revamp

A couple of months ago, I saw this on the store shelves:

I immediately thought of my brother, who lives for pb anything, and bought a box. Just to try it out. 

You know, research. 

They were good, but I wanted something better. So I set out to do a homemade version, which, admittedly, is not a muffin, as the commercial brand claims to be, but you do what you have to do in the name of great baking.

I settled upon a recipe for pb cupcakes, adding ¼ c cocoa powder to the ingredients (and excluded the chocolate bar). And because I was trying to replicate, I skipped frosting and went for a pb streusel.

The result?

Super peanut buttery!

My notes: If you want the chocolatey half of the Reese's Puffs, you'll need to tinker a bit more. They only needed about 25 minutes to bake and could have used a teeny bit more liquid (I'd add some milk), but otherwise, I think it's a keeper.