Name: Cream Cheese-Filled Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened; 0.5 cup white sugar; 1 egg; 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips; 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate cake mix

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!

40 min total 20 min prep 20 min cook 12 355 cal

Ingredients

12 serv.

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

Instructions

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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.
2 Cream together cream cheese and sugar in a mixing bowl until smooth. Beat in egg until well blended, then stir in chocolate chips.
3 Prepare chocolate cake mix according to package directions, but do not bake.
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.
5 Bake in the preheated oven according to package directions for cupcakes.