Categories: Desserts
Ingredients
- Cupcakes:
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 11/2 cups flour
- 11/4 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- Cookie Dough Frosting:
- 8 oz. cream cheese, softened (don't use reduced fat or fat free!)
- 1/2 c. butter, softened
- 1/2 c. creamy peanut butter
- 1- 2 c. powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. all purpose flour
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 c. oats
- 3/4 bag plain mini M&Ms
- 3/4 cup mini or regular semi-sweet chocolate chips
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350º.
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Use a hand or stand mixer to whisk together all of the cupcake ingredients except for the chocolate chips.
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Then, stir in the chocolate chips with a spoon or spatula.
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Fill each cupcake liner about ⅔ full of batter.
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Bake for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Let cool on a wire rack.
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Meanwhile, use a stand mixer dough paddle to beat together the cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter until smooth.
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Mix in the brown sugar, flour, vanilla, and oats.
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Mix in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time (1 and ½ cups worked out best for me).
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Finally add the M&Ms and Chocolate chips, mix well.
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Use a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to scoop out the cookie dough onto the completely cooled cupcakes.