Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

Name: Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 box French vanilla cake mix with pudding in mix; 1 - 1 1/4 c peanut butter (I like a lot); 1 1/4 c water; 3 eggs; jar of your favorite jam or preserves; 1 can(s) fluffy white icing and or 1 can chocolate whipped frosting; peanut butter; additional jam to heat up and drizzle and/or M&M's to decorate

By Deneece Gursky
@Smokeygirlxo

My daughter left for Paris today and I will be on edge until I know she landed safely. So to de-stress I made some cupcakes. She bought a bunch of cake mixes the other day so I grabbed one and started from there. Hunter my 7-year-old wanted peanut butter & jelly cupcakes (I made him peanut butter and jelly brownies once and he loved them), so this is what we came up with :) You can use any kind of preserves or jam, I used grape jam since it is my son's favorite. I myself would prefer them with some blueberry or blackberry preserves. These are great for kids, cause what kid doesn't like PB&J?

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Now this is a way to combine two great flavors. Who doesn't love cupcakes and peanut butter and jelly? Combine the two in cupcake form and you have one delicious dessert! Kids - big and small - are going to love these. The Test Kitchen

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★★★★★ 7 votes5

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Method:

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Ingredients

1 box

French vanilla cake mix with pudding in mix
1 - 1 1/4 c

peanut butter (I like a lot)
1 1/4 c

water
3

eggs
·

jar of your favorite jam or preserves
1 can(s)

fluffy white icing and or 1 can chocolate whipped frosting
·

peanut butter
·

additional jam to heat up and drizzle and/or M&M's to decorate
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How to Make Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

Step-by-Step

Line muffin tins with cupcake papers and preheat oven to 350.
Empty cake mix into a large bowl.
Add 1 to 1 1/4 c peanut butter to mix.
Mix on medium speed till crumbly.
Pour water into this mix.
Add the three eggs.
Mix batter until smooth.
Pour into paper lined muffin pan, filling each only 1/3 full.
Add 1 tsp jam or preserves to top of each.
Fill with remaining batter over the jam.
Bake in oven for about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Allow cupcakes to cool completely.
In a small bowl mix fluffy white icing and peanut butter to taste.
Put icing into pastry bag or decorating tube and pipe onto each cupcake, warm jam in microwave and using thin tip on pastry bag or a small hole in a plastic baggie pipe the warm jam over the frosting.
I also used chocolate icing and M&M's as per my son's request, lol.
ENJOY!