Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

My husband is cheating on me... and her name is "Peanut Butter". It is a love affair so deep, so absolute, I will never completely grasp the depths of his feelings. So when he comes to me and says, "What if you made a cupcake and stuck a Reeses peanut butter cup INSIDE IT??" all I can do is give it a go. These are delicious and wrong on so many levels...

PEANUT BUTTER CUP CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS:

For cupcakes:
1 box (18.25oz) Devils Food cake mix
3 eggs
1 1/4 cup water
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 (12oz) bag Reeses mini peanut butter cups, unwrapped

For frosting:
2 sticks (1/2 cup) butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups powdered sugar
3 tablespoons milk, as needed

Mini semisweet chocolate chips for garnish

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12 muffin baking pans with paper cupcake liners.

2. In a large bowl combine cake mix, eggs, water and oil until moistened. Using a handheld mixer beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold in semisweet chocolate chips. Place a heaping tablespoon of cake batter into each muffin cup. Place one Reeses mini peanut butter cup into each muffin cup, and top with an additional tablespoon of cake batter to cover - muffin cups should be about 2/3 full.

3. Bake in preheated oven 18-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted along the edge of the cupcake comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.

4. To prepare frosting: place butter and peanut butter in a medium bowl and beat with a handheld mixer until fluffy and thoroughly combined. Add vanilla extract and beat until combined. Gradually mix in powdered sugar until well incorporated- if mixture becomes too thick, add milk a tablespoon at a time as needed until desired consistency. Beat for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Frost cupcakes and if desired, garnish with mini semisweet chocolate chips.