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    Snickers Cupcakes

    12/05/2018 by thebakingexplorer 23 Comments

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    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!

    Snickers Cupcakes

    How to make Snickers Cupcakes...

    Make the chocolate sponge by mixing together butter and sugar, whisking in eggs, then whisking in self rasing flour, baking powder and cocoa powder. Divide the mixture between 12 cupcake cases and bake them for 25 minutes.

    Once the cupcakes are fully cool, use a cupcake corer or a knife to make a hole in the middle of each one.

    Fill the holes with a few chopped salted peanuts and some caramel sauce. Then make the chocolate and peanut butter buttercream and pipe it onto the cupcakes. Add a drizzle of caramel sauce, a Snickers chunk and more salted chopped peanuts.

    Snickers Cupcakes

    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.

    Snickers Cupcakes

    Recommended equipment & ingredients*

    • Cupcake tin
    • Electric hand mixer
    • Piping bags
    • Wilton 1M Piping nozzle
    • Salted Caramel Sauce
    • Snickers Bites
    • Brown cupcake cases
    • Cupcake corer

    *I earn a small amount of money if you buy the products after clicking on the links. You will not be charged anything extra for this. Thank you for supporting The Baking Explorer!

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    Snickers Cupcakes

    Chocolate sponge filled with caramel sauce and peanuts, topped with a chocolate and peanut butter icing, caramel sauce, peanuts and mini snickers
    5 from 5 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: British
    Keyword: Cupcake
    Prep Time: 45 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12
    Author: thebakingexplorer

    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
    Metric - US Customary

    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
    Made this recipe?Share on Instagram with me @TheBakingExplorer or tag #thebakingexplorer!

    Video

    Notes

    If you need a caramel sauce recipe, try my Homemade Caramel Sauce.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 560kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 310mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 48g | Vitamin A: 855IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg

    NB. This post is not in any way sponsored by Snickers - I just love their product!

    If you like this, check out more of my Cupcake recipes!

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. Monika Dabrowski

      May 12, 2018 at 4:42 pm

      This is a great idea, I love the gooey caramel bit on the inside!

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:13 am

        Thanks Monika! I can never resist filling cupcakes with something yummy!

        Reply
    2. Kat @ Kat's 9 Lives

      May 13, 2018 at 1:19 am

      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!

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:15 am

        I agree, it is definitely about time! 😀

        Reply
    3. Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook

      May 13, 2018 at 7:32 am

      I would not turn down anything with Snickers!! These look awesome, Kat! Happy Fiesta Friday! x

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:25 am

        Thanks Jhuls!

        Reply
    4. jenny paulin

      May 14, 2018 at 11:06 am

      5 stars
      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

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:26 am

        Thanks Jenny! I wish I had one left to scoff myself!

        Reply
    5. Kate - gluten free alchemist

      May 14, 2018 at 11:58 am

      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

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:26 am

        Haha I certainly hope she was! Thank you 😀

        Reply
    6. Sammie

      May 14, 2018 at 12:05 pm

      5 stars
      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.

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:28 am

        Thanks Sammie, let me know what you think!

        Reply
    7. FrugalHausfrau

      May 15, 2018 at 10:16 am

      Oh my gosh! I will take one for now and one for later, please!! Thanks for sharing with us at Fiesta Friday.

      Mollie

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:30 am

        Thank you! I wish I could send you them!

        Reply
    8. Lizet Flores de Bowen

      May 18, 2018 at 1:13 pm

      5 stars
      That is so delicious!! Saving the recipe for later.

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:30 am

        Thanks! Let me know if you try them!

        Reply
    9. Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder

      May 18, 2018 at 9:45 pm

      5 stars
      Oh wow Kat! I love Snickers and these look SOOO good! Difficult not to be tempted! 🙂 x

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:33 am

        Thanks Jo!

        Reply
        • Shelley Dyson

          July 14, 2021 at 11:45 am

          Just made these for my hubby’s birthday I really enjoyed making them, they were easy to do and taste incredible x

          Reply
    10. Cat | Curly's Cooking

      May 20, 2018 at 8:18 pm

      These look fantastic with delicious flavours.

      Reply
      • Kat (The Baking Explorer)

        May 23, 2018 at 12:33 am

        Thank you Cat!

        Reply
    11. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain

      May 23, 2018 at 7:55 pm

      I'm not surprised your friend was happy when she saw the cupcakes - they look epic Kat!
      Angela x

      Reply
    12. Oonagh Nolan

      September 21, 2023 at 5:13 pm

      5 stars
      I love when there's no waste with cake batter and this recipe makes 12 great sized cupcakes. They turned out lovely!!

      Reply

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