
How To Make Peanut Butter Hi-Hat Cupcakes
Hi-hat cupcakes are fun and indulgent with many layers. This recipe features a soft peanut butter meringue frosting and a delicious chocolate shell.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Peanut Butter Frosting:
- 1batchchocolate cupcakes,homemade
- 3egg whites,room temperature
- ¾cupgranulated sugar
- ¼tspcream of tartar
- 10tbspunsalted butter,very soft, not melted
- 1cupcreamy peanut butter,not natural style
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
- pinchsalt
For the Chocolate Shell:
- 10ozsemi sweet chocolate,coarsely chopped
- 1½tbspcanola,or vegetable oil
Instructions
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Set the butter and eggs out. Make the chocolate cupcakes. Allow them to completely cool.
Peanut butter frosting:
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Place egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar in a heatproof bowl. Set bowl over a saucepan filled with two inches of simmering water. Do not let it touch the water.
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Whisk constantly until sugar is dissolved for about 4 minutes.
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Transfer the mixing bowl to an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. Beat on high speed for 5 to 6 minutes until soft, glossy peaks form.
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At medium speed, add the butter 1 Tablespoon at a time until completely combined and creamy. Finally, beat in the peanut butter and vanilla until combined. Taste. Add a pinch of salt if needed.
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Pipe frosting onto each cooled cupcake. Chill cupcakes in the refrigerator or freezer until frosting is completely firm.
Chocolate shell:
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Melt the chopped chocolate and oil together in the microwave in 20-second increments, stirring after each until completely melted. Let the chocolate cool down for 5 minutes before dipping.
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Holding the cupcake by its bottom, carefully and quickly dip each into chocolate to coat the frosting.
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Place on a wire rack on top of a baking sheet in case any chocolate drips off. Refrigerate cupcakes for 30 minutes to set the chocolate. Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 406.19kcal
- Fat: 29.62g
- Saturated Fat: 12.66g
- Trans Fat: 0.41g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 11.59g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.79g
- Carbohydrates: 34.94g
- Fiber: 2.62g
- Sugar: 27.70g
- Protein: 6.74g
- Cholesterol: 25.44mg
- Sodium: 190.23mg
- Calcium: 22.95mg
- Potassium: 238.94mg
- Iron: 1.19mg
- Vitamin A: 80.94µg
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