Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes | Summertime, when family members and friends gather together, have fun in the sun and EAT! The table is set for the party and you can’t wait for your guests to have dessert! Present your guests a twist on a family classic, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Fluffy White cake filled with strawberry jelly and topped with a peanut butter and strawberry butter frosting. These Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes are the perfect cupcake for a summer party!
What’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich or dessert without the perfect peanut butter? For the perfect sandwich you need the perfect peanut butter. My number one choice is always Peter Pan® Peanut Butter. It’s made from wholesome, simple ingredients, and packed with protein. It’s delicious as a spread, an ingredient or my favorite way…. right from the spoon!
Light up the sparklers and Party with Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes!
These Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes are great to serve at a kids birthday party. Most kids love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Don’t like strawberry? Use whatever jelly your kids love!
Oh, and did you know these amazing cupcakes are semi homemade? I know! It’s a hostesses dream! The white cake mix is the perfect substitution for white bread.
Use a level ice cream scoop of cake batter. This will help keep the cupcakes the same size.
Use the large end of a melon ball tool to remove some of the cake from the center of each cupcake. Reserve what is removed.
Add strawberry preserves (or your favorite jelly) to a zip top bag, cut one corner.
Fill each hole with preserves.
Place what was removed back on top.
Add a swirl of Strawberry Butter Frosting.
Fill the center with Peanut Butter Frosting.
TIPS FOR A LIGHT AND FLUFFY FROSTING
- Good ingredients “real” butter not margarine
- Room temperature ingredients
- Be patient….you’ll need to whip the frosting at least 3 to 5 minutes (sometimes I do this step twice). This will allow air to incorporate into the butter and create the lightness you want.
- That’s it! It’s really not as hard as you might think.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes:
- 1 (15.25 ounce) white cake mix plus ingredients to make from the box
- 1 cup strawberry preserves
For the Strawberry Frosting:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon strawberry extract
- ½ cup strawberry preserves
- 5 cups confectioners’ sugar
For the Peanut Butter Frosting:
- ¾cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾cup peanut butter
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
For the Cupcakes:
- Make cupcakes as the box directs.
- Let cupcakes cool completely.
- Using a melon ball tool, scoop out the center of each cupcake (reverse the scooped portion).
- Put jelly into a zip top bag and snip the corner.
- Fill the hollowed out cupcakes with jelly; replace the cut out portion of the cake back on top of each cupcake.
For the Strawberry Frosting:
- In a medium mixing bowl whip together the butter, strawberry preserves, vanilla and strawberry extracts until combined and creamy.
- Mix in confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time until fluffy.
- For a pop of color add a drop of red gel food coloring; mix to combine.
- Put frosting into a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip; frosting around the perimeter of the cupcake.
For Peanut Butter Frosting:
- Mix together the butter, peanut butter, milk and vanilla until creamy.
- Add confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time mixing well between until smooth.
- Put frosting into a piping bag fitted with a 1M tip; pipe and fill in the center.
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Umm… YUMMY! These Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes are so fun. They look perfect for a Memorial Day barbecue. #client
Thanks Carrie! I think any guest would be very happy to have one of these.
Thanks Carrie. I hope WalMart carries the “strawberry extract, because i,ve never seen it before or heard of it.
Hi Mary, I found mine at Safeway. I bet any Kroger store would have it too.