Reese's Cupcakes

If you love Reese's peanut butter cups, you'll love these cupcakes. I cannot take the credit for these though, my friends asked me if I could make a Reese's cupcake so I pulled up a google search and came across these! It's a chocolate cake with peanut butter cream cheese frosting. Enjoy! :)

make sure to top it with some actual Reese's!

Chocolate Cupcakes:

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup warm water

3/4 cup buttermilk

3 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tin with paper liners and set aside.

2. Sift together cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl.

3. Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, oil and vanilla, mix until smooth (about 3 minutes)

4. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees and fill each muffin cup 3/4 full bake for about 22 minutes and let cool completely.

Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting:

6 oz cream cheese

1/3 cup confectioner's sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup heavy cream

1. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed beat the cream cheese and confectioner's sugar until pale and fluffy. 

2. Add salt and peanut butter to the mixture and beat, later beat in the vanilla.

3. In a separate bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed whisk cream until medium stiffness.

4. Fold the cream into the peanut butter mixture until completely incorporated and creamy.

5. When cupcakes are completely cool frost your cupcakes however you like and add a piece of Reese's candy on top!

***make sure you eat these in 2 days, the frosting doesn't hold for long! Even when refrigerated!