These Snicker Cupcakes are a yummy chocolate sponge filled with peanuts and caramel, and then topped with a chocolate and peanut butter buttercream, more caramel, more peanuts and some Snickers bites. They really are amazing! Everything the chocolate bar has to offer all in cupcake form. Sweet chocolate, gooey caramel, plus plenty of crunchy and salty peanuts! The Snickers fan in your life will adore these cupcakes!
How to make Snickers Cupcakes...
I made a chocolate sponge by creaming together butter and sugar, whisking in eggs, then whisking in self rasing flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. I divided the mixture between 12 cupcake cases and baked them for 25 minutes.
Once the cupcakes were fully cool I used a cupcake corer to make a hole in the middle of each one.
I filled the holes with a few chopped salted peanuts and then some caramel sauce on top. Then I made a chocolate and peanut butter buttercream and piped it onto the cupcakes. I added a drizzle of caramel sauce, a mini Snickers bite cut in half and more salted chopped peanuts.
What if I can't find Snickers Bites?
If you can't find the mini Snickers bites, just chop up some regular size Snickers bars to decorate the cupcakes with.
What caramel sauce should I use?
My favourite caramel sauce to use is my Homemade Caramel Sauce, it's rich, smooth and absolutely divine! You can also easily add salt to it to make it into a salted caramel sauce. If you don't want to make your own, it's quite easy nowadays to find a good quality ready made caramel (or salted caramel) sauce in the shops or online. I have used Tesco's Finest, Bonn Maman and Carnation Caramel in the past with great results.
Recommended equipment & ingredients*
- Cupcake tin
- Electric hand mixer
- Piping bags
- Wilton 1M Piping nozzle
- Salted Caramel Sauce
- Snickers Bites
- Brown cupcake cases
- Cupcake corer
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Snickers Cupcakes
Ingredients
For the sponge
- 175 g Butter or baking spread
- 175 g Caster sugar
- 3 Eggs large
- 145 g Self raising flour
- 30 g Cocoa powder
- A pinch of Baking powder
- 1 tbsp Milk
For the buttercream
- 200 g Butter or baking spread
- 400 g Icing sugar
- 40 g Cocoa powder
- 40 g Peanut butter
- 3-4 tbsp Milk
For the topping & filling
- 12 Snickers Bites or chopped up Snickers bars
- 85 g Caramel sauce good quality shop bought or homemade
- 75 g Salted peanuts
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 160C Fan/180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and line a cupcake tin with paper cases
- To make the cupcakes, mix together the butter (or baking spread) and caster sugar until smooth, ideally with an electric mixer
- Add the eggs and milk, and mix well
- Add the self raising flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and whisk in
- Divide the mixture between the cupcakes cases, and bake them for 20-25 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre of the cupcakes comes out clean. Put them on a rack to cool completely
- Use a cupcake corer or a knife to make a hole in the middle of each cupcake
- Fill the holes with a couple of peanuts per cupcakes and some caramel sauce. You can do this using a spoon or put the caramel sauce into a small piping bag, snip the end off and pipe it in
- To make the buttercream, mix together the butter, peanut butter, cocoa powder and icing sugar with a spoon or electric hand whisk, when it starts to come together, add the milk and mix until smooth
- Pipe the buttercream onto each cupcake using a piping bag fitted with a nozzle. Or spread on with a spoon
- Pipe the salted caramel sauce over the buttercream, or drizzle it on with a spoon
- Top with a mini Snickers bites that's been cut in half, or a Snickers bar that's been chopped up. And more chopped peanuts
- Store in an airtight container in a cool place, eat leftovers within 3 days
Notes
Nutrition
NB. This post is not in any way sponsored by Snickers - I just love their product!
Monika Dabrowski
This is a great idea, I love the gooey caramel bit on the inside!
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Monika! I can never resist filling cupcakes with something yummy!
Kat @ Kat's 9 Lives
Oh. My. Word.
Those are beautiful! Can you believe that I have never put a filling in my cupcakes before?! I think it's about time I tried!
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
I agree, it is definitely about time! 😀
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook
I would not turn down anything with Snickers!! These look awesome, Kat! Happy Fiesta Friday! x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Jhuls!
jenny paulin
wow! these look so delicious Kat! I could happily scoff a few! now I really want to eat cake!
Thank you for sharing with #Bakeoftheweek x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Jenny! I wish I had one left to scoff myself!
Kate - gluten free alchemist
These are amazing. I love Snickers (although I am still not sure I have ever forgiven Mars for changing the name from Marathon). I imagine your friend was ecstatic! I bet she was thinking 'I really lucked out here.... great choice of friends').... x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Haha I certainly hope she was! Thank you 😀
Sammie
I am in love! I adore Snickers and these cupcakes look absolutely scrumptious. I am going to make them and share them with our son as he too is a peanut and chocolate combo addict. Pinned x.
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Sammie, let me know what you think!
FrugalHausfrau
Oh my gosh! I will take one for now and one for later, please!! Thanks for sharing with us at Fiesta Friday.
Mollie
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thank you! I wish I could send you them!
Lizet Flores de Bowen
That is so delicious!! Saving the recipe for later.
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks! Let me know if you try them!
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder
Oh wow Kat! I love Snickers and these look SOOO good! Difficult not to be tempted! 🙂 x
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thanks Jo!
Cat | Curly's Cooking
These look fantastic with delicious flavours.
Kat (The Baking Explorer)
Thank you Cat!
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
I'm not surprised your friend was happy when she saw the cupcakes - they look epic Kat!
Angela x