To me, there are few things more American than a good ole peanut butter and jelly sandwich. PB&Js rank right up there with apple pie and baseball and have been our family favorite for as long as I can remember.
When I was a little girl I remember my Mom making them for me all the time. In college, I pretty much relied on PB&Js to survive. Now as an adult I still enjoy them nearly as often as I did as a child, and serve them to my family the same way my mother did.
And of course, I love to make amazing PB&J treats – like these Peanut Butter & Jelly Cupcakes. Be sure to check out the recipe at the bottom!
Our family is not alone in our love for Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches. In fact many of our Team USA Athletes that are heading to the Summer 2016 Olympic Games grew up enjoying them too! That is why I have teamed up with Smucker’s to support our Team USA with every PB&J we make and you can too!
For every social media post that features the making, enjoying, or sharing of a PB&J sandwich using #PBJ4TeamUSA, Smucker’s will donate $1 to the U.S. Olympic Committee! How cool is that!?
Plus, from now through August 31st, you have the chance to win an awesome Smucker’s Team USA prize pack worth $250! There will be 18 Grand Prizes, so be sure to join in on the fun! To enter, follow @Smuckers on Twitter, then Tweet a message about Team USA and Smucker’s®. Be sure to tag @Smuckers and use the hashtags #PBJ4TeamUSA and #promoentry. See official rules here.
GIVEAWAY
To make it even sweeter (see what I did there?!) I am hosting a giveaway for one of my readers to win a an awesome Prize Pack including Smucker’s Olympic product and a $50 gift card. Woot!
To enter:
1. Tweet encouraging our Team USA with the hashtag #PBJ4TeamUSA and @ahelicoptermom.
2. Leave a comment below telling me how you love to eat peanut butter and jelly.
Good luck!
(Giveaway open to residents of the US. Giveaway ends on August 31, 2016)
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Cupcake Ingredients
2/3 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 eggs
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Smuckers Jelly (any flavor)
Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup butter
1 cup Jif creamy peanut butter
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup cream
Cupcakes Directions
Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a muffin pan with 12 paper baking cups.
In a large bowl, mix butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy (about 5 minutes).
Add the eggs, one at a time, then the vanilla and milk,
Add the flour and baking powder slowly, blending until just combined.
Spoon the batter into the prepared cups, dividing evenly.
Bake in the preheated oven until the tops spring back when lightly pressed (about 18 to 20 minutes). Remove from oven and let cool in pan on a wire rack.
Once cupcakes have cooled completely, cut a round plug out of each cupcake with a cupcake corer or sharp knife. Pipe or spoon jelly into each cupcake center. (You can also add jelly to a piping bag then push the tip into each cupcake top, piping jelly into the center. Be sure not to overfill or the cupcake will fall apart!)
Frosting Directions
In a large bowl, beat butter and peanut butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Slowly mix in 2 cups of confectioner’s sugar. Mix in 1/2 of the cream, then add in the remaining confectioners’ sugar and blend. Add a little more cream or confectioner sugar until the frosting reaches a good piping consistency. Spoon frosting into a pastry bag and pipe onto the cupcakes with a star tip.
Once the frosting begins to crust over, push a small indentation into the top with a spoon. Spoon a small amount of jelly into the indentation.
Enjoy!
tweet–https://twitter.com/mami2jcn/status/756300316421881856
I love eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches at the park.
tweet: https://twitter.com/ElenaIstomina/status/756331792278228992
I like to eat toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich on my porch
I sent a tweet…
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I enjoy PB&J on my English muffin for breakfast.
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I love to eat PB&J for breakfast on waffles and pancakes.
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I love your delcious PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY CUPCAKES! I love Peanut Butter and Jelly in a Smoothie. My kids love it too!
I like to eat peanut butter and jelly on a bagel.
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I love to eat PB&J on toast!
Thank you for the wonderful giveaway.
Erin
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Call me traditional but I love my peanut butter and jelly on bread!
I have always loved a classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The cupcakes look yummy and I plan on making a batch soon!
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/anitakayduvall/status/756472648691912704 Love hot toast with PB&J and a cup of coffee with lots of cream for a nighttime snack!
I love a PB&J sandwich on Ezekiel bread. a slight twist on a classic can’t be beat
I love my peanut butter and jelly on toasted white bread..
Heavy Sour dough bread slows digestion so you feel full longer, so when I do eat Peanut butter and Jelly, I prefer it on sour dough bread.
https://twitter.com/leighanne000/status/756487939975184384
I love to add it to vanilla ice cream. May sound crazy but I love it. We also enjoy our traditional PB&J sandwiches.
Tweeted – https://twitter.com/wildnmild4u/status/756494632746414081
I love my peanut butter and jelly on white bread.. Usually late night snack.
I love making peanut butter and jelly brownies! They are so good!
I love peanut butter and jelly on whole wheat bread with the crust cut off!
https://twitter.com/stephcouponsxx/status/756502952936869888
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I love PBJ with whole wheat bread.
I love eating penut butter and jelly the traditional way, on soft white bread.
https://twitter.com/Natashalamoreu1/status/756507323711918080
I like peanut butter jelly on fluffy white bread best.
https://twitter.com/PrettyHotPink6/status/756507362794409984
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly on pancakes!
I love peanut butter and jelly on my waffles in the morning.
I love a grilled pb&j sanwich!
https://twitter.com/tatzgrrly/status/756522716304400385
tweeted https://twitter.com/cshell202/status/756522428499582976
I love peanut butter and jelly on bread or biscuits!
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I don’t eat jelly but I eat Peanut Butter plain. I don’t like bread.
I tweeted ttps://twitter.com/AnnJopb/status/756533707369025536
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly on toasted whole wheat bread
I like pb and j on homemade bread!
I like it on a nice and toasted english muffin
PB and jelly is one of the ultimate comfort foods! I love grape jelly and my grandmas raspberry jam.
I love good ol basic pb&j sandwiches. I like a lot of each too so that it makes a mess.
Peanut butter and jelly – on an English muffin, or a bagel, or a rice cake, or just on carrot sticks?
I eat my peanut butter and jelly with no crust
There is a doughnut shop here that makes jelly doughnuts covered with peanut butter powder. They are mind blowing.
https://twitter.com/MsEltonJohn/status/756599729601982464
You can never go wrong with a classic PB&J sandwich. 🙂
https://twitter.com/normawatson/status/756631200035442690
I love to eat my PB&J’s with crunchy peanut butter, grape jam, & have it on toasted bread! YUM
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I love enjoying a classic PB&J Sandwich on my deck with an ice cold glass of milk.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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I love the uncrustable peanut butter and grape jelly by smuckers
I like to swirl in peanut butter and jelly into homemade ice cream!
I really like eating peanut butter and Jelly sandwiches.
Tweeet: https://twitter.com/stephanienola/status/756958846904438784
I love peanut butter brownies!
Crunchy peanut butter and jelly on white bread sandwiches. yum!
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My favorite way to eat peanut butter and jelly is on pancakes. YUMMY!!!
I tweeted
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I like a regular PB&J sandwich on toasted bread!
My favorite way to eat PB&J is on warm toast!
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly with the crusts cut off!
tweet – https://twitter.com/amyorvin/status/757231601789075456
I love a good old PB&J sandwich on white bread. It reminds me of being a kid. Nothing better!
Tweet link: https://twitter.com/CouponTammy/status/757246884456968192
And I love classic peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. For me, they are so comforting. Nothing like peanut butter and jelly on two slices of soft white bread!
I like to eat pb&j with waffles.
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly out of the jaw with my spoon!
I love peanut butter and jelly on English Muffins.
I love PB&J on a sandwich, lol nothing too crazy.
I like my PBJ on white bread with a glass of milk!
I love creamy peanut putter and strawberry jelly sandwiches!
I’m so glad there’s PB&J snack that I can always make for my kids and they don’t ever grow tired of it! We love it!
I like peanut butter & jelly on saltine crackers.
Those look so GOOD 🙂
Cheers!
xo
My favorite way to eat peanut butter and jelly is on pancakes.
I like it on waffles!
Sorry, I don’t “tweet”….but I’m happy to share my favorite PB&J way is to make the sandwich as usual, but then butter and grill it just like you would a grilled cheese sandwich….SO good!!!!
I love Peanut Butter and grape Jelly in a sandwich on white bread
I have been eating Peanut Butter & Jelly my whole life. I also eat Peanut Butter with bananas. I love Peanut Butter!
I love to eat my peanut butter and Smucker’s jelly with a glass of milk and I love to eat it peanut butter cookies topped with Smucker’s grape jelly!
Growing up I thought Peanut Butter and Jelly was dessert, so today, I still love Peanut Butter and Jelly on everything!
I eat peanut butter and jelly on white bread.
I love PB&J! My favorite way to eat it is toasted!
I’ve made these 3 times in 2 weeks! So this is my new favorite way to eat PB & J!
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly on my homemade bread. So good!
I love to mix my PB&J together and eat it on anything !
I know that these PB&J cupcakes are going to be AWESOME I can wait to try them !
Yummy !
I love my PBJ on wheat toast with homemade red raspberry jam
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly on a whole wheat sandwich.
PB&J is awesome. I love to have it for a snack
I love my peanut butter and jelly on grilled honey wheat bread!
I love to eat peanut butter and jelly and toasted white bread.
Thank you!
These sound so great, we will making these very soon