Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes!

At the grocery store earlier last week my roommate suggested I buy the Reese’s Peanut Butter cupcake mix. I am a huge fan of Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and Reese’s Pieces so I thought why not give it a try. To be honest I had not baked much of anything in a while so I was not sure how the cupcakes would turn out. Following the instructions closely this mix made 12 cupcakes as stated on the box. The process of making the cupcakes was fast and the instructions were easy to understand. Instead of using paper cups to bake the cupcakes in I used silicone baking cups evenly spaced apart in a pie pan which actually made the baking time go by a lot faster and each batch was done in less than 15 minutes. Not too many out of the box ingredients were needed: Oil, eggs, softened butter or margarine, water, and milk for the included peanut butter frosting (I substituted the milk with non-dairy creamer). I will include a full recipe and pictures of the cupcake baking process below. 

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place paper baking cups in 12 regular-size muffin cups.

2. Stir Cupcake Mix, water, oil and eggs in medium bowl 2 minutes, using whisk or fork, until smooth. Spoon 1/4 cup batter into each cup (about 2/3 full).

3. Bake 15 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 

Let Cool 5 minutes; carefully remove from pan. Cool completely before filling, about 30 minutes.

Meanwhile make Peanut Butter Filling.

 

4. Beat Peanut Butter Mix, softened butter and milk in small bowl on low speed 30 seconds then on medium speed for 1 minute scraping bowl occasionally.

5. Spoon filling into pastry bag (place bag in tall glass so filling bag will be easier). Cut 1/2 inch from tip of pastry bag.

6. Insert tip of pastry bag into top of each cupcake and squeeze small amount of filling (about 1 tablespoon) into center. Makes 12 cupcakes.

Fresh out of the oven cupcakes!

For those looking for an easy to make peanut butter filled chocolate cupcakes I would highly recommend the Reese's peanut butter cupcake mix for its ease of already having most of the ingredients, mix and peanut butter filling included. I shared these cupcakes with my roommates and they loved it saying my baking skills has improved. I hope to better my baking skills with my future recipes and I would buy this mix from the store again.