Desserts

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes

photo by:kraft

Let's face it, the allure of a cupcake with cream filling lasts way past childhood. These are even better than you remember, with a creamy peanut butter-and-pudding center.

time

prep:

20 min

total:

1 hr 20 min

servings

total:

24 servings

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What You Need

pkg. (2-layer size) devil's food cake mix

pkg. (3.4 oz.) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding

cup cold milk

1/2

cup PLANTERS Creamy Peanut Butter

1-1/2

cups thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping

pkg. (4 oz.) BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate

1/4

cup PLANTERS Dry Roasted Peanuts, chopped

Make It

HEAT oven to 350°F.

PREPARE cake batter and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups as directed on package. Cool 30 min. (Cupcakes still need to be warm to fill.)

BEAT pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag. Snip off one corner from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake; pipe in about 1 Tbsp. filling.

MICROWAVE COOL WHIP and chocolate in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Dip tops of cupcakes in glaze; sprinkle with nuts.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Size-Wise

You'll know it's a special occasion when you get to enjoy one of these delectable cupcakes.

How to Frost with Flair

Dip tops of cupcakes in glaze, then twist slightly before removing from glaze.

How to Store

Keep refrigerated.

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amagiclady

posted:4/23/2013

I followed the recipe to the letter except I did not sprinkle anything on top. It's a great recipe! The first corner I cut off the bag was apparently too big, I had difficulty piping in the filling. I used the other corner, and cut only the VERY tip of the corner off. It worked great! These were actually fun to make! I can not recommend the Duncan Hines devil's food cake mix I used. It was very dry and not very flavorful. But the recipe is a winner! Thank you.

Jerri9301208

posted:9/30/2012

Looks great. Thank you. Jerri

freshchef

posted:7/28/2012

Made these for a co-workers last day and everyone devoured them!! Process was involved but worth it. Will definitely be making these again.

a cook

posted:6/12/2012

I made these cupcakes on two different occasions in the course of 1 week. THEY ARE AMAZING!!! Keep getting requests from coworkers & family members to make them again. The peanut butter filling is the best!

robyn965

posted:5/12/2012

So yummy. The filling is amazing!

Chelle17

posted:2/14/2012

These were delicious!!! The whole family loved them! You can't go wrong with a chocolate-peanut butter combo!! I omitted the peanuts on top just because I don't want nuts on my cupcakes.

Rills

posted:12/24/2011

Super easy to make and really tasty!

a cook

posted:10/31/2011

excellent tasting cupcakes, 15 people tried them and everyone wanted the recipe.

simona74

posted:2/14/2011

I made this cupcakes for my daughter's classmates on her birthday, everybody LOVE IT !!!

a cook

posted:1/2/2011

I made this for a New Years Day party and everyone loved them. I made a peanut butter buttercream to fill the insides and on top. They were perfect. They stayed moist even a day after they were made. Will be making these again and again!