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Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

24 October, 2013 by Tara 10 Comments

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A recipe for Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting! Top with chocolate spiderwebs for a fun halloween treat!

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Three Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting on a wooden board and topped with white and dark chocolate spiderwebs and spiders.

Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

I wanted to make chocolate spiderwebs for Halloween this year and just needed the right recipe to showcase them. They were perfect paired with these Brownie Cupcakes topped with a rich and creamy Peanut Butter Frosting!

Close up of six Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with chocolate spiders and spiderwebs for Halloween.

I love the chocolate peanut butter combination and the peanut butter gave the frosting an orange hue for Halloween which paired perfectly with the chocolate brownie cupcake base. For the most recent updated photos, I used a dark chocolate cocoa powder to help bring an even bigger contrast to the colors. 

Fill each muffin tin about 2/3-3/4 full. I like to use an ice cream scoop for a consistent size in each cupcake. Bake the cupcakes just until cooked through. You want them to still be a bit fudgy and moist in the center. They will continue to set further as they cool.

Allow the cupcakes to cool completely to room temperature before topping with the frosting and chocolate spiderwebs.

The addition of peanut butter adds some extra richness to the buttercream frosting. I usually have to add a bit more milk (closer to 1/4 cup) than usual to help make the frosting light enough to pipe.

Chocolate Spiderwebs 

Drawing chocolate spiderwebs to garnish the cupcakes.

I made a mixture of dark chocolate and white chocolate spiderwebs for a bit of variety. I have plastic molds to make little spiders. These molds are also available on Amazon: Spiders Chocolate Candy Mold.

To make the chocolate spider webs: melt white, semi-sweet, or dark chocolate on the stove in a double boiler or for short intervals in the microwave until smooth. Pour into a piping bag fitted with a small round tip or a ziploc bag with a very small piece of the corner cut off.

Line a baking sheet with parchment. On the parchment, draw a “plus sign +” with the melted chocolate. Draw an “X” over the plus sign. Starting near the center, connect the x and plus sign with slightly concave lines in a circular pattern. Repeat with the end points of the x and plus sign.

Make the spider webs as small or large as you need for cupcakes or other decorations. Place the baking sheet in the freezer for about 5 minutes to allow the webs to harden.

Looking for more cupcake recipes?

Try my Blood Orange Chardonnay Cupcakes, Gingerbread Cupcakes with Eggnog Buttercream, and Chocolate Covered Pretzel Cupcakes.

Seven Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with chocolate spiders and spiderwebs on a round wooden platter.

Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction

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Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

A recipe for Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. Top with chocolate spider webs for a fun Halloween treat!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword brownie, cake, chocolate, cupcake, halloween, peanut, peanut butter, spider
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Resting Time: 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Servings 6 -8 Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter melted
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Peanut Butter Frosting:

  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2-4 tablespoons milk

Chocolate spider webs:

  • Melted white or dark chocolate

Instructions

To make the cupcakes:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line 8 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
  • In a large bowl, beat together the melted butter and granulated sugar. Beat in the vanilla extract and eggs.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Slowly mix into the butter mixture until just combined.
  • Fill each prepared muffin tin with batter, 2/3-3/4 full. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean, 15-20 minutes. Allow to rest in the pan for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack. Cool to room temperature before covering with frosting.

To make the peanut butter frosting:

  • In a large bowl, beat together peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Beat in milk until light and fluffy. Add more powdered sugar or more milk as needed to achieve desired consistency. Spread or pipe onto completely cooled cupcakes.

To make the chocolate spider webs:

  • Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag fitted with a small round tip or a ziploc bag with a very small piece of the corner cut off.
  • Line a baking sheet with parchment.
  • On the parchment, draw a “plus sign +” with the melted chocolate. Draw an “X” over the plus sign. Starting near the center, connect the x and plus sign with slightly concave lines in a circular pattern. Repeat with the end points of the x and plus sign. Make the spider webs as small or large as you need for cupcakes or other decorations.
  • Put the baking sheet in the freezer for about 5 minutes to allow the chocolate to harden, then place each web on top of the frosting-covered cupcakes.
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Comments

  1. Irina

    1 October, 2019 at 4:06 pm

    CHOCOLATE SPIDERWEBS are so cute! Thanks for your tutorial:) These cupcakes look amazingly delicious!

    Reply
  2. Neha

    1 October, 2019 at 5:35 pm

    Omg yum! Pretty and spooky at the same time! 😉 I can’t wait to try this creamy and nutty frosting.

    Reply
  3. Jere Cassidy

    1 October, 2019 at 6:21 pm

    What’s not to like about these cupcakes, chocolate and peanut butter. The star is absolutely those cute spider webs.

    Reply
  4. Erica Schwarz

    1 October, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    These look SO cute and tasty for Halloween – that cake looks decadently perfect.

    Reply
  5. Laura | Wandercooks

    1 October, 2019 at 9:34 pm

    I love how effective the little spiderweb shapes are – and it looks much easier than I expected. What a great idea, thanks so much!

    Reply
  6. Adriana

    1 October, 2019 at 11:53 pm

    wow, these cupcakes are beautiful and the flavor combination is fantastic, a perfect idea for Halloween!

    Reply
  7. Paula

    7 May, 2020 at 10:23 am

    Just made these amazing brownie cupcakes. Since it is May I did not add the chocolate spiders. I will be making these again for family & friends celebrations! Will be tripling recipe, Thank You so much for sharing
    a delicious fun recipe. Surprising my husband tonight with this dessert after supper.

    Reply
    • Tara

      20 August, 2020 at 7:59 pm

      Hi Paula! Thank you, so happy to hear!

      Reply
  8. Natasha Godbout

    20 August, 2020 at 5:35 pm

    Does the recipe only make frosting for 8 cupcakes? I double the frosting recipe and I have 46 cupcakes to frost.

    Reply
    • Tara

      20 August, 2020 at 7:59 pm

      Hi Natasha! I piled the frosting high on the cupcakes. You may be able to stretch it to 46 with a doubled amount and less frosting on each cupcake, but tripling may work better.

      Reply

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