Snickers Cupcakes: Chocolate Cupcakes with Caramel- Peanut Filling and a Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

Ingredients:
Salted Caramel Sauce:

• Butter (cold and cubed) – 100gm 
• Caster sugar – 200gm 
• Heavy cream/ double cream (or) even the thick part of amul cream – 125ml 
• Sea salt – 1/2 teaspoon

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Caramel- Peanut Filling:

• Caramel Sauce – 4-5 tablespoons
• Toasted peanuts – 100gm

Chocolate Cupcakes: (makes about 12 standard cupcakes)

• Flour – 120gm 
• Butter – 100gm
• Eggs -2 
• Sugar – 100gm 
• Baking powder – 1 teaspoon 
• Cocoa powder – 50gm
• Melted Dark Chocolate – 50gm 
• Coffee – 60ml
• Milk – 60ml

Peanut butter Buttercream Frosting:

• Butter – 70gm 
• Peanut Butter – 60gm (smooth/Creamy)
• Icing sugar – 250gm + more if needed 
• Dash of milk 

Method:
Chocolate cupcakes:

• Preheat the oven to180 degrees celsius. Line the muffin with cupcake liners. 
• In a large bowl, Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. 
• Beat in one egg at a time. 
• Add the melted chocolate and coffee into the mixture. 
• Sift in the cocoa, flour and baking powder into the mixture. 
• Add the milk and mix thoroughly until completely incorporated. 
• Scoop in the batter to 2/3rd of the liner. 
• Bake for 15-20 minutes, check from about 18 minutes with a skewer to check if completely baked. 
• Once baked, let it cool

Caramel -Peanut Filling:

• Toast the peanuts in the oven until slightly golden brown. 
• Spoon in 4-5 tablespoons of salted caramel Sauce. 
• Add more if as you need. 
• Mix it well. 

Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting:

• In a large bowl, Cream the butter and the peanut butter. 
• Add the icing sugar in small batches and keep beating , 
• Add a dash of milk for smoothness. 
• Whisk it all for a couple of minutes until the required consistency. 

Assembly:

• Using the cupcake career or the back of a spoon, remove the centre of the cupcake. 
• spoon in the filling. 
• Frost with the peanut butter buttercream frosting.
• Drizzle on some peanuts and the caramel sauce on the frosting! 
• Enjoy!!!