Peanut butter... Fluff... Chocolate... Cupcakes... Oh My!

Don't you just want to take a bite?!!!

Alexander wanted to make cupcakes. Chocolate cupcakes. He wanted vanilla frosting. I wanted peanut butter frosting. And then I had to wonder what a Fluffernuter-Peanut butter frosting would taste like! Damn it was good!

Cupcakes. From a box. Doctored up. Taste like home made but without the work.

1 box Duncan Hines Devil's Food cake mix
3 eggs

1 Cup of buttermilk

1/3 Cup of butter, soft

Beat eggs, buttermilk and butter and cake mix until well mixed. Line 12 cupcake tins (we don't kid around with puny cupcakes here!) with cupcakes liners and fill with batter. Place in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Peanutbutter-Fluffernutter Frosting

(I eyeballed all portions)

1 cup of Fluffernutter
1 cup of peanut butter
2 tbs butter

1 cup of confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

In a mixer add all ingredients and beat on high until well blended and fluffy.

This makes enough to cover all 12 of my monster cupcakes!

Fluffernutter Sandwich

Sometimes you want to be a fun mom and throw everything involving good food and nutrition to the wayside! Nothing says Yum and Fun like a Fluffernutter sandwich! But your kids can have this and still have a fairly healthy treat. Shhh, don't tell them though! My kids were brought up on whole wheat bread and as a result do not care for the soft white kind that gets all stuck in your teeth (thank God!) so using a good 100% whole wheat bread. I like Peppridge Farm 100% whole wheat as it has no high fructose corn syrup and many other whole wheat breads do, and Skippy Natural (as opposed to regular Skippy) contains no hydrgenated oil. Fluff isn't too terrible, just plain ol' corn syrup, sugar, dried egg white and vanillin. Not sure what that last ingredient is, but it must be related to vanilla. This isn't a sugar-free snack, that's for sure, but let me tell you, I would rather my kids gobble up one of these than a bologna sandwich -- Let's not go there!

For more information on these products go to http://www.marshmallowfluff.com/ and http://www.peanutbutter.com/