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    Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

    Published: Mar 15, 2023 Last updated: Mar 15, 2023 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    The classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich flavors in cupcake form! Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes are a vanilla flavored cupcake with a jelly filling and creamy peanut butter frosting.
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    This Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcake recipe is an easy way to enjoy your favorite childhood classic sandwich in cupcake form! A vanilla flavored cake batter is filled with a little bit of or jelly and then topped with a creamy and delicious peanut butter frosting.

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes with sprinkles on top.
    Jump to:
    • ❤️ Why I Love This Recipe
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 🙋 Recipe FAQ's
    • 💭 Tips
    • 📖 Variations
    • 🍽 Equipment
    • Serving Suggestions
    • Storage
    • Related Recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments

    ❤️ Why I Love This Recipe

    Classic PBJ Flavors: fans of the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches will love this combination in a cupcake!

    Jelly filled: Kids and adults both love the creamy peanut butter frosting bursting with peanut butter flavor and the jelly in the center of each cupcake!

    Portable: this amazing cupcake recipe is easily portable and great for birthday parties or school lunches.

    Over head shot of the cupcake with colored jimmies on top and scattered around it

    🥘 Ingredients

    Flour

    Baking powder

    Salt

    Unsalted butter , room temperature

    Granulated Sugar

    Vanilla extract

    Large eggs

    Milk

    Jam or Jelly, try this Homemade Berry Rhubarb Jam or your favorite store-bought jam.

    Creamy Peanut butter

    Powdered sugar

    Half and half

    Scooping cupcake batter into a paper lined muffin pan.

    🔪 Instructions

    For the cupcakes

    1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12 muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
    2. In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.
    3. In a large bowl, using an electric hand mixer at medium speed, cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, then add the milk. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until the cupcake batter is uniform. Do not over mix.

    For the jam or jelly center:

    1. Fill each cupcake liner halfway with batter. Drop a tablespoon of the jam in the middle of the cupcakes and then top with more batter so they are a little more than three-quarters full.
    2. Bake for 20 minutes or until the cupcakes spring back when touched lightly. Let them cool completely before icing with Peanut Butter Frosting.

    To make the peanut butter frosting:

    1. In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer on high speed, whip the butter and peanut butter together. Add the confectioners’ sugar, salt, and then the milk. Add additional tablespoons of milk or sugar to loosen or tighten the icing, respectively.
    Cupcake liner with cake batter and jelly filling on top of the batter.

    🙋 Recipe FAQ's

    Do I have to bake the jam in the cupcakes?

    No, you can bake the cupcakes, then core out the center and fill it, then cover the top of the hole with the peanut butter frosting when icing the cupcake.

    What is the best peanut butter to use when making PBJ Cupcakes?

    I like to use a peanut butter that has less sugar than regular peanut butter, but you can use any peanut butter that you do not have to stir.

    Cupcake batter in the muffin pan.

    💭 Tips

    • The trick to getting the filling in the cupcake is to fill the muffin liner with only enough cupcake batter to fill line the bottom of the liner. You need at least 1½ tablespoons of batter on the bottom of the cupcake liner. Use a measuring spoon to spread the batter out and fill the bottom of the liner.
    • To fill the cupcake with jam after baking, use an apple corer to remove the center of the cupcake, then fill with your favorite jelly.
    • Be sure to cool the cupcakes before removing them from the pan. The hot cupcakes are fragile and can easily fall apart if still warm.

    📖 Variations

    • Use your favorite jelly or jam to fill the cupcake.
    • Top the frosted cupcakes with a sprinkle of chopped peanuts or your favorite sprinkles.
    Baked cupcakes cooling on the wire cooling rack.

    🍽 Equipment

    Mixing bowls

    Electric hand mixer

    Rubber scraper

    Muffin tin

    Cupcake liners

    Wire rack

    Piping bag

    Piping tip

    A single frosted cupcake with unfrosted cupcakes in the background.

    Serving Suggestions

    Serve cupcakes with a glass of milk, hot coffee, or scoop of homemade vanilla bean ice cream

    A vanilla cupcake with jam filling and peanut butter frosting cut in half to show the inside of the cupcake.

    Storage

    Store baked and frosted cupcakes in an airtight container on the counter top up to 3 days, in the refrigerator up to 1 week, and up to 3 months in the freezer.

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    Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

    Peanut Butter Caramel Swirl Brownies

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes with sprinkles on top.

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    📖 Recipe

    Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    The classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich flavors in cupcake form! Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes are a vanilla flavored cupcake with a jelly filling and creamy peanut butter frosting.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 35 mins
    Course Desserts
    Cuisine American
    Servings 12
    Calories 431 kcal

    Equipment

    • mixing bowls
    • Electric hand mixer
    • rubber spatula
    • muffin tins
    • parchment cupcake liners
    • Cooling Rack
    • Piping bag and tip

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    Ingredients
      

    For the Cupcake Batter

    • 1½ cups

      all-purpose flour


    • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup unsalted butter softened
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    • 2 large eggs
    • ½ cup whole milk
    • 12 teaspoons raspberry jam

    For the Frosting

    • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
    • ⅓ cup all natural no stir peanut butter
    • 2½ cups confectioner's sugar
    • 2 tablespoons half and half

    Instructions
     

    For the Cupcakes

    • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12 muffin tin with paper cupcake liners.
    • In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt, and set aside.In a separate bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, and vanilla with an electric hand mixer.
    • Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition, then add the milk.
    • Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until the cupcake batter is uniform. Do not overmix.
    • Fill each cupcake liner halfway with batter. Drop a tablespoon of the jam in the center of the cupcake and then top with more batter so they are a little more than three-quarters full.
    • Bake for 20 minutes or until the cupcakes spring back when touched lightly. Let them cool completely before icing with Peanut Butter Frosting.

    For the Frosting

    • In a large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer to whip the butter and peanut butter together.
    • Add the confectioners’ sugar, salt, and then the milk. Add additional tablespoons of milk or sugar to loosen or tighten the icing, respectively.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 431kcalCarbohydrates: 62gProtein: 5gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 11gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 210mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 1gSugar: 46gVitamin A: 535IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 59mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    Comments

    1. Lauren @ Sew You Think You Can Cook

      August 07, 2016 at 7:31 pm

      I've done PB&J muffins before, but these cupcakes look much better! I know my son would love these. Heck, so would I!

      Reply
    2. Sarah Reid, CNP (@jo_jo_ba)

      July 31, 2016 at 3:31 pm

      What a sweet twist on the classic!

      Reply
    3. Laura Dembowski

      July 31, 2016 at 12:01 pm

      Peanut butter and jelly is always a winning combination!

      Reply
    4. Tammi @ Momma's Meals

      July 31, 2016 at 11:32 am

      OMG the kids would die for these cupcakes. OK so would I!

      Reply
    5. Monica

      July 31, 2016 at 10:52 am

      These are gorgeous! How can you not like PB&J?

      Reply
    6. Carlee

      July 31, 2016 at 9:13 am

      These are so fun! Cupcakes of any kind are a childhood favorite, but the peanut butter and jelly take it to the next level. Your frosting looks so beautiful too!

      Reply
    7. Ellen

      July 31, 2016 at 8:21 am

      Wow! These look delicious! How could they not be a favorite?!

      Reply
    8. claudia

      July 31, 2016 at 8:20 am

      What a fun and awesome idea!

      Reply
    9. Liz

      July 31, 2016 at 7:43 am

      I'm not a fan of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but a cupcake is right up my alley! Your frosting rose is perfect and they sound amazing!!!

      Reply
      • lindsay Cotter

        July 31, 2016 at 9:49 am

        really?! oh man, I will take your pb and j sandwich and your cupcakes! haha LOVE THIS!

        Reply

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