chocolate cream cheese cupcakes

Chocolate Cream Cupcakes for my 25th Birthday.

Today is my birthday. I’m officially in my mid-twenties. It’s my quarter century, y’all.

So as conceited as it may be, I baked myself cupcakes and decided to gift y’all with them.

And these aren’t just any regular cupcakes. These are my favorite cupcakes in the entire world. Yes, this is a contender to my favorite flavor, red velvet. You know what that means. These are THAT good.

I mean, just look at them. They’re oozing with chocolate and cream cheese. They’re so super moist on the inside too. So sinful. And so appropriate for a birthday celebration.

Did you know me and N*SYNC hottie, JT, share the same bday? Yup. I’m super-duper cool. OH, and guess who else? Give up? JULIE from The Little Kitchen and I not only share the same names, we share the SAME FREAKING BIRTHDAY too (oh, and we’re both Asian — coincidence??) !! Yeah, this revelation had us thinking “are we in the twilight zone?” So, go tweet at her & wish her a happy freaking birthday! Happy birthday Julie!!

I had these cupcakes years ago, in high school, and I told myself I was going to make them. I got the recipe from my friend and it was forever lost in my inbox. Then Saturday evening rolled around and I suddenly thought of these cupcakes. I had all the ingredients so I woke up early Sunday morning and baked my little heart out. These cupcakes make me so happy :) they’re so decadent and perfect. Want to know my birthday wish? For you to go make these :)

chocolate cream cheese cupcakes

Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes are perfect for birthday parties, curing your chocolate cravings, and really any other event you can come up with. These moist chocolate cupcakes with chocolate chip cream cheese filling are almost TOO good!

5 from 3 votes

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes minutes

Servings: 24

Author: Julie Chiou

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Ingredients 

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For the filling

• ▢ 8 ounces (227 g) cream cheese, softened
• ▢ ⅓ cup (67 g) granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ Pinch of salt
• ▢ 1 cup (236 g) mini semisweet chocolate chips

For the cupcakes

• ▢ 3 cups (375 g) all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 cups (400 g) sugar
• ▢ ⅔ cup (57 g) cocoa powder
• ▢ 2 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1 teaspoon salt
• ▢ 2 cups (473 ml) of water
• ▢ ⅔ cup (158 ml) vegetable oil
• ▢ 2 tablespoon white vinegar
• ▢ 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Equipment

• Muffin pan
• Stand mixer

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Prepare muffin pan by lining with muffin liners or by spraying with cooking spray.
• In the mixing bowl of a stand mixer, beat together the ingredients for the filling (except the chocolate chips) until light and fluffy. Gently fold in the chocolate chips. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and add in the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla extract. With a whisk or wooden spoon, mix together the dry with the wet ingredients until well combined.
• Fill muffin cups with 2/3 full of batter then spool 1 level tbsp. of filling into the center of each cupcake. Repeat until all batter and filling have been used up.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cake portion comes out clean with a toothpick. Let cupcakes cool in pan for 5 minutes before removing and transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
• Store in airtight container.

Recipe Notes

Source: Hershey’s

Nutrition Facts

chocolate cream cheese cupcakes

Amount per Serving

Calories

268

% Daily Value*

Fat

 

13

g

20

%

Carbohydrates

 

38

g

13

%

Fiber

 

2

g

8

%

Sugar

 

24

g

27

%

Protein

 

3

g

6

%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

*Nutrition facts are an estimate and not guaranteed to be accurate.

NUTRITION FACTS

Calories: 268 kcal | Carbohydrates: 38 g | Protein: 3 g | Fat: 13 g | Fiber: 2 g | Sugar: 24 g

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