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Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter-Chocolate Frosting

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This is a sweet, fluffy banana cupcake, and the frosting is a good mix of creamy peanut butter and chocolate. They are topped with a crispy banana chip for color and crunch!

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CUPCAKES:
  • ½ cups Butter
  • 1 cup Brown Sugar
  • 3 whole Eggs
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla
  • 1-½ cup All-purpose Flour
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • 1-½ cup Banana Chunks
  • Banana Chips, For Garnish
  • _____
  • FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
  • ½ cups Soft Butter
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar
  • ¼ cups Milk
  • ½ cups Peanut Butter
  • 2 ounces, weight Unsweetened Dark Chocolate

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Prepare a muffin tin with paper liners.

For the cupcakes, in the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together the butter and brown sugar. Add the eggs and the vanilla and cream until combined.

In a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and partially mix. Add the banana chunks and beat everything on high until you have a smooth batter.

Scoop the batter into the prepared muffin tins. Bake the cupcakes for about 20 minutes or until they are just baked through and fluffy. Let them cool completely on a rack before frosting.

To make the frosting, combine the butter, sugar and milk in the bowl of a standing mixer. Combine and then add the peanut butter and the chocolate and whip to a creamy frosting.

Frost the cupcakes and garnish with a banana chip.

Enjoy!

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kimschmidt on 5.10.2011

I made this frosting today for a birthday party and it was a HUGE hit!! Yum!!

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taradoty on 3.11.2011

I made these tonight w/ my girls – in minis! We opted out of making the frosting due to time a limit, but instead spread a small dollop of Nutella on top. Delicious mini cupcakes, and so sooo easy! Thank you for posting a great banana recipe. :)

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lindafromgeorgia on 2.22.2011

Beautiful! Can’t wait to try this recipe.

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Lara on 8.5.2012

Instead of leaving banana chunks I just mashed it up. This is an easy cupcake to make and the frosting is amazing! YUM!

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prairieprincess on 9.22.2011

These were a hit! The frosting was definitely the highlight. Great recipe, definitely going in my cupcake archives. :)

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One Sweet Baker on 6.4.2011

My sister was craving for banana cupcakes so I decided to make these. The cupcakes and frosting was pretty good. Frosting was thick it made me think of Nutella so… I took the left over (frosting) and made a sandwich.. LOL.. It was actually pretty good though

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