Cream Cheese-Filled Cupcakes

This recipe for cream cheese-filled cupcakes features chocolate cake mix and a mixture of cream cheese and chocolate chips for a new twist on plain chocolate cupcakes! Frost cooled cupcakes with chocolate or cream cheese frosting.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 355 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) or the temperature recommended on the cake mix package. Line a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners.

Step 2

Cream together cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth. Beat in egg until well blended, then stir in chocolate chips.

Step 3

Prepare chocolate cake mix according to package directions, but do not bake.

Step 4

Fill the prepared muffin cups 2/3 full with chocolate cake batter. Add 1 teaspoon cream cheese mixture to the center, then top with more chocolate cake batter.

Step 5

Bake in the preheated oven according to package directions for cupcakes.