Halloween Monster Cupcakes
These delicious lil monsters are a spin off one of my personal favorites – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Believe me, these double chocolate chip peanut butter cupcakes will blow your mind! I mean, come on now, chocolate and peanut butter? Can’t go wrong with that <3.
You can find the chocolate cupcake recipe here.
Recipe: Peanut Butter Frosting
Summary: Deadly.
Ingredients
- ½ cup confectioners’ sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/3 cup heavy cream or milk
- Splash of rum
Instructions
- Combine confectioners’ sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, rum, and salt into a bowl. Beat on medium-low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the cream/milk and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the butter. Mix well.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
These cupcakes are so fun, festive, and yummy. I decorated mine with some chocolate chunks, marshmallows, and candy corn.
Definitely brought some Halloween cheer to my week! I took some to work and shared the rest with my buddies visiting from California :).
