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Chocolate Cream Cheese Cupcakes with Hershey Chocolate Frosting
Rich, chocolaty cupcakes with a smooth cream cheese filling topped with a light and fluffy chocolate frosting.
👥 24 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Julianne Dell📖 beyondfrosting
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- oven
- pan
- microwave
📝 Preparation Steps
1
For the Cupcakes:
2
Pre-heat oven to 350°
3
Mix cake mix with required ingredients listed on the back of the box. Fill your lined cupcake pan 2/3 full.
4
Mix together softened cream cheese, sugar, and egg and beat until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips.
cream cheese (8 oz- softened)1 packagelarge egg1chocolate chips6 oz
5
To add the cream cheese mixture to the cupcakes, use a spoon to drop into each liner. The original recipe calls for 1 tsp of the cream cheese mix, but we did about 2 tsp per cupcake and it worked out great. Liners will be very full.
cream cheese (8 oz- softened)1 package
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Bake for ⏱️ 18-20 minutes. Use a toothpick to check the doneness of your cupcake. Insert the toothpick and if it comes out clean, your cupcakes are done. Allow cupcakes to cool for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
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For the Frosting:
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Melt butter in the microwave for ⏱️ 20-30 seconds. Stir in unsweetened cocoa. Beat on medium speed until well combined.
9
Continue to beat on medium speed while slowly adding powdered sugar and alternative will milk to prevent the frosting from becoming too stiff. Add vanilla.
10
For a creamier frosting, add additional milk.
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