Peanut butter and Oreo Cupcakes

Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! 

You don’t need a special day to celebrate the special people in your life.

But often, we get so consumed with the mundane routine of everyday life; we inadvertently put our cherished relationships on the back burner. Take a moment…smell the roses…bask in the warm sun. Not literally (since there are no roses growing in Chicago and definitely no warm sun either)…but you get the point.

It’s the simple pleasures and the small joys that make life so beautiful. And a yearly reminder of sorts doesn’t harm anyone! J Well, neither does a little bit of cupcake goodness!

I saw this recipe online a few weeks back and decided today was the perfect day to try it.

Ingredients:

1 box of chocolate cake mix (any brand will do)
24 Oreo Cookies
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

The recipe:

§  Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a 12 muffin cup baker with paper liners.

§  Prepare cake mix according to package directions.

§  For each cupcake cup spread 1 teaspoon of peanut butter over 2 Oreo cookies and stack them on top of each other.

§  Place oreo stacks into the cupcake lined muffin cups.

§  Generously spoon cake batter over each stacked oreos and let it run down the sides of the cookies.

§  Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until cupcakes are cooked through.

§  Let cool completely.

Looks super cute and tastes yum yum yum!

Serve warm with a scoop of your favorite ice-cream on the side!

Miu baby enjoyed it J and the happy look on her face was the best V day gift ever!!