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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layered Cupcakes

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layered Cupcakes Recipe

Take the peanut butter-chocolate combo to new heights with layers of lusciousness in moist, irresistible cupcakes.

Prep Time: 35 Min

Total Time: 1 Hr 35 Min

Makes: 18 cupcakes

Cara Sapida
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania
Bake-Off® Contest 44, 2010
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INGREDIENTS

1 1/2
 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/3
 cup Hershey’s® baking cocoa
1
 cup packed brown sugar
1
 teaspoon baking soda
1/4
 teaspoon salt
1/3
 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
1
 cup water
1
 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2
 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Vanilla Extract
1
 LAND O LAKES® Egg
1
 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4
 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3
 cup granulated sugar
1/3
 cup powdered sugar
1/4
 cup Reese's® peanut butter chips
1/4
 cup Hershey’s® semi-sweet chocolate baking chips

DIRECTIONS

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 18 regular-size muffin cups. 2 In large bowl, mix flour, cocoa, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add oil, water, vinegar and vanilla to flour mixture, stirring just until smooth (do not overmix). 3 In another large bowl, beat egg, cream cheese, peanut butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar; beat until creamy. 4 Spoon 1 level tablespoon chocolate batter into each cup; evenly spread 1 level tablespoon peanut butter filling on top. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips. 5 Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (do not overbake). Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack; cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool.

High Altitude (3500-6500 ft)

Nutritional Information

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cupcake)
  • Calories 260
    • (Calories from Fat 110),
  • Total Fat 13g
    • (Saturated Fat 4 1/2g,
    • Trans Fat 0g),
  • Cholesterol 25mg;
  • Sodium 180mg;
  • Total Carbohydrate 31g
    • (Dietary Fiber 1g,
    • Sugars 21g),
  • Protein 4g;
Percent Daily Value*:
  • Vitamin A 4.00%;
  • Vitamin C 0.00%;
  • Calcium 2.00%;
  • Iron 6.00%;
Exchanges:
  • 0 Starch;
  • 0 Fruit;
  • 2 Other Carbohydrate;
  • 0 Skim Milk;
  • 0 Low-Fat Milk;
  • 0 Milk;
  • 0 Vegetable;
  • 0 Very Lean Meat;
  • 0 Lean Meat;
  • 1/2 High-Fat Meat;
  • 2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choices:
  • 2;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
®Land O’ Lakes is a registered trademark of Land O’ Lakes, Inc.
®Jif is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company
®Crisco is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company
Hershey’s® is a registered trademark of The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA, 17033
Reese’s® is a registered trademark of The Hershey Company, Hershey, PA, 17033
Bake-Off is a registered trademark of General Mills ©2011
Copyright © McCormick and the Mc logo are registered trademarks of McCormick & Company, Incorporated, used by permission.

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