NUTTER BUTTER BANANA CUPCAKES

Perfect banana cupcakes topped with peanut butter cookie frosting makes for the perfect Nutter Butter Banana Cupcakes! Seriously though, these were incredible! Why had I never had a Nutter Butter cookie until last week when I was making these? They are so good! I saw them at the grocery store last month and they have been on my mind ever since, I finally caved and decided to make up a cupcake for them 🙂  This will not be the last time I use them!

For years I have preached on this blog that I hate Halloween.  It brought back bad memories of childhood drama and costumes and never having people to go trick-or-treating with.  And this year, I had every reason to hate it all over again.  But it was the most incredible day.

I started out by people watching on campus.  Students get really into the whole costume thing and it cracked me up walking around and seeing what people came up with.  I ate lunch out, handed out cupcakes, visited with old friends, went home and cleaned the house wearing animal ears. I would laugh out loud when I caught my reflection in the window–Me and my lion ears doing the dishes… it was a great sight.

Ingredients
Banana Cake:

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 3 ripe bananas smashed
• 1/3 C. oil
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 C. yogurt or sour cream
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract

Nutter Butter Frosting:

• 3/4 C. butter softened
• 1/4 C. peanut butter creamy
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tbsp. milk more if needed
• 1/3 C. Nutter Butters finely crushed (about 6 cookies)
• 3-4 C. powdered sugar
• Extra Nutter Butters for decoration

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
2. Sift cake mix into a large bowl to remove any lumps.
3. Add mashed bananas, oil, eggs, yogurt and vanilla extract and stir well.
4. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 15-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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for full recipes please see : www.yourcupofcake.com

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