Tastes Like Reese's® Chocolate-Filled Peanut Butter Cupcakes

These chocolate-filled peanut butter cupcakes are fun to make and will delight anyone who loves the taste of a Reese's® peanut butter cup.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 45 mins
• Calories: 200 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• 1 cup cold water
• 3 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons milk, or more as needed
• 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix (such as Jell-O®)
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, or to taste
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch, or more to taste
• 0.5 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2.5 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line two 12-cup muffin pans with paper liners.

Step 2

Combine cake mix, cold water, peanut butter, pudding mix, and eggs in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Spoon into the prepared muffin cups.

Step 3

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the centers comes out clean, 18 to 21 minutes. Cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely, about 25 more minutes.

Step 4

Cut out a square in the top of each cooled cupcake. Fill with icing.

Step 5

When the cupcakes are almost fully cooled, stir confectioners' sugar and milk together in a bowl. Add cocoa and cornstarch and stir until desired consistency; eyeballing it works well for icing.