Chocolate Reese's Peanut Butter Cupcakes

I have always wanted to make cupcakes from scratch but never had.....for my first attempt I decided on  "the absolutely best chocolate reese's cup peanut butter cupcakes you'll ever eat!!" 

The cupcake recipe called for "dutch-process cocoa powder" - I couldn't find any!

**to substitute the regular cocoa powder mix 3 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder with 1/8 teaspoon of baking soda for every one ounce of dutch-process cocoa powder**

Since this was my first time mixing frosting I was surprised how difficult it was to mix (granted I was using a wire whisk since I couldn't find my hand mixer) - but alas, I forgot to add the milk!!

The feedback I got from people about these was great...and like me, the frosting was the favorite part to most people! They are pretty rich so I was glad because it made it easier to stop after eating just one at a time! ;-)

Cookin' my heart out

After having a rough night the only thing on my mind was cooking & baking. I had some fruits/vegs that needed to be used or they would have been thrown out so I set out to see just how many of them I could use!

I had a bunch of serrano peppers so they ended up inside some delicious chicken enchiladas


I also had some zucchini so they turned into Baked Zucchini Sticks


There were also tons of peaches & plums I hadn't eaten so I made a tasty Plum & Peach Crisp! It sure was tasty and so much healthier than one of my favorites, peach cobbler.


Last but not least, I made cupcakes....not that I had to in order to use up my produce, but they're just fun & simple!


Spending my day in the kitchen was so enjoyable and stress-free that the dishes didn't even seem to bother me! I have officially caught the kitchen fever!

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