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Chocolate peanut buttery goodness.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

Oh my word. This is over the top, even for me!<\/p>\n

My son loves the combination of chocolate and peanut butter (I’m pretty sure it’s genetic,) so I’m always happy to oblige by making him a chocolate birthday cake with peanut butter frosting. This year, since I was making peanut butter cookies for my niece, I upped the ante a little and got creative.<\/p>\n

Using a jumbo cupcake pan and liners, I dropped a spoonful of “crust” made with crushed peanut butter cookies (see the previous post for a good PB cookie recipe), melted butter, and chocolate syrup in each liner. A regular sized peanut butter cup went on top of the crust, and then I added devil’s food cake batter and baked them. When the cakes were cool they were frosted with a whipped peanut butter frosting.<\/p>\n

I admit (gasp!) that I used a cake mix. Don’t judge me! I have other pressing things on my schedule right now, and my son wouldn’t notice the difference between a boxed mix and scratch.<\/p>\n

\t Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes<\/span><\/p>\n
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Author: The Rowdy Baker<\/span><\/div>\n
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Serves: 9<\/span><\/div>\n
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