One Bowl Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes (4 Servings)

 

So here's the story behind these:

I had mentioned in another post that I have made monster cookie dough cupcakes before and would be posting the recipe at some point in the "near future."

One of my darling readers decided she'd had enough of my empty promises and emailed me demanding a recipe!

(I'm totally just kidding. She really sent a very sweet email asking if she could pretty please have the recipe for her husband's upcoming birthday.)

So I promised her a recipe this week.

10:46pm Thursday night arrived, and still no cupcakes in the Swank kitchen.

Typical.

Desperately not wanting to clean the kitchen for a third time in the day,

I thought I'd give a go at a single serving cupcake-- and I goofed and got 4.

So these are really Quadruple Serving Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes.

Thank goodness I'm such an experienced cupcake eater.

Whew.

I can for sure handle eating 4.

But you only have to clean one bowl and one fork when your done!
(with a quick rinse in between the batter and the frosting :)

{Don't worry dear email-er, there are adaptations for a full recipe at the bottom!}

One Bowl Monster Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Ingredients:

For the Cupcakes:

• 1 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
• 1 Tbsp. Butter
• 1/4 c. Flour
• 2 Tbsp. Sugar
• 1 Egg White
• 1/2 tsp. Baking Powder
• pinch of salt
• 1 1/2 Tbsp. Milk
• a teensy splash of vanilla
• a small handful of Chocolate Chips

For the Cookie Dough Frosting:

• 2 Tbsp. Peanut Butter
• 2 Tbsp. Margarine or Butter (softened to room temperature)
• 2 Tbsp. Flour
• 2 Tbsp. Brown Sugar
• 1/2 c. Oats
• 3/4 c. Powdered Sugar
• 2-3 Tbsp. Milk
• a handful of plain M&Ms
• a handful of Chocolate Chips

Instructions:

For the Cake
1. Melt butter in the microwave for 10 seconds.

2. Mix in the rest of the ingredients until your batter forms.

3. Bake in cupcake liners at 350 for 19 minutes. Let cool.


For the Cookie Dough Frosting:
1. Using a fork mix together the butter, peanut butter, and 1/4 c. powdered sugar.

2. Add 1 Tbsp. milk. Whisk with the fork until it's pretty smooth.
3. Add the remaining powdered sugar (1/4 cup at a time, mixing after each addition), the brown sugar, and the flour. Add milk as needed to help with the consistency.

4. Stir in the oats (you can use more or less depending on your preferences), M&Ms, and chocolate chips.

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Simple Adaptation for Full Recipe:

1. Bake these Peanut Butter Cupcakes (with the addition of 1 cup chocolate chips).
2. Prepare Monster Cookie Dough Dip (adding 2-3 tbsp. additional milk for a more "frosting-like" consistency).
3. Top the amazing peanut butter chocolate chip cupcakes with the amazing monster cookie dough frosting.

More Monster Cookie Recipes:

• Monster Cookies
• Monster Cookie Dough Dip

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