Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cupcakes
Description
Chocolate chip cheesecake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting will have everyone loving cupcakes, especially chocolate fans.
Ingredients
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1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (such as Duncan Hines® Moist Deluxe®)
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1 1/4 cups water
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4 eggs, divided
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1/2 cup oil
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1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, at room temperature
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2/3 cup white sugar
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3/4 teaspoon Mexican vanilla extract
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3/4 cup miniature chocolate chips, or more to taste, divided
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1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
2
Combine cake mix, water, 3 eggs, and oil together in a bowl using an electric mixer until batter is smooth, about 2 minutes. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups.
3
Blend cream cheese, sugar, 1 egg, and vanilla extract together in a blender until cheesecake filling is smooth; stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Spoon about 1 tablespoon cheesecake filling into each cupcake.
4
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cupcakes on a wire rack.
5
Frost each cupcake with cream cheese frosting and sprinkle remaining chocolate chips over each cupcake.