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    Home > Cakes, Desserts & Treats

    Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes

    Published: Oct 21, 2017 · Modified: Sep 28, 2020 by Nicky Corbishley

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    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    They're rich and totally moreish - which is why I've made these in mini cupcake size!

    If you're a peanut-butter lover you'll LOVE them. If you're not (like me) I'm willing to bet you'll love them anyway (like me) ????????????

    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    I've been eating a few too many naughty treats like these lately (just wait till you see Monday's chocolatey post!!!), so I think it's time to get back on the healthier eating + exercise bandwagon soon.

    Any recipe requests or suggestions for tasty, lighter meals?

    Chris and I are celebrating our 10 year anniversary (14 years together) next month, so I wouldn't mind getting rid of the muffin top before then.

    Ok, enough healthy talk, let's get back to the chocolate cake ????❤

    I use a fairy cake tin to bake the cakes in. Hmmm fairy cake - Is that just a UK term?

    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    Size-wise, the tins (and cake case/liner), are somewhere between a regular muffin tin and a petit-fours tin.

    Petit fours are a US thing right? Those truffle-sized foods? Arghhh US friends please help me.

    I think I've seen the tins listed as shallow muffin tins on Amazon.com - the measurements are 2.5" diameter at the top, 1.7" diameter across the bottom and 0.75" deep. Here's a link (affiliate link) if that helps:

    Worst case scenario, and you can't get hold of muffin tins in this size, just go for the big ones and cook for 7-8 minutes longer (you'll get half the amount of muffins, so you'd need to half the amount of frosting).

    If you love Snickers based desserts, try this no-bake Snickers cheesecake or this sweet and salty Snickers popcorn.

    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    The frosting for this recipe is based (with a couple of tiny adjustments) on Sally's version from Sally's Baking Addiction.

    More Cupcakes

    Still hungry for more?  I have got quite a selection of cupcakes and muffins in my Cakes and Treats Category such as:

    Gluten Free Marshmallow Cupcakes

    Chocolate Peanut Banana Cupcakes

    Strawberry Streusel Cupcakes

    Gluten Free Berry Muffins

    Coconut Lime Cupcakes

    Rhubarb and marzipan muffins

    Choc Chip Banana Muffins

    The Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes Recipe:

    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes

    By: Nicky Corbishley
    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate cake base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 13 mins
    Total Time 33 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, British
    Servings 30 mini cupcakes
    Calories 188 kcal

    Ingredients
     

    Cupcakes:

    • 80 ml vegetable oil
    • 200 g golden caster sugar (or use superfine sugar)
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 tsp teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 120 ml buttermilk
    • 42 g cocoa powder
    • 95 g plain( all-purpose) flour
    • 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
    • Pinch of salt

    Frosting:

    • 75 g unsalted butter, softened
    • 240 g smooth peanut butter
    • 115 g confectioners' sugar
    • 90 ml double (heavy) cream
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • ¼ tsp salt

    Also:

    • 45 mini Snickers pieces sliced in half - or you you use 2-3 whole Snickers bars, chopped
    • 3 tbsp store-bought salted caramel sauce - slightly warmed in a pan or the microwave to loosen.
    • 50 g dark chocolate, melted

    INSTRUCTIONS
     

    • Preheat the oven to 175C (350F) and line 2x12-hole shallow muffin tins with cake liners (bake the final 6 as a separate batch unless you have a third muffin tin).
    • Whisk the vegetable oil and caster sugar together in a large bowl until creamy (about 2 minutes with an electric whisk). Add the eggs, vanilla extract and buttermilk and stir to combine.
    • Sieve in the cocoa powder, flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Fold in using a spatula. The mixture will be runny. Spoon the mixture into the cupcake liners - approx ⅔rds full.
    • Place in the oven and bake for 13 minutes, until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the tray, then transfer to a baking rack to cool completely.
    • Now make the frosting. Place the butter and peanut butter in a bowl and whisk together using an electric hand whisk until creamy.
    • Add the confectioners' sugar, cream, vanilla extract and salt and whisk again for 2-3 minutes until thick. If it's too runny, add a little more confectioner's sugar until you get the right consistency for piping.
    • Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a wide round nozzle. Pipe the mixture on the cakes, starting from the outside and working inwards.
    • Decorate each cupcake with 3 pieces of Snickers. Drizzle over the salted caramel and melted chocolate (you can drizzle on via a piping bag with a very small round nozzle if you want a neater drizzle).

    ✎ Notes

    Nutritional Information is per serving.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 188kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 151mgPotassium: 114mgFiber: 1gSugar: 13gVitamin A: 135IUCalcium: 19mgIron: 0.8mg
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    These Chocolate Snickers Cupcakes have a light and fluffy chocolate muffin base, topped with peanut butter frosting and little chunks of Snickers!

    Hi I’m Nicky

    I love to cook and I want to share with you my favourite, delicious family friendly recipes. I want to inspire you to create fantastic food for your family every day.

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    1. Tom says

      July 09, 2018 at 6:30 pm

      5 stars
      As soon as I saw these I had to make them, oh my how yummy are these. Got to admit I ate 3 at once!!!

      Reply
    2. Karly says

      October 28, 2017 at 1:07 am

      Holy YES. These seriously look incredible. One of the best candies ever in cupcake form? Perfection

      Reply
    3. Natasha @ Salt and Lavender says

      October 22, 2017 at 6:41 pm

      These look amazing, Nicky!!

      Reply
    4. fiorino bianchi says

      October 22, 2017 at 12:17 pm

      Hi..Aewsome Recipe.shared on my FaceBook.Twitter.G+ ,Pinterest and Yummly

      Reply
      • Nicky Corbishley says

        October 27, 2017 at 4:37 pm

        Thank you so much Fiorini 😀

        Reply

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