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Muffin Monday – Fudgy Peanut Butter Muffins
Welcome to Muffin (and Cupcake) Monday!
I know I should be sick of peanut butter and chocolate…but I’m not. These muffins are like eating a giant Reese Cup. They are so good. I could even say they are good for me. After all peanut butter is protein and I used applesauce instead of oil. So this must be good for me. Right?
Ingredients:
Muffin batter:
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup peanut butter chips
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Peanut Butter Icing
- 1/2 stick of butter
- 1/4 cup of peanut butter
- 2 cups of powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup of milk
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line muffin cups with paper bake cups or coat with non-stick cooking spray.
- In large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and
vanilla until well blended. Add applesauce, blend well. - In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Add to wet mixture, blending well. Stir in chocolate and peanut butter chips. Fill muffin cups 3/4 full with batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out almost clean. Cool slightly in pan on wire rack.
- While muffins are baking prepare icing. Cream together softened butter and peanut butter w/ an electric mixer. Add in powder sugar one cup at at time. Next, pour in the milk untill the icing reaches desired consistency. Frost muffins.
- Enjoy!
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21 Comments
Yay! I’m so excited I have something to post! You are so faithful to my party I feel bad when I can’t do the same. Today I am sharing my Bread Pudding Muffins and my I’m Stuck In You Cupcakes which has a cake ball inside! Thanks for hosting and have a GREAT week! —Sheryl @Lady Behind The Curtain—
OH my goodness, those both sound fabulous! Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing your delicious recipes, Sheryl!
You can never have too much peanut butter. Thanks for hosting this. I look forward to making my weekly muffin to post here and to t he recipes you post, each week.
I agree, Chaya! Thanks so much for sharing your Zucchini Walnut Muffins recipe this week. It sounds amazing! We look forward to see you each week!
These sound absolutely great! My boyfriend doesn’t usually like muffins, but I bet he would love these. Can’t wait to try!
I think he will too, Nicky! Thanks so much for stopping by!
those don’t look like muffins, they look way too good to be called a muffin, yum!
They do look incredible, don’t they, Sue? Thanks for stopping by!
These look really good. I agree they must be healthy with peanut butter and applesauce. At least that’s what I’m going to tell myself!
That’s our story and we’re sticking to it! Thanks for stopping by Patricia P!
Oh MY YUM!!! these look so yummy
Thanks! So glad you stopped by!
YUM! Nothing is better than chocolate and peanut butter. NOTHING! Thanks for sharing and linking to Tempt My Tummy!
These look SO good! Thanks so much for linking up with Try a New Recipe Tuesday! I can’t wait to try them with my kiddos.
I can never have too much PB and Chocolate! This is making its way to my PB Chocolate pinboard! Thanks for sharing at Handmade Tuesdays.
One of my favorite flavor combinations! Thank you so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday
Thanks for sharing. I’m definitely trying this.
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I love your yummy Muffin Monday’s Thank you for linking to the Thursday Favorite Things Hop. I appreciate your bloggy friendship xo
Yummy! Thanks for sharing with Simply Delish.
Hi,
I’ve started My Sweet Party, where I every month host a party with a theme (MAY theme is CHOCOLATE). The party is ongoing the entire duration of the month and then I will choose my top three favourites and feture those blogs. I would LOVE you to join My Sweet Party!
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Johanna
I love using applesauce in my recipes too – and then I feel like I can have two
Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!