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Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes

 These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!
These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake.  Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!
  These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!
That secret jelly filling though? That is everything! Yum.
These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!
The light and fluffy peanut butter buttercream frosting is my absolute favourite frosting of all time. If PB & J isn’t your thing, try it on your favourite chocolate cupcake recipe for out-of-this-world peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes!
These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 package Yellow Cake Mix (Plus Ingredients needed to prepare mix)
1 Cup Strawberry Jelly

Peanut Butter Frosting Ingredients:

1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
3/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
2 Cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted
1/2 Tsp Vanilla
4 TBsp Cream

 

Directions:

Prepare cupcakes as directed then allow to cool completely.

Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip with jam jelly and insert tip into the top of the cupcakes and squeeze gently to fill centre of cupcake.

Alternatively, if you do not have a pastry bag, use a cupcake corer or knife to cut out a small cylinder from the top of the cupcakes and carefully spoon in the jelly.

Cream together Butter and Peanut Butter in a medium sized bowl until smooth.

Slowly add Powdered Sugar until mixed in and then add Vanilla.

Add Milk  a tbsp at a time and mix until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

Pipe Peanut Butter Frosting onto cupcakes.

 

These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!

These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!
Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes

Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1 package Yellow Cake Mix, Plus Ingredients needed to prepare mix
  • 1 Cup Strawberry Jelly
  • Peanut Butter Frosting Ingredients:
  • 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
  • 3/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
  • 2 Cups Powdered Sugar, Sifted
  • 1/2 Tsp Vanilla
  • 4 TBsp Cream

Instructions

  1. Prepare cupcakes as directed then allow to cool completely.
  2. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a medium round tip with jam jelly and insert tip into the top of the cupcakes and squeeze gently to fill centre of cupcake.
  3. Alternatively, if you do not have a pastry bag, use a cupcake corer or knife to cut out a small cylinder from the top of the cupcakes and carefully spoon in the jelly.
  4. Cream together Butter and Peanut Butter in a medium sized bowl until smooth.
  5. Slowly add Powdered Sugar until mixed in and then add Vanilla.
  6. Add Milk a tbsp at a time and mix until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  7. Pipe Peanut Butter Frosting onto cupcakes.

Nutrition Information:

Serving Size:

1 grams

Amount Per Serving: Unsaturated Fat: 0g

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These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes turn a classic sandwich into an easy to make and very nostalgic cupcake. Perfect for all the pb & j lovers out there!

 

This post was originally published March of 2013 on FrugalMomEh.com.

 

kathy downey

Sunday 22nd of October 2017

Peanut butter frosting just changed the way i do things..............so delicious!

kathy downey

Friday 3rd of October 2014

we made these with the grandkids and they were so good

kathy downey

Monday 11th of August 2014

Thanks,this look great and I will be trying this real soon

Laurie P

Saturday 3rd of May 2014

My guys (jr & sr) love peanut butter and jelly. This would become an instant favorite. Love the idea of chocolate and peanut butter myself. You have such a great collection of recipes :)

Lynda Cook

Thursday 13th of March 2014

these sound very good, this is one way for me to use up the jam I have

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