This dessert is not healthy. ย It’s not subtle. ย It’s not revolutionary. ย It hurts.
Chocolate and peanut butter piled on top of peanut butter and chocolate. ย There’s sugar too… ย and it hurts.
These cupcakes hurt your diet. ย They hurt your teeth. ย They destroy your morning workout. ย They’re bad for puppies. ย They upset kittens. ย Big-eyed baby cows are pretty pissed about these things.
They’re mean. ย They’ll punch you in the shin and say awful things about your hair.
You should probably stay away from these cupcakes. ย Sure… they’re the most delicious cupcakes eeeevvvveeeerrrrr… but they’re also dirty rotten scoundrels. ย Sorry.
Do I ย really need to wax on about chocolate and peanut butter…. chocolate and peanut butter together?
Really?
I didn’t think so.
Make them and eat them. ย Just. ย Please.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
makes 24 cupcakes
cupcake recipe from ย Organic and Chic
2 1/4 cups organic all-purpose flour
2 cups organic cane sugar
1 cup organic unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon organic vanilla extract
2/3 cup organic canola oil
2 teaspoons organic white vinegar
2 cups cold water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. ย Line two cupcake pans with paper liners and set aside.
In a large bowl, sift the dry ingredients together. ย Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the oil, water, vanilla extract and vinegar.
Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients being careful not to overmix. ย The mixture will be quite wet, but that’s ok.
Pour the batter until the cups are two thirds full and place in the oven for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cup comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then place on a wire rack until completely cool before frosting.
Peanut Butter Frosting
enough to frost 24 cupcakes
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 to 4 cups powdered sugar (depending on your desired consistency)
1 tablespoon milk (or water will do too)
In the bowl of a stand mixer fit with a paddle attachment, beat butter and peanut butter until creamy and virtually no butter lumps remain. ย Scrape down the bowl. ย Add three cups of powdered sugar and beat on low for 1 minute. ย Add milk and beat on medium high for 1 minute. ย Add the remaining cup of powdered sugar if you’d like your frosting a bit thicker.
Slather frosting onto cooled cupcakes and top with coarsely ย chopped peanut butter cups.
216 Responses
Question to those that have made these delicious looking cupcakes – I love sweets – don’t get me wrong – but I don’t like cupcakes that are sickly sweet. With “make your teeth hurt” in the description I am wondering if anyone out there found these too sweet or if they are just right for the average taste buds? Thanks!
will the taste be the same if i dont use organic ingredients? i’m not so much after health but more of flavor hehe thanks!!
of course you can use non organic ingredients. go for it!
Hi Joy, I don’t have access to anything organic where I live, can I substitute regular flour/ingredients to make this? Thanks.
These are amazingly wonderful! Thanks for brightening the day with this recipe!
I have used this cupcake recipe multiple times with all sorts of different buttercreams and they are delicious every time! never disappointed with these babies. Thanks Joy!
I made these and with the little garnish they’re quite cute and pretty good. I think next time, however, I’ll half the icing recipe as I was left with quite a bit of extra. I also found the chocolate cake to be slightly tasteless and couldn’t figure out why, but they weren’t bad!
My friends and I loooove these ones. While none of us are usually keen on sweets, these cupcakes blew our minds! So yummy.
Making for my daughter’s 4th birthday. She’s a chocolate lover!
Your daughter knows how to live, Paige! Happy Birthday to her!
Hi! Canโt wait to surprise a friend with these for her birthday. I usually eat all natural peanut butter with no added anything. Are people using a kind like jiff or Peter Pan etc or Any kind like smuckers natural would work? Happy to use whateverโs best.
Also has anyone made the frosting without a stand mixer??