CHOCOLATE CREAM CHEESE CUPCAKES

These Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes are made from scratch and so good. They are the perfect addition to ANY gathering!

You should also give this delicious Martha Washington Candy a try! It’s and old fashioned recipe and always a hit.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

This recipe has everything we love, chocolate, cream cheese, nuts (optional) and our favorite chocolate frosting. So these cupcakes are a winner! They take a little time to put together but they are worth the effort. If you want to make something special for a birthday or a gathering, put these on your dessert table!

SWAPS

If you don’t want to spend the time to make these 100% from scratch, you can use a chocolate cake mix to save time. You could also use store bought frosting. These are quick swaps that will bring this recipe together quicker. Personally, we love the homemade version, but we know not everyone has the time for all that. Nuts are completely optional in this recipe.

DOES THE FROSTING HARDEN AT ALL?

Yes, the top of the frosting does harden a little but it’s still soft on the cupcake. It is the best frosting ever and I definitely think you should give it a try!

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Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes

Anne Walkup

These Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes are incredible! Made from scratch (with a cake mix option), cream cheese filled center and topped with the best chocolate frosting.

5 from 4 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 8 servings

Ingredients

 

Cake Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring

Filling Ingredients:

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup chocolate chips.

Frosting Ingredients:

• 3 3/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1/2 cup butter melted
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup chopped nuts Optional

Instructions

 

Cake Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the dry ingredients; beat in the liquid ingredients until smooth.  Fill  cupcake cups 1/2 full.   Make filling and add one heaping tablespoon of filling into center of each cupcake.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 25 – 30 minutes. Let cool before frosting. 

Filling Instructions:

• Beat cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt until smooth.  Stir in chips.

Frosting Instructions:

• In a large bowl combine sugar, cocoa, butter, milk and vanilla.  Beat until blended.  Frost cupcakes.
• This recipe made about 16 cupcakes, two of them were on the smaller size. So if you made them all smaller, it would probably make closer to 24.

Notes

You could make these with a chocolate cake mix and add the filling to the mix.  You can also frost with bought cake frosting. I have done them both ways. They are good without the frosting, too.   

Keyword Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes, Chocolate cupcakes

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