Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes Recipe from the Bakery

These bakery-style Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes are made from scratch using a secret bakery formula—extra moist, full of flavor, and surprisingly easy to make. The base is my Moist and Fudgy Chocolate Cupcakes. Top them with the creamiest, lightest Peanut Butter Buttercream for a perfect pairing.

Moist and Fudgy Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

This recipe is part of a Mix and Match series. The cake and buttercream are separate recipes linked at the bottom of this page so you can quickly swap batch sizes and flavor combinations. Mix and Match recipes are meant to be short, flexible small-batch formulas so you can recreate bakery-style combinations like we did at Amycakes Bakery.

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For a richer chocolate-forward version, fill or drizzle these cupcakes with easy fudgy chocolate ganache for a “Peanut Butter Fudge” cupcake variation.

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Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes: a Bakery Recipe

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These bakery-style Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes are moist, fudgy, and easy to assemble. Start with a rich chocolate cupcake base and finish with a light, creamy peanut butter buttercream for a perfectly balanced bite.

This is a Mix and Match Recipe: the linked recipes below provide the cake, frosting, and optional ganache so you can mix batch sizes and flavors to suit your needs—just like at Amycakes Bakery.

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Yields
18 Cupcakes

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Ingredients

1 x batch Moist and Fudgy Chocolate Cupcakes (see link below)
1 to 2 x batch Creamy Peanut Butter Buttercream (see link below)depending on how much frosting you prefer
1 x batch Easy Fudgy Chocolate Ganache (optional for filling or drizzle)
18 Mini Peanut Butter Cups (optional, for topping)

Recommended Equipment

Round cupcake piping tip
Disposable piping bag (18 inch)
Squeeze bottle for ganache drizzle (optional)

Decoration Ideas

Pipe a round dollop of peanut butter buttercream onto each cooled chocolate cupcake. Drizzle with warm ganache if desired, using a squeeze bottle or spoon, and press a mini Reese’s peanut butter cup into the center for a classic finishing touch.

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The Recipes Needed to make these Bakery-Style Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes:

Moist and Fudgy Chocolate Cupcakes

A rich, bakery-style chocolate cupcake base that stays moist and fudgy—perfect as a foundation for fillings and frostings. Use this recipe as the chocolate component for your Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes.

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Fluffy Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

A light, creamy peanut butter buttercream that spreads and pipes beautifully—ideal for frosting and filling cupcakes or cakes.

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Easy Fudgy Chocolate Ganache

A simple two-ingredient ganache that makes a rich, fudgy filling or drizzle—perfect for adding a chocolate contrast to the peanut butter frosting.

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