This was a seriously good combo. Caramel peanut butter flavored protein cupcakes topped with a toffee peanut butter icing. I am really missing these while I am at my race in Arizona. I think they are really the only thing that could maybe make this trip better.

Since I got a big package of peanut butters from Nuts ‘N More last week I decided to put them to use. I really wanted to try out the toffee crunch protein peanut butter, so that is what I used in the icing. It was really simple to make. All you need is the toffee crunch peanut butter, plain Greek yogurt, and stevia or sweetener of choice.

The cupcakes were caramel peanut butter flavored. I used my beloved caramel extract that I was telling you about last week. And then I also used peanut flour to give them that peanut butter taste without added fat and calories. I just stuck with the vanilla combat protein powder from Musclepharm. It was perfect and gave the cupcakes a great flavor and a big boost of protein.

Be careful if you use just whey protein because it will dry out more than the combat powder will. The combat powder is a blend of 8 different proteins, and in my opinion is the best protein you can bake with.

My last race that I have here in Arizona will be tomorrow. It has been a super tough race, but an extremely eye opening experience. I wish I had this amazing weather at home in Indiana. It is like 20 degrees and snowy there right now. I’m definitely not looking forward to getting back. I need summer to come soon! I guess I will just have to eat these cupcakes to save me from my sorrows…:)

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