Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cupcakes Recipe | Epicurious.com
"The first cupcake Matt ever added to the Robicelli's repertoire was "The CPB": chocolate cake and peanut butter buttercream topped with roasted peanuts and rich chocolate ganache. Sounds awesome, right? Of course it's awesome?how the hell can you screw something like that up? Of course, we eventually tired of awesome and needed to go past that to "mind blowing." So we decided to roll the entire damn thing in crushed-up pretzels and pour more chocolate over the top. You're welcome...."
INGREDIENTS
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3/4 cup cocoa powder
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2/3 cup scalding-hot coffee
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2/3 cup buttermilk
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1/3 cup canola or grapeseed oil
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1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
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1 large egg
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1 large egg yolk
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1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
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1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
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1 3/4 cups sugar
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3/4 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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One recipe French Buttercream
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1/2 cup all-natural peanut butter
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1 teaspoon kosher salt
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1/4 cup chopped semisweet chocolate
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1/4 cup heavy cream
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pinch sea salt
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1 1/2 cups salted pretzels, such as rods or other thick varieties
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3/4 cup roasted peanuts
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