Swirled Cheese Cupcakes (chocolate and Peanut Butter)
- 34 cup crumbled vanilla wafer (I use my Tefal grinder)
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 14 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons ground almonds (optional)
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar (more if you've a serious sweet tooth)
- 4 teaspoons all-purpose flour
- 14 cup evaporated milk
- 1 egg
- 12 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ounce bittersweet chocolate or 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, chopped (or chips)
- 1 ounce peanut butter morsels (or chips)
- Line muffin pans with liners (I use 6-cup muffin pan and bake in 2 batches).
- FOR CRUST: Combine crumbs, ground almond, butter and sugar in a bowl; press onto bottom of the cupcake liners (you may reserve 2 TB of crumb-mixture for topping).
- Bake for 5 minutes at 375F, and let cool.
- FOR FILLING: In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar and flour until smooth, then gradually beat in evaporated milk, egg and vanilla extract.
- Melt the PB chips and chocolate separately on Medium-High (70%) power for 1 minute; stir.
- Microwave at additional 10- to 20-second intervals (stirring until smooth), then mix both the melted PB chips and chocolate together until well-combined.
- Stir 1/3 portion of cream cheese mixture into melted mixture, then pour remaining cream cheese mixture over the mini crusts.
- Pour chocolate mixture over plain mixture and swirl with toothpick, pulling plain cream cheese mixture up to surface.
- Sprinkle some crumb-topping over the cheese batter.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 325F for 15 minutes or until set; cool completely on wire rack, then chill in refrigerator.
- NOTE: I find that adding 2 TB of ground almonds enhance the taste of the crust and another tip is, I fill the 3 empty muffin cup with water (about 1/2 full) for the second batch of baking.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/swirled-cheese-cupcakes-chocolate-and-peanut-butter-103101 (may not work)