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I made a dessert recipe for a summer activity to bring to my next BBQ. It's straightforward and fun to make. Get the kids involved, and it will be even more fun. I made it at my last BBQ, and everyone loved it! I made two recipes, one with peanut butter and one without. Try this peanut butter smores cupcake recipe for your next gathering.
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Easy Peanut Butter Smores Cupcakes Recipe Ingredients:
¾ cup of butter (1 ½ sticks) butter
14 graham crackers
½ cup confectioner sugar
12 teaspoon smooth peanut butter
24 -2 pieces of Hershey chocolate pips
12 regular size marshmallows cut into thirds
Simple Peanut Butter Smores Cupcakes Recipe Instructions:
Spray regular-size muffin tins. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Then, melt the butter.
Using a food processor, crush the graham crackers and confectioner sugar.
Add graham cracker mixture to a bowl and pour melted butter into it and stir until wet. Wait till it cools a bit.
Take 3-4 tablespoons or more of the mixture and press it down into the muffin tins. Make a cup using the back of an ice cream scooper. Then bake in the oven for 9 minutes or until browned.
While baking in the oven, cut the marshmallows into thirds with kitchen shears.
Then, take it out of the oven and add one teaspoon of peanut butter per muffin.
Now, break apart the chocolate and add two pieces of Hershey chocolate pips to each muffin tin.
Then, place the three pieces of the marshmallow on top.
Now if you want the marshmallow to be browned, place it under the broiler for 1 -2 minutes. Watch it! It will burn.
Let them cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then carefully remove them from the pan. They came out of the pan nicely, but be sure to wait 15 minutes.
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- Total Time: 41 minutes
- Yield: 12
Description
A fun chocolate and peanut butter combo.
Ingredients
- ¾ cup of butter (1 ½ sticks) butter
- 14 graham crackers
- ½ cup confectioner sugar
- 12 tsp smooth peanut butter
- 24 -2 pieces of Hershey chocolate pips
- 12 regular size marshmallows cut into thirds
Instructions
- Spray regular size muffin tins.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Melt the butter.
- Using a food processor, crush the graham crackers and confectioner sugar.
- Add graham cracker mixture to a bowl and pour melted butter into it, and stir until wet. Wait till it cools a bit.
- Take 3-4 tablespoons or more of the mixture and press it down into the muffin tins. Make a cup using the back of an ice cream scooper. Then bake in the oven for 9 minutes or until browned.
- While baking, Cut the marshmallows into thirds with kitchen sheers.
- Take out of the oven and add 1 teaspoon of peanut butter per muffin.
- Break apart the chocolate and add 2 pieces of Hershey chocolate pips to each muffin tin.
- Then place the three pieces of the marshmallow on top.
- Add back in the oven for 4 - 5 minutes or until the marshmallows look softened.
- Then if you want the marshmallow browned, place it under the broiler for 1 -2 minutes. Watch it! It will burn.
- Cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then carefully remove from pan.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: dessert
- Method: oven baked
- Cuisine: dessert
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cupcake
- Calories: 342.45 kcal
- Sugar: 24.57 g
- Sodium: 85.5 mg
- Fat: 22.01 g
- Saturated Fat: 11.66 g
- Trans Fat: 0.48 g
- Carbohydrates: 37.51 g
- Fiber: 2.01 g
- Protein: 3.38 g
- Cholesterol: 30.5 mg
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krystle cook says
I have never had peanut butter with smores but they sure sound like they go together. Can't go wrong with peanut butter and a chocolate combo, right!?
Sabrina says
Chocolate and PB is awesome! You must try it. Kids love it too. =)