Spooky Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Chocolate Cupcakes

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line two muffin tins with cupcake liners. (I recommend black liners or other Halloween themed liners.)
2. Prepare the cake batter according to the package using the amount of egg, vegetable oil, and water listed. Spoon the cake batter into the lined muffin tin cups until they're about 3/4 full.
3. Bake according to the package directions for cupcakes. Once cooked, remove from the oven and let the cupcakes cool completely on a wire rack.

Peanut Butter Frosting

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the peanut butter and butter until smooth and light in color. Add the powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time, mixing in between additions. Then beat in the milk until the frosting is light and fluffy.
2. Transfer the peanut butter frosting to a piping bag with a tip fitted on the end. (You may need to divide the frosting into two bags or use the first bag and then refill with the remaining frosting.)
3. Insert the tip of the piping bag into the top of a cupcake and squeeze the bag to fill the cupcake with frosting. Repeat with the remaining cupcakes. Then frost the top of each cupcake with frosting as well, just enough to have a good layer for the cookies to stick onto - it doesn't have to be perfect because you're going to cover the top.

Decorations

1. Add the Oreo cookies to a food processor bowl. Cover and pules until crumbs form. (You can also use a rolling pin to smash the cookies in a large ziptop food storage bag.) Pour the cookie crumbs into a bowl.
2. Carefully dip the frosted cupcakes into the Oreo crumbs and press down gently to help the cookie crumbs stick. Set the cupcakes aside.
3. Place the white candy melts in a bowl and melt according to the package directions. Dip half of each Nutter Butter into the melted candy and then lay them on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Allow to rest until the chocolate sets up (you can pop them into the freezer to speed things up).
4. Using black decorating gel (or icing) write RIP on the coated half of the Nutter Butter or decorate to look like ghosts.
5. Stick the uncoated side of Nutter Butter into the cupcake carefully, leaving the coated half sticking out. Sprinkle bone and skull candies on top and enjoy!