Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream

It's my husband's birthday and I want to make him something special.  He's a sucker for a peanut butter cup.  Or a peanut butter sandwich.  Or a peanut butter based ice cream concoction.  The man is passionate about peanut butter, okay?

A birthday takeoff on a peanut butter cup...

Chocolate cupcake? 

Yes. 

 

Peanut butter buttercream? 

Excellent idea. 

 

Peanut butter cup centers? 

Well, now I feel like some sort of genius.