Description
Delicious chocolate cupcakes inspired by Snickers bars, featuring peanut butter frosting, caramel drizzle, and chopped Snickers pieces.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg, room temp
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (or milk + 1 1/2 tsp vinegar)
- 1/2 cup hot coffee (or hot water)
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2–4 Tbsp heavy cream or milk (as needed)
- Pinch of salt
- 1/3–1/2 cup caramel sauce (store-bought or homemade)
- 4–6 Snickers bars (or fun-size), chopped into chunks
- Optional: chopped peanuts or a tiny pinch of flaky sea salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a cupcake pan with 12 liners.
- Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Add oil, egg, vanilla, and buttermilk. Mix until smooth.
- Slowly whisk in hot coffee (or hot water) until batter is thin and glossy.
- Fill liners 2/3 full.
- Bake 16–18 minutes (toothpick should come out with a few moist crumbs).
- Cool 5 minutes in pan, then cool completely on a rack.
- Beat butter and peanut butter together 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing until smooth.
- Mix in vanilla, salt, and 2 Tbsp cream.
- Beat 1–2 minutes until fluffy. Add more cream as needed for a thick, pipeable texture.
- Pipe a tall swirl of peanut butter frosting onto each cooled cupcake.
- Drizzle caramel sauce over the top (let it drip down the sides).
- Pile on chopped Snickers pieces and sprinkle with peanuts or flaky salt if you like.
Notes
- Store cupcakes in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
- For best results, use room-temperature ingredients.
- Adjust frosting consistency with more cream or powdered sugar as needed.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 560
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 280mg
- Fat: 32g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 16g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 62g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 45mg
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