Cream-Cheese Filled Snickers Cupcakes

I LOVE Snickers! 

These crunchy, caramel, chocolaty candies add so much to these cupcakes!

And the cupcakes are so DIVINE with the Cream-cheese/ Snickers filling inside the middle.

This is definitely no boring cupcake!

I'm in LOVE!

Ingredients:
makes 24 cupcakes

Cream-Cheese Filling
2 packages (3 oz each) cream cheese, softened
2 Tbsp powdered sugar
1 egg
2 Snickers bars

Cupcakes
1 1/2 c flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 c baking cocoa
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 c buttermilk
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla

Frosting
1/3 c brown sugar
1/2 c butter
3 Tbsp milk
1 1/2 c powdered sugar
2 Snickers bar

Instructions:

1. Filling: Beat 2 packages cream cheese, 2 Tbsp powdered sugar and 1 egg.  
2. Finely chop the Snickers bars.  Add to Filling. Set filling aside.
3. Cupcakes: In a separate bowl, whisk 1 1/2 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1/3 c baking coca, 1 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt.
4. Add 1 c buttermilk, 1/2 c vegetable oil and 1 tsp vanilla.
5. Beat cupcake batter for 2 minutes on medium.
6. Fill cupcake liners 1/2 way. Add spoonful of filling into the center of the batter in each cup.
7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 23-25 minutes.
8. Cool in pans for 15 minutes.
9. Frosting: Melt 1/2 c butter and 1/3 c brown sugar in pan until it starts to boil.
10. When brown sugar is nice and cool, beat 3 Tbsp milk and 1 1/2 c powdered sugar into brown sugar. (Add more powdered sugar by spoonfuls if necessary.)
11. Ice cupcakes and sprinkle cupcakes with chopped up Snickers chunks.

Instructions with pictures

Filling: Beat 2 packages cream cheese, 2 Tbsp powdered sugar and 1 egg.  

Finely chop the Snickers bars.  Add to Filling.

Set filling aside.

Cupcakes: In a separate bowl, whisk 1 1/2 c flour, 1 c sugar, 1/3 c baking coca, 1 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt.

Add 1 c buttermilk, 1/2 c vegetable oil and 1 tsp vanilla.

Beat cupcake batter for 2 minutes on medium.

Fill cupcake liners 1/2 way. Add spoonful of filling into the center of the batter in each cup.

Bake in 350 degree oven for 23-25 minutes.

Cool in pans for 15 minutes.

Frosting: Melt 1/2 c butter and 1/3 c brown sugar in pan until it starts to boil.

Let brown sugar cool.

Beat 3 Tbsp milk and 1 1/2 c powdered sugar into brown sugar. 

(Add more powdered sugar by spoonfuls if necessary.)

Ice cupcakes and sprinkle cupcakes with chopped up Snickers.