolate and peanut butter are the combination of the heavens! It's from the April/May '07 Taste of Home magazine's cupcake contest. It was only a runner-up, but should've been a winner in my opinion."
 
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Ready In:
40mins
Ingredients:
19
Yields:
18 cup cakes
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ingredients

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directions

  • Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk until smooth in one bowl. Set aside.
  • In another bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
  • In a third bowl, whisk eggs, water, milk, oil and vanilla.
  • Stir into dry mixture until moistened. Batter will be thin.
  • Fill paper-lined jumbo muffin cups 1/3 of the way.
  • Drop scant tablespoons of peanut butter mix into the center of each.
  • Cover with remaining batter.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick is inserted and clean when removed.
  • Combine last four ingredients for frosting and frost cup cakes.

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Reviews

  1. Oh my....heaven on earth!!! Everyone loved them and asked for the recipe. The cupcakes were moist and delicious. Everyone loved the peanut butter surpise in the middle. Can't wait to make these again, Sivula Chef.
     
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I'm a veterinary technician living in Akron, Ohio, with my husband, three greyhounds and three orange tabby cats! I'm recently married, so I'm using RecipeZaar to increase the number of dishes I prepare and expand our taste horizons! My husband is a veterinarian, so our lives revolve around our practice, but in our spare time we love to take our dogs to the dog park and renovate our century home!
 
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