Mini Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

These delightful mini treats are a combination of chocolate cake with a cream cheese & chocolate chip centre.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350f prepare the mini muffin pans by inserting the mini baking paper cups.

Chocolate cake batter:.

Sift all of the dry ingredients together in a large bowl.

Combine the wet ingredients and mix into the dry ingredients until thoroughly blended , about 2 minutes.

The batter will be thin.

Refrigerate until ready to use.

Cream cheese topping:.

Beat the cream cheese then add the sugar , salt and the egg and blend with electric mixer until smooth.

Stir in the chocolate chips.

Using a small cookie scoop , fill all of the prepared baking cups approximately 3 / 4 full with the chocolate cake mixture.

Drop about a 1 / 2 teaspoon of the cream cheese filling on the centre of each cupcake.

Bake for about 10 - 12 minutes or until they spring back.

Make sure the cheese filling stays white--do not over bake.

Cool the cupcakes on a rack then refrigerate.

Yield depends on the size of the paper cups.

Can also be baked in larger cups , simply adjust the cooking time.

Ingredients

paper cups, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt, water, vegetable oil, vinegar, vanilla extract, cream cheese, egg, miniature semisweet chocolate chips