Congratulations to the winners! We loved all the recipes, but when it came down to it, we had to choose the winners. Given that we couldn’t choose a top 3, but rather a top 4, I hope you can appreciate how hard this is! I think we should start requiring samples to be mailed to us, making it easier and funner to judge =). On to the peanut butter!

1st Place: Cocoa Buttermilk Birthday Cake w/ Peanut Butter Frosting from Amanda at Slow Like Honey created something much more than a combination of two recipes. I saw this post a few months ago and fell in love with the pictures. I mean seriously, look at that! And don’t forget about the free screen cleaning she provides for your laptop when you check out the pictures.

2nd Place: Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes With Peanut Butter Buttercream from Jessica at Half Baked and Burning Sugar wowed us with the sheer amount of peanut butter used in her recipe. Not to mention the length of the title really does justice to the quality of the goods.

3rd/4th Place: Peanut Butter & Jelly Filled Cupcakes from Giz at Equal Opportunity Kitchen tied for 3rd place for the always-wonderful combination of peanut butter and jelly in a sweet and convenient package. The silver balls only sweeten the deal.

3rd/4th Place: Peanut Butter Buckeyes from Gluten Free….licious! demonstrated not only a love for peanut butter in her recipe but a very unique and delicious Gluten Free entry!

Runner-Up?: These were an outstanding entry (mostly because they look like mine), but I apologize, I forgot to include the picture in the collage above, so here they are now in full – Dreamy Peanut Butter Cupcakes:

All Entries:
- Right Royal Peanut Butter and Banana Cupcakes from Choos & Chews – a true tribute to the king!
- Peanut Butter-Banana-Chocolate Bliss from CookiePie
- Peanut Butter Eclair Cake from The Crispy Cook
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Pound Cake from Baking Buddies
- Banana Cupcakes from Vegans Eat – keep the blog up!
- Elvis Cake from Foodaphilia – Excellent cake, too bad it wasn’t in the runnings!
- Double Peanut Butter Banana Cupcakes from The Peanut Butter Boy
- Brazil Nut Brownies from Gluten Free Goodness – not quite cake, but still delicious =).

Last but not least is a recipe submitted by Katrina Johnson who has no blog (yet) or picture but a killer recipe!

Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Filling

Cupcake:

3 ounces Dark Chocolate
1/4 Cup Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup + 1T whole wheat flour
1 Cup Raw sugar
2 eggs
1/3 Cup unsweetened apple sauce
2 1/4 T unsweetened Cocoa powder
3/4 t baking powder
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