Last week I made these to bring to a girls night that my friend Jen hosted. They tasted as good as they looked. I used mini cupcake liners for these. Have you noticed that people are often more likely to indulge in three or four bite-sized cupcakes, than one regular sized one? It can’t be all that fattening if it’s just a bite or two… or three, right?
I’m not a doctor, nor do I play one on t. v. (remember that annoying commercial?), but life experience has taught me that the combination of peanut butter and chocolate is a great remedy for the following ailments:
- over-load
- over-tired
- over-worked
- PMS
- naughty children
- bad date
- looming deadline
- messy house
- messy kids
- messy husband (no longer my ailment)
- too many days on a diet (a.k.a. starvation)
- back to school blues (which I’m currently suffering from)
Have I missed anything? Another remedy for all of the above is my boyfriend Kendall Jackson. Your favorite wine will probably do the trick too! And if it’s a really bad day, indulge in both!
And if you don’t suffer from any of the above, these are pretty darn good just for the heck of it! Cupcakes don’t require a reason.
I used Ina Garten’s chocolate cake recipe, the best-ever chocolate cake. I discovered this recipe when I created the caramel frappuccino cupcakes awhile back. This peanut butter frosting is light and fluffy, and not overly sweet (I have yet to find anything too sweet for my liking, but some of the girls commented that this frosting appealed to them because it wasn’t over the top sweet.).
These would be a fun candy bar cupcake for Halloween, just sprinkle with chopped up Reese’s!
Fluffy, But Not Too Sweet Peanut Butter Frosting
1 cup peanut butter (not organic)
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 tbsp. heavy whipping cream *
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Beat butter and peanut butter using an electric mixer until well combined. Mix in powdered sugar gradually. As the frosting thickens, add heavy cream 1 tbsp. at a time. Beat for three minutes until light and fluffy. To achieve the frosting consistency that you like, you may need to add a little more cream or more powdered sugar.
* You can substitute milk.
Haha love all the ailments pb and chocolate can cure! So true…! These little treats look delicious!
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Your girlfriends must just love it when it’s your turn to bring the goodies to the gathering!
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Oh, I like the Halloween suggestion. And I’m trying to nail down a chocolate ice cream with a peanut butter ribbon for a friend and these would go very nicely with that. Thanks for the recipe!
Know what else chocolate peanut butter cupcakes can cure? Skinniness!!
For reals, I choose cupcakes over abs any day of the week. These look great.
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Hi, Kate! Love your blog, (just added you to my favs!) and so agree with you about mini cupcakes. I enjoy baking them and people’s reaction to them – they always want to know if they’re real!
Have a great day and thanks for the beautiful blog you’ve put together! I’ll be back for sure!
These look yummy, I love the way you piped the frosting on too. I pretty much only make mini’s these days when I am taking them to functions because it’s amazing how many people will walk right by a plate of regular sized cupcakes and not take one for fear of looking greedy but the mini’s fly off the plate faster than you can take note of!
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Oh my God, I like chocolate, this look so yummy! chocolate, peanut, and butter, these are perfect combination (but, do not to sweet..)
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