Peanut Butter Brownie Cupcakes

These cupcakes are decadent. The chewy cupcake tastes exactly like a brownie. And the light, fluffy peanut butter buttercream is the perfect complement to the thick, chewy base. If you aren’t a huge fan of peanut butter and chocolate together you could substitute a salted caramel buttercream with no issues.My plan was to top these cupcakes with peanut chunks drizzled with melted chocolate. However I didn’t have time to run to the store to get peanuts. After I took these photos I did end up putting a few mini-chocolate chips on each cupcake. It gave them a little bit of “prettiness” that they were in desperate need of. [amd-yrecipe-recipe:72]