Chocolate-peanut Butter Cupcakes

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/2 ounce) package devil's food cake mix
• 1 cup cold milk
• 1 (4 ounce) package vanilla flavor instant pudding and pie filling mix (4-serving size)
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups thawed cool whip topping
• 4 baker's semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 1/4 cup planters dry roasted peanuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f prepare cake mix and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups, as directed on package.
• 2 cool only 30 minute (cupcakes need to still be warm to fill.)
• 3 pour milk into medium bowl. add dry pudding mix. beat with wire whisk 2 minute or until well blended. add peanut butter; beat well. spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag or pastry bag; seal bag. (if using plastic bag, snip off one of the corners from bottom of bag.) insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake; pipe in about 1 tablespoons of the filling.
• 4 microwave whipped topping and chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on high 1-1/2 minute or until chocolate is completely melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 minute dip the top of each cupcake into glaze.
• 5 sprinkle evenly with peanuts. store cupcakes in refrigerator.