Nutter Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Dessert

Serves 12

Recipe courtesy of Debbie Wright, Sulphur, LA (via Ja Pinch Recipe Club)

Ingredients:

Cupcake

1 box Devil's Food (mix as directed)
1 package regular-sized Nutter Butter cookies
1 package mini Nutter Butter cookies
1 can chocolate frosting

Peanut Butter Frosting

1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 stick butter, at room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
3 to 4 tablespoons heavy cream (use to thin frosting)
2 teaspoons pure vanilla

Nutter Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

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Method:

Cupcakes

Cut 12 of the regular-sized Nutter Butter cookies in half. Line cupcake tins with cupcake papers and drop a half a cookie in the bottom of each.

Mix cake mix according to package directions. Chop about 12 of the regular-sized Nutter Butter cookies coarsely and mix them in the cake mix.

Fill the cupcake tins and bake at temperature indicated on cake mix until a knife inserted in center comes out clean, 15-18 minutes.

Frosting

Cream together peanut butter and butter. Add vanilla; then slowly add powdered sugar. Add cream to thin the frosting as desired.

To Assemble

Frost cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. Leave a well in the center; add a dab of chocolate frosting and place a mini Nutter Butter cookie on top.