Easy Holiday Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes

A plate of chocolate cupcakes topped with chocolate frosting and chopped peanuts, with one cupcake cut in half to reveal a creamy filling inside.

PREP: 20 min. plus baking and cooling MAKES: 24 servings

What you need

For the Cupcakes

For the Filling

For the Glaze

  • 1-1/2 cups thawed Cool Whip Whipped Topping
  • 4 squares Semi-Sweet Chocolate

For the Topping

  • 1/4 cup Dry Roasted Peanuts, chopped

Make It

  1. Heat oven to 350°F Prepare cake batter and bake in 24 paper-lined muffin cups as directed in the recipe. Cool 30 min. [Cupcakes need to still be warm to fill. ]
  2. Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Spoon into small freezer-weight resealable plastic bag; seal bag.
  3. Snip off 1 bottom corner from bottom of bag. Insert tip of bag into center of each cupcake; pipe in about 1 Tbsp. filling.
  4. Microwave cool whip and chocolate in small microwaveable bowl on high 1-1/2 min. or until chocolate is melted and mixture is well blended, stirring after 1 min. Dip tops of cupcakes in glaze; sprinkle with nuts. Keep refrigerated.

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