Semi-Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Give yourself a break and also have something totally delicious. Semi-Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are freakin' delicious and made with store-bought ingredients. Super easy. Super awesome.

Here's what I feel like the world wants from me: perfect hair, perfect teeth, perfect body, perfect clothes with high heel shoes; a wildly successful career from which I make a ton of money so I can buy a fancy car and live in a giant house; perfect children who have perfect grades and also perfect hair; must make three meals from scratch every day with all locally sourced organic ingredients; must do yoga three times a week and run a charity 5K race once a month; must do it all while looking great and never showing a shred of stress; must smile all the time.

Here's what I really want: sweatpants, chili from a can, daily Harry Potter, a really good wifi connection, and a neverending supply of books. That's about it. I'm easy to please most days.

What makes Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes so awesome?

We don't have to be so hard on ourselves. Everything doesn't always have to be from scratch. Just buy the dang cake mix and the canned frosting. It'll be fine. Your friends will still like you. If you make them these cupcakes, they'll probably love you. If anybody judges you for using store bought, just tell them to shut up and then go home and put your sweatpants on.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are nearly effortless because we're taking a little help from the store, and we're not giving a damn because these taste freakin' great. A cup of peanut butter mixed into some vanilla frosting yields a thick, creamy, dreamy cloud of frosting heaven. On top of a tender chocolate cupcake, it's pretty much the best.

Just follow the instructions on the box, mix together store-bought frosting with some peanut butter, and decorate however you like. I always pop a little peanut butter cup on the top. Then I proceed to talking myself out of eating five in a row.

Magickal properties of peanut butter

Peanut butter is one of my all time favorite foods, so for me, it evokes pure happiness and nostalgia. Of course, I say nostalgia as if I still don't eat it multiple times a week.

My research tells me that peanuts, and by extension peanut butter, are associated with masculine energy, prosperity, stability, energy, manifestation, and grounding. I can definitely see the grounding energy in this very earthy flavor. Prosperity seemed to be mentioned in a few places, so I'm definitely going to be doing some money drawing the next time I make my morning toast.

(Sources: Beneath the Moon, Witch Kitch, Hoodoo Kitchen via Pinterest)

The next time you get tasked with bringing dessert to a week night gig or an office party, or anywhere, bring these semi-homemade chocolate peanut butter cupcakes. Everyone will think you truly have it all. As long as you're happy, you already do.

Looking for more awesome cupcake recipes? Try these Better Than Sex Cupcakes or some Salted Caramel Cupcakes.

Semi-Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

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Give yourself a break and also have something totally delicious. Semi-Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes are freakin' delicious and made with store-bought ingredients. Super easy. Super awesome. 

• Author: Renee Rendall
• Prep Time: 15
• Cook Time: 20
• Total Time: 35 minutes
• Yield: 24 1x
• Category: Dessert
• Method: Baked
• Cuisine: American
• Diet: Vegetarian

Ingredients

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• 1 box chocolate cake mix plus whatever ingredients are called for on the box
• 1 container vanilla frosting
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 12-24 mini peanut butter cups, optional

Instructions

1. Prepare your cupcakes according to package instructions and cool completely.
2. In a large mixing bowl,combine frosting and peanut butter. It goes more quickly if you use an electric mixer.
3. Frost your cupcakes in your favorite way. This frosting will be very thick, so you can even use a cookie scoop and a fork to shape it like a little peanut butter cookie if you like. 
4. You can also top each cupcake with mini peanut butter cup. 

Keywords: Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Cupcake

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