Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe
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Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

By: SMUCKER'S® 
"Rich chocolate cupcakes are topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 4.5 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (31)

 

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Original Recipe Yield 18 cupcakes
 

Ingredients

  • Cupcakes
  • 1 (19.5 ounce) package Pillsbury® Brownie Classics Traditional Fudge Brownie Mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup Crisco® All-Vegetable Oil
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
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  • Frosting
  • 1 (12 ounce) container Pillsbury® Vanilla Funfetti® Frosting
  • 3/4 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Line 18 regular muffin cups with paper cupcake liners.
  2. Mix brownie mix, eggs, oil and water in a medium mixing bowl until well blended. Fill the muffin cups half full with brownie batter. Place about 1 tablespoon chocolate chips in the center of the batter.
  3. Bake 18-20 minutes or until set. Cool slightly. Remove from muffin pans and let cool completely on wire racks.
  4. Stir together frosting and peanut butter in a medium bowl. Spread over top of cooled cupcakes. Using the container of sprinkles included with the frosting, decorate the top of each cupcake.

Nutritional Information open nutritional information

Amount Per Serving  Calories: 396 | Total Fat: 21.8g | Cholesterol: 24mg Powered by ESHA Nutrient Database

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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 5, 2010 by LINDA REALE   view full review
My daughter and I made these for her to take to summer camp. We added an extra egg, filled...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 10, 2012 by Sarah Jo   view full review
I made two small changes--I used chocolate fudge cake mix in place of the brownie mix in place...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 28, 2010 by Cookie Queen   view full review
This rating is for the frosting only. I made the peanut butter cupcakes from this site...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2010 by peggy   view full review
This will be my go to chocolate cupcake recipe. I thought something was wrong when they came...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2009 by FoodLawyer   view full review
This frosting is great, especially for chocolate & PB fans. You may have to experiment with...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Aug. 8, 2011 by lattemama719   view full review
I also added an extra egg to this recipe. They didn't rise up as much as a cupcake usually...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 25, 2011 by Mommy3xyz   view full review
5 stars for these mega addicting, party in your mouth goodness! These are fabulous with so...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Apr. 26, 2010 by ALFANN02   view full review
5 star for the frosting but it gets a star knocked off for the "cupcakes". The directions were...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Dec. 2, 2007 by rescuesgirl   view full review
This is the best cake frosting I have ever had!! It's not too sweet like some frostings. It...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 10, 2010 by Fran   view full review
I just made a batch of these and since I need to make 72 for a reception on Friday I wanted do...

 

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