Chocolate Cupcakes with Pumpkin Cheesecake Filling

These cupcakes are a delicious combination of rich, moist chocolate cake and creamy pumpkin cheesecake filling. The perfect dessert to celebrate fall!

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 306 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar
• 3 drops red food coloring
• 1 cup water
• 6 drops yellow food coloring
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons 100% pure pumpkin
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.33333334326744 cup white sugar
• 0.33333334326744 cup vegetable oil
• 0.125 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 0.5 cup semisweet chocolate chips, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a muffin tin with paper liners.

Step 2

Make filling: Place cream cheese, sugar, egg, pumpkin, yellow food coloring, red food coloring, and salt into a large bowl. Beat using an electric mixer until thoroughly combined and no lumps remain. Stir in chocolate chips.

Step 3

Make cupcakes: Whisk flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl until combined. Mix in water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla until batter is well blended.

Step 4

Fill muffin cups with batter, about 1/2 full; top with 1 tablespoon filling. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips on top.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 25 minutes.