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Snickers Cupcakes

These snickers cupcakes are moist, fluffy, and so chocolatey! They're filled with a caramel that's been loaded with of peanuts. A caramel swiss meringue buttercream is piped on top of the snickers cupcakes and it's finished with a mini Snickers candy bar, peanuts, and a drizzle of chocolate.

Prep Time
45 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 12426 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Chocolate Cupcakes
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp. salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 1 T. vanilla extract
  • 1 cup hot coffee
  • 11 oz, bag caramel squares store-bought
  • 2 1/2 T. heavy cream
  • 1/3 cup salted peanuts chopped
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
  • 6 egg whites
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 2 cups salted butter room temperature
  • 1 T. vanilla
  • 5 oz. caramel squares store-bought
  • 2 T. heavy cream
Garnish
  • 24 mini Snicker candy bars
  • 1 - 2 T. salted peanuts chopped
  • 2 T. chocolate syrup

Instructions

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  1. CupcakesPreheat the oven to 375. Line your cupcake tins with liners.
  2. In a large bowl, add in the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine.
  3. Add in the eggs, buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla extract. Using a hand mixer, beat on low until the batter is smooth.
  4. Once smooth, stir in the hot coffee with a spatula.
  5. Scoop the batter into 24 cupcake liners.
  6. Place into the oven and bake for 20 minutes or until done. Place a toothpick in the center of the cupcake and if it comes out clean, you're ready to pull those babies out of the oven.
  7. Remove from the oven and let cool completely. 
  8. CaramelUnwrap the caramels and put in a medium microwave-safe bowl.
  9. Add in the heavy cream and place in the microwave. Microwave in 30-seconds. Stir after each time. Microwave until the caramel is smooth.
  10. After the caramel is melted, fold in the chopped peanuts with a spatula.
  11. ButtercreamIn a double boiler, add the egg whites and granulated sugar. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. This is when the egg whites reach about 115 degrees.
  12. Pour into a stand mixer bowl and whip with a whisk attachment on high. The meringue needs to come to stiff peaks. If you turn the whisk upside down and the peak stands straight up, you've reached the stiff peak stage.
  13. Add in the sifted powdered sugar and mix until combined.
  14. Add all at once the shortening and butter. Beat until it all comes together. It will thicken up at this point. If the mixture looks like it curdled, keep mixing. It will come back together.
  15. Add the vanilla and mix until combined. The frosting should be thick and creamy.
  16. Unwrap the caramels and put in a medium microwave-safe bowl.
  17. Add in the heavy cream and place in the microwave. Microwave in 30-seconds. Stir after each time. Microwave until the caramel is smooth. Let cool to room temperature. 
  18. Fold the caramel into the buttercream. 
  19. AssembleCut a hole into the centers of the cupcakes. Don't go to the bottom of the cupcake. Spoon in the caramel peanut mix. You can also add the caramel into a sandwich bag and pipe it into the holes that way.
  20. Add the caramel buttercream into a piping bag with a 1M piping tip or a 6B piping tip.
  21. Pipe swirls on top of the cupcakes. 
  22. Drizzle chocolate syrup on the top of each cupcake. 
  23. Add mini Snickers to the top of each cupcake.
  24. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
  25. Store in an airtight container. 

Notes

  • The chocolate cupcakes recipe was adapted from Foodess.
  • The chocolate cupcakes recipe was adapted from Foodess.

Nutrition Information

Calories 12426kcal (621%) Carbohydrates 1517g (506%) Protein 113g (226%) Fat 703g (1082%) Saturated Fat 358g (1790%) Cholesterol 1611mg (537%) Sodium 9549mg (398%) Potassium 3529mg (101%) Fiber 31g (124%) Sugar 1247g (2494%) Vitamin A 15245IU (305%) Vitamin C 1.2mg (1%) Calcium 1264mg (126%) Iron 22.6mg (126%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 24cupcakes

Amount Per Serving

Calories 12426

% Daily Value*

Calories 12426kcal 621%
Carbohydrates 1517g 506%
Protein 113g 226%
Fat 703g 1082%
Saturated Fat 358g 1790%
Cholesterol 1611mg 537%
Sodium 9549mg 398%
Potassium 3529mg 75%
Fiber 31g 124%
Sugar 1247g 2494%
Vitamin A 15245IU 305%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 1%
Calcium 1264mg 126%
Iron 22.6mg 126%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.